Knowledge Centre

Welcome to our Knowledge Centre! Here you will find the answers to a bunch of frequently answered questions that could help you with your AAT qualification. Whether it’s guidance with choosing a course or information about a particular career path, we have it covered. 

If we didn’t get it right, send us an email with your question and we will do our best to get it answered and shared as a new post: [email protected] Choose a category below to get started or simply search for whatever you’re looking for.

AAT Membership
AAT Registration

AAT Membership – Why do I need it?

We often get asked by students “why do I need an AAT membership”… Well, simply enough, you can’t get your qualification without it. If you don’t have an AAT membership, then you will not be given your unique personal AAT number

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self-study
Course Enrolment

Self-Study EXTRA: What is it?

Self-Study EXTRA – Is it right for you? When considering our AAT courses and choosing between the different packages, it’s important to understand what you are paying for, and more importantly which package is going to suit YOU best. The Self-Study

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AAT Syllabus
AAT Registration

AAT Syllabus – AQ16 or AQ22?

Lots of students have been asking us whether to crack on with their next AAT qualification under the current AAT syllabus (AQ2016) or to wait until the new AAT syllabus (Q2022) arrives in September 2022.  There is no easy answer to

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a levels
Progression and Careers

Do I need A-Levels for AAT?

NO! Next question!?! We have tons of students who do not have A levels. Some students started an Apprenticeship having left school after GCSEs, and lots of students who left school years ago, either having left after completing GCSEs or “O”

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enrol onto AAT
Course Enrolment

How do I enrol onto AAT Courses?

How do I enrol onto AAT courses? Much depends on whether you intend to enrol onto AAT courses via a college classroom-based course or with a distance learning provider. The actual enrolment process itself will vary between individual providers. Here, we

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AAT Restriction
Progression and Careers

Is there any AAT restriction to study AAT, such as age?

There are a few AAT restrictions in order to study AAT. The rules: In the first instance you should refer to: https://www.gov.uk/know-when-you-can-leave-school This says that you can leave school on the last Friday in June if you’ll be 16 by the

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working in finance
Progression and Careers

Do I have to be working in finance to study AAT?

When I start my course, does it matter if I’m not working in finance or an accounting role? There’s a short answer to this, and it is: NO! Although it will obviously be easier for you to study the AAT qualifications

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training provider location
Study Support

Training provider location – does it matter?

It depends! Your training provider location depends on whether you are planning to attend taught courses, i.e. in a classroom for evening classes, day release or block release courses, or if you want to study by distance learning / on-line learning.

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