SQE1 Prep is an independent platform — no corporate parent, no expensive sales team. Just a question bank, flashcards, mocks, and the analytics to make your study time actually count.
The SQE replaced the LPC in 2021, and the economics of preparation never really adjusted. Traditional providers still charge £2,000–£5,500 for blended programmes that lean heavily on video lectures and cohort pacing. That works for some people. It doesn’t work for most candidates juggling full-time work, an IMG-equivalence route, or a self-study budget.
SQE1 is a knowledge-heavy, question-based exam. What actually moves your score is reps — targeted questions, instant feedback, and the discipline to circle back to topics where you are below the pass band. We built SQE1 Prep around that loop.
It isn’t a replacement for supervised legal training, and it won’t do the work for you. It is the cheapest credible way to close the gap between a decent understanding of the law and a confident sitting on exam day.
The same small team also builds BARGO — NextGen Bar Prep, which applies the same question-first approach to the redesigned US bar exam. Different jurisdiction, same conviction: credible exam preparation should not require a four-figure course.
What we stand for
Traditional courses lean on hours of video lectures. SQE1 is a question-answering assessment — so we weight the product toward question reps, explanations, and spaced repetition. Notes exist to support questions, not replace them.
Every question is a single best answer in the SRA format. Our mocks are 180 questions, timed to the minute, with the same interface you see on the day. No free-response essays, no live chat, no artificial difficulty.
Traditional providers charge £2,000–£5,500. Our costs are content, infrastructure, and support. Those costs do not scale per-student, so neither does our price. You should not need a bank loan to sit a professional exam.
One-time payment. Pick the plan that fits your timeline. Start with the free readiness quiz.
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