SQE1 prep for 2027 compared: courses and question banks on price, mocks and format
Price, question count, mock format and support for the main SQE1 courses and question banks, as stated on each provider's own website on 18 October 2026. Lawdojo publishes this page and is one of the products compared. Prices change, so confirm them with the provider before you buy.
Which prep suits which candidate
- If you want a taught course with a tutor: BARBRI SQE1 Prep (from £2,999), QLTS School (from £1,990), College of Legal Practice (£2,200) and Law Training Centre (£2,700 or £2,900) are the online courses priced at about £2,000 to £3,300. The University of Law (£5,250 to £6,650) and BPP (£4,300 to £7,100) cost more. Of these, only BARBRI stated, in its FAQ, that its practice follows the 2027 session length.
- If you study on your own and need practice at exam pace: use a question bank with timed mocks and an explanation for every answer. Lawdojo costs £99 to 22 January 2027, or £39 for 30 days, and includes 2,263 questions, five full mocks (ten 180-question papers), a worked answer with sources and an AI tutor on every question, and a readiness check that compares your mock score with a band near the historical pass standard. The other question banks, mock products and apps in the table below range from LearnSQE (free, with in-app purchases) to the CELE SQE question bank (£575 a month).
- Whichever you choose: the exam fee is £2,006, and in July 2026 42% of candidates graded on both papers passed. Practise under exam conditions, at the pace of the exam.
What changes in January 2027
From January 2027 each SQE1 paper has 170 questions, taken as two sessions of 85 questions, each lasting 2 hours 33 minutes. The questions in each session come from set subjects. For FLK1, the first session covers Business Law and Practice, Dispute Resolution and Legal Services, and the second covers Tort, Contract Law and Legal Systems. For FLK2, the first session covers Wills and the Administration of Estates, Trusts Law, Land Law and Solicitors Accounts in the context of wills, and the second covers Property Law and Practice, Criminal Liability, Criminal Law and Practice and Solicitors Accounts in the context of property. Within each session the questions appear in random order, and ethics and professional conduct are examined across every session.
Most preparation products were written for the earlier format of 180 questions in two sessions of 90. A 90-question mock is still useful practice, but it does not reproduce the 2027 timing or the subject grouping, so check this column before you rely on a provider's mocks for a 2027 sitting.
Courses
| Provider | Product | Price | Questions (as stated) | Mocks (as stated) | 2027 format stated? | Support and feedback (as stated) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARBRI | SQE1 Prep (Online course) | From £2,999 (10 or 20 weeks); from £3,299 (40 weeks) | "3,200" (also "3,000+" on the same page) | "8 mock tests and 1 fully simulated mock exam" | Partly: its FAQ describes 85-question practice tests and a 340-question simulated exam; its course page still describes the earlier format | Unlimited one-to-one sessions with a learning coach |
| The University of Law | SQE1 Preparation Course (Taught course) | £5,250 online or outside London; £6,650 London (2026/27) | "3,000+ practice SBAQs" (app) | "regular mock assessments" (number not stated) | No: its pages describe 180-question assessments | Weekly personalised lecturer feedback; revision app with insights on likelihood of passing |
| BPP | SQE1 Preparation (Taught course) | £5,900 online or regional; £7,100 London (including VAT) | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Weekly small-group classes; SQExpert tutor; BPP Adapt |
| BPP | SQE1 Self-study (Online course) | £4,300 (2026-27, including VAT) | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | BPP Adapt; tutor support not stated |
| QLTS School | SQE1 courses (Online course and books) | £1,990 / £2,490 / £2,990 | "2,500+" | 10 or 30, each of 90 questions | No: 90-question mocks | Initial tutor consultation; AI assistant; SQE1 Analyser after each mock |
| College of Legal Practice | SQE1 (SLK) (Online course) | £2,200 | "2300+" | 10 progress tests (building up to 90 questions) and 4 revision papers of 90 questions | No: 90-question papers | 10 personal supervisions; live seminars; Ready Review on whether you are ready to pass |
| Law Training Centre | SQE1 Prep (Online course) | £2,900 (Flexi-Learn); £2,700 (Exam-Track), including VAT | 1,500+ MCQs and 1,000+ mock questions | 2, each of 90 questions | No: 90-question mocks | Unlimited one-to-one tutor support (response within 48 hours) |
| CELE SQE | SQE1 courses (Online course) | £1,750 / £2,750 / £3,720 | "10,000+" | Not stated publicly | Not stated | AI Q&A (50 sessions a day); unlimited email support |
Question banks, mocks and apps
| Provider | Product | Price | Questions (as stated) | Mocks (as stated) | 2027 format stated? | Support and feedback (as stated) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawdojo | Full access (Question bank and mocks) | £99 to 22 January 2027, or £39 for 30 days | 2,263 across the 137 topic areas into which Lawdojo divides the SQE1 specification | 5 full mocks: 10 papers (5 FLK1, 5 FLK2), each of 180 questions | No: its mocks use the 180-question format in force up to July 2026 | Worked answer with sources on every question; AI tutor on any question (fair use, about 300 messages a month); readiness check on mocks against a comparison band (not a predicted score) |
| BARBRI | SQE1 Boost (Question bank) | £499 | "1,200+" | None listed in its highlights; its comparison table ticks "Mock exams" without a number | Not stated | Detailed answers, including why wrong options are wrong; no coach |
| BARBRI | SQE1 Mocks (Mocks only) | £899 (£999 with Boost) | 720 (in the mocks) | 4, each of 180 questions (2 FLK1, 2 FLK2) | No: 180-question papers | Full answers and explanations at the end of each test; no coach |
| Law Training Centre | Just Mocks (Mocks and questions) | £395 including VAT | 1,500+ MCQs and 400 mock questions | 8, each of 90 questions | No: 90-question mocks | Explanations of the correct answer |
| CELE SQE | Question bank (Question bank) | £575 a month (FLK1 or FLK2 alone from £287.50; billing period not stated) | "10,000+" | Not stated publicly | Not stated | Detailed explanation on every question; AI Q&A (50 sessions a day); unlimited email support |
| Revise SQE | Books and online mocks (Books and mocks) | £40 an online mock (£70 for both); mock books £18 | Not stated | 2 online; 4 in books | Books being revised for the 2027 format ("early November"); online mocks not stated | Overall mark and guidance on wrong answers (online mocks); no tutor or AI found |
| AntLaw | SQE Question Bank (iOS) (App) | £39.99 (SQE1); £25 (FLK1 or FLK2) | "Over 10,000" | Number not stated; each 90 questions | No: 90-question mocks | AI explanations; AI Q&A on any question |
| YourLegalLadder | Online platform (Subscription) | £14.99 or £24.99 a month | "2,500+" | "Unlimited mock exams" | Describes the 2027 exam; its own mock length is not stated | Detailed explanation on every question; AI assistant (25 or 100 messages a day) |
| LearnSQE (formerly SQE Ready) | iOS app (App) | Free, with in-app purchases from £4.99 a week to £99.99 | "1,100+" | "Full timed mocks" (number not stated) | Not stated | Full explanation on every question; mocks marked against a pass threshold; resit coaching (conditional) |
Quotation marks show a provider's own wording. "Not stated" means we did not find the figure on the provider's public pages on 18 October 2026. Kaplan SQE Ltd delivers the SQE assessments for the SRA; we did not find an SQE1 preparation product sold by Kaplan. Altior's SQE preparation page now redirects to BARBRI.
How to choose
Start with how you learn. A course gives you taught content, a timetable and a person to ask, and it is worth the cost if you need that structure or an employer pays. If you can work from the SRA specification yourself, the deciding factor is practice: enough single-best-answer questions across every subject, answered at the pace of the exam, with an explanation that tells you why each wrong option is wrong.
Then check three things on any product. First, whether its law is stated as at the SRA's cutoff for your sitting. Second, whether its mocks match the 2027 paper length and session grouping. Third, how it reports your performance: whether it breaks your results down by subject, whether it compares them with the pass standard, and whether it explains the limits of that comparison.
Where Lawdojo fits
Lawdojo is a question bank and trainer for candidates who prepare on their own or alongside a course. It has questions in each of the 137 topic areas into which it divides the FLK1 and FLK2 specification, gives a worked answer with sources on every question, and offers an AI tutor on every question (fair use, about 300 messages a month). After a mock or diagnostic, it shows your score with a 95% statistical range against a 56 to 60% comparison band that Lawdojo sets near the historical pass standard. This is not a predicted exam score. Its five full mocks (ten 180-question papers, five for each of FLK1 and FLK2) currently use the 180-question format in force up to July 2026. You can start with the free 25-question diagnostic, which needs no card.
Practise at the real standard
In July 2026, 58% of candidates graded on both papers did not pass SQE1. The free 25-question diagnostic shows where you stand.
Complete includes
- ✓An AI tutor on every question. The tutor already knows the correct answer
- ✓5 full timed mocks (an FLK1 and an FLK2 paper in each), plus unlimited drilling with no daily cap
- ✓The whole 2,263-question bank, with worked answers and references, across the 137 topic areas into which Lawdojo divides the syllabus
- ✓Your weak-spot map: the topics where you are losing the most marks
One payment, nothing recurring. The 25-question diagnostic is free with no card.
Common questions
What is the best SQE1 prep?
It depends on how you study. If you want taught content and deadlines, the online courses from BARBRI, QLTS School, College of Legal Practice and Law Training Centre cost about £2,000 to £3,300, and the full SQE1 courses from The University of Law and BPP cost £4,300 to £7,100. If you can study from the SRA specification and revision materials yourself, a question bank used at exam pace is the core of your preparation, and the tables above show what each one states it includes. We publish Lawdojo, so check every figure on this page against the providers’ own sites.
Which SQE1 prep providers have updated for the January 2027 format?
From January 2027 each SQE1 paper (FLK1 and FLK2) has 170 questions, taken as two sessions of 85, and each session draws its questions from a fixed set of subjects, in random order within the session. When we checked on 18 October 2026, BARBRI’s FAQ described 85-question practice tests and a 340-question simulated exam for its SQE1 Prep course, and Revise SQE said new editions of its mock books were due in early November. QLTS School, College of Legal Practice, Law Training Centre, AntLaw, The University of Law, BARBRI’s separate SQE1 Mocks product and Lawdojo still described 90-question sessions or 180-question papers. BPP, CELE SQE, LearnSQE and YourLegalLadder did not state the length of their mocks.
What is the cheapest way to prepare for SQE1?
Self-study. The SRA publishes the assessment specification and sample questions free. Add a question bank: the options above range from a free app with in-app purchases to £575 a month. The exam itself costs £2,006 (£1,003 for each paper) for assessments from September 2026, and that fee is the same whichever preparation you choose.
Do I need a full course to pass SQE1?
No course is required. A course earns its cost if you want taught structure, accountability and a tutor, or if an employer pays. Disciplined candidates can prepare from the specification, revision materials and a strong question bank. In July 2026, 42% of candidates graded on both papers passed SQE1, and 47% of first-attempt candidates did, so practice under exam conditions matters whichever route you take.
How does Lawdojo compare with the big courses?
Lawdojo is a question bank and trainer, not a taught course. It has 2,263 questions across the 137 topic areas into which it divides the SQE1 specification, five full mocks, each with an FLK1 and an FLK2 paper of 180 questions, a worked answer with sources and an AI tutor on every question (fair use, about 300 messages a month), and a readiness check that compares your mock score with a band near the historical pass standard (not a predicted score). It costs £99 to 22 January 2027, or £39 for 30 days. A course adds taught content and a human tutor; the courses on this page cost from £1,750 to £7,100. Some candidates use a course and a question bank together.
Sources: each provider's own website, checked on 18 October 2026; the SRA's costs and fees, SQE1 assessment specification, SQE1 assessment days and July 2026 SQE1 statistical report. For the difference between courses and question banks, see SQE1 prep compared.