Free SQE1 Mock Exam: Full-Length FLK1 & FLK2 Practice Tests for 2026

Why mock exams are the single best predictor of an SQE1 pass

If you do one thing differently in your SQE1 revision this year, make it this: do more full-length mocks, and review them properly. Of every study habit candidates report, sitting timed mock papers correlates most strongly with passing — and the data on our own platform is stark. Candidates who complete 25 or more mock tests achieve a 94% pass rate. That is not a typo, and it is not because those candidates were naturally stronger. It is because mocks train the three things SQE1 actually tests: recall under time pressure, applying law to novel facts, and stamina across a long sitting.

The exam itself is unforgiving in scale. SQE1 is 360 single-best-answer multiple-choice questions, split into two assessments:

• FLK1 — 180 questions across two sessions in a single day
• FLK2 — 180 questions across two sessions on a separate day

It is computer-based at Pearson VUE, there is no negative marking, and you have roughly 90 seconds per question on average. There are no notes, no breaks beyond the scheduled ones, and no second chances within a sitting. Reading about the law is necessary but nowhere near sufficient. You have to rehearse the exam, repeatedly, in the conditions you'll face on the day.

The good news: you can start for free. This guide shows you where to find genuine free SQE1 mock practice, how to spot the difference between a real mock and a glorified quiz, and — the part most candidates skip — how to actually review a mock so it moves your score.

What a proper SQE1 mock actually looks like

Plenty of resources advertise a "free SQE1 mock test" and deliver a 10-question quiz. That has its place (more on quick quizzes below), but it is not a mock. A genuine mock replicates the assessment so that your score means something.

A real SQE1 mock should be:

1. Full length per paper — 180 questions for FLK1 or 180 for FLK2. Half-papers (90 questions) are a reasonable compromise for mid-revision check-ins, but only a full paper tests your stamina.
2. Timed — roughly 90 seconds per question, so about 2 hours 45 minutes per 180-question paper, delivered in two sessions as the real exam is.
3. Single-best-answer format — five plausible options where more than one could be defensible, but one is the best answer. This is the SQE1 house style, and it is harder than ordinary "right/wrong" MCQs.
4. Closed-book — no notes, no textbooks, no searching. If you can look things up, you are testing your research speed, not your readiness.
5. Syllabus-weighted — questions spread across the FLK1 and FLK2 subjects in roughly the proportions the SRA uses, not clustered on whatever topic the question-writer found easiest.

If a resource ticks those boxes, the score it gives you is a meaningful signal. If it doesn't, treat the number with caution. Our full mock exams are built to mirror the real format on every count above, and they sit alongside a library of 3,500+ practice questions so you never run dry.

Where to find free or low-cost SQE1 mock practice

Let's be honest about the market. Truly free, full-length, high-quality SQE1 mocks are rare — building 360 well-calibrated single-best-answer questions is expensive, so most providers gate their best mocks behind payment. But there is genuinely useful free practice out there if you know what each source actually tells you.

Start with the SRA's official sample questions

Before you pay for anything, download the SRA's free official sample questions from sqe.sra.org.uk. These are written by the people who set the exam, so they are the gold standard for style and difficulty. There aren't enough to constitute a full 180-question paper, but you can sit them in one timed block as a mini-mock to calibrate yourself early. We break down how to squeeze maximum value from them in our SRA sample questions strategy guide.

Use a free readiness quiz to get your baseline

You can't plan revision sensibly without knowing where you stand. Our free readiness quiz gives you a fast diagnostic — a baseline score and a sense of which FLK1 and FLK2 subjects are dragging you down — without spending anything. Think of it as the "before" snapshot you'll compare against once you start full mocks. It's also a low-pressure way to get used to the single-best-answer format before you sit a full paper.

Treat provider freebies with healthy scepticism

Many platforms run occasional free mocks or free trials. They are worth sampling — partly for the practice, partly to judge whether a provider's question quality is good enough to pay for. Two checks before you trust the score: how many questions (a 15-question "mock" is a quiz), and how recently it was updated for the current syllabus. When you do start comparing your scores across providers, our mock exam score decoder and provider comparison explains why the same raw percentage can mean very different things depending on who wrote the paper.

How to simulate real exam conditions at home

A mock only predicts your performance if you sit it like the real thing. Most candidates inflate their scores by quietly bending the rules — a quick glance at notes here, a pause to make a coffee there. Don't. Recreate the Pearson VUE experience as closely as your kitchen table allows.

Timing

• Set a hard timer: roughly 90 seconds per question on average. For a 180-question paper, that's about 2 hours 45 minutes, split across two sessions exactly as FLK1 and FLK2 are delivered.
• Don't pause the clock. If you need the loo, the clock keeps running — just like at the test centre.
• Practise pacing, not perfection. Flag hard questions and move on; a question you spend four minutes on costs you two or three you'll never reach.

Environment

• Sit at a desk, screen-based, with scrap paper and nothing else. No phone, no textbooks, no open browser tabs.
• Silence notifications. Tell the people you live with you're unavailable for the next three hours.
• Use the same time of day as your real sitting if you can — your brain performs differently at 9am versus 2pm.

No notes, two sessions

The closed-book, two-session structure is the whole point. The exam tests what you can retrieve and apply cold. If you allow yourself notes "just this once", you learn nothing about your actual readiness — and you teach yourself a habit you can't use on the day. For everything else about the logistics — what to bring, how the sessions are structured, what the centre is like — work through our SQE1 exam day guide before your first full mock so the format holds no surprises.

The part everyone skips: how to review a mock

Here is the uncomfortable truth. Sitting the mock is maybe 40% of the value. The review is the other 60%. Candidates who plateau usually do plenty of mocks but barely review them — they glance at the score, feel briefly good or bad, and move on. Candidates who improve treat every mock as a diagnosis. Do this after every paper:

1. Analyse by subject and topic

Don't fixate on the headline percentage. Break the result down: which subjects and which topics within them did you bleed marks on? A 62% that's evenly spread tells a very different story from a 62% propped up by strong contract scores and tanked by a 30% in trusts. Our full mocks give you this breakdown automatically through performance analytics by subject and topic, so you can see exactly where the marks went rather than guessing.

2. Redo every wrong question

Go back through every question you got wrong — and every one you got right but guessed. For each:

• Read the explanation in full.
• Articulate why the correct option is the best answer and, crucially, why each distractor is wrong. SQE1 distractors are designed to be plausible; understanding why they fail is how you stop falling for them.
• Note the underlying rule or principle, not just the fact pattern.

3. Convert misses into flashcards

Every wrong answer is a gap in your knowledge or your technique. Turn it into a flashcard so it re-enters your revision loop. Over a few weeks this builds a personalised deck of exactly the things you get wrong — far more efficient than re-reading material you already know. With 4,200+ flashcards already in the platform plus your own additions, spaced repetition does the heavy lifting. If your errors are less about knowledge and more about falling for traps or mismanaging time, our SQE1 MCQ technique and exam strategy guide drills the decision-making that turns near-misses into marks.

4. Re-test the weak topics

A week or two later, run a focused quiz on the topics you reviewed and confirm the fix held. This closes the loop: diagnose, learn, re-test, confirm. That cycle, repeated, is what moves a borderline score into safe-pass territory.

How often should you mock, and when?

There's no single right cadence, but the 25+ mocks figure gives you a target to build a timeline around. Here's a sensible progression:

• Early revision (first third): One diagnostic sitting — the readiness quiz, or the SRA samples — to find your baseline. Don't worry about the score; you're mapping the terrain.
• Mid revision (middle third): Half-papers (90 questions) every 1–2 weeks, each followed by a full review. This is where most of the improvement happens. You're building knowledge and technique in parallel.
• Final stretch (last third): Full-length FLK1 and FLK2 papers under exam conditions, ideally weekly, with at least one or two sat at the same time of day as your real exam. Keep reviewing — the gains don't stop just because the exam is close.

Spread your mocks across both FLK1 and FLK2 in proportion to how prepared you feel. Candidates routinely over-prepare their favourite subjects and avoid the ones they dread — which is precisely backwards. Let your subject analytics, not your comfort zone, decide where the next mock goes.

A quick reality check on the stakes: the January 2026 pass rate was 53% overall (58% for first-time sitters), up from just 41% in July 2025. The pass mark is set per sitting and isn't published as a fixed number, so you can't target a magic percentage — you simply have to be comfortably strong across the whole syllabus. Consistent, well-reviewed mocking is how you get there. For more on what those figures mean for your preparation, see our analysis of how hard SQE1 really is and our pass rates breakdown.

Don't neglect short-form practice between mocks

Full mocks are demanding, and you can't sit one every day. Between papers, keep your recall sharp with quick quizzes and targeted flashcard sessions. A 10-minute quick quiz on a single weak topic, done daily, compounds fast — and it keeps you in the single-best-answer mindset without the time cost of a full sitting. Pair this with the flashcards you've built from your mock reviews and you have a complete revision loop: mocks to measure and stretch, short-form practice to maintain and reinforce.

If you prefer to revise away from a screen, the structured ebooks cover the FLK1 and FLK2 syllabus so you can shore up genuine knowledge gaps the analytics expose — then come back and re-test.

Where free practice ends and a real edge begins

Free resources will get you started, and you should absolutely use every one of them — the SRA samples, the free readiness quiz, and whatever quality freebies providers offer. They're enough to find your baseline and learn the format.

But the candidates hitting that 94% pass rate aren't getting there on freebies alone. They're sitting full-length FLK1 and FLK2 mocks that mirror the real exam, reviewing each one by subject and topic, and feeding their mistakes back into flashcards — over and over, 25+ times. That's what the full mock exams on SQE1 Prep are built for, with performance analytics that turn every paper into a precise to-do list and a free study plan to keep your timeline on track.

SQE1 Prep is built for self-study candidates who want that edge without the eye-watering price tag of a traditional course: one payment for lifetime access to 3,500+ practice questions, 4,200+ flashcards, and full FLK1 and FLK2 mocks — backed by a 14-day money-back guarantee. Take a look at the pricing and decide for yourself.

Start free: get your baseline on the readiness quiz, then build toward your first full mock exam. The earlier you start mocking — and reviewing — the higher your number climbs by exam day.