SQE1 July 2026 Results: Date and What Happens Next

Short answer: If you sat SQE1 in July 2026, your results are due in early-to-mid September 2026. The SRA has not yet published the confirmed date — as of 18 August 2026 the results reminder had not gone up. At the equivalent point last year, results for the July 2025 sitting were released on 10 September 2025, after 11am UK time, with the SRA posting a reminder six days beforehand. Expect the same shape this year, and watch sqe.sra.org.uk for confirmation.

Below: the timetable based on how the SRA has actually behaved, how to read the score report when it lands, and what to do in either outcome.

When Results Actually Arrive

The SRA follows a consistent rhythm. Here is what happened at the last two sittings:

Source: SRA and SQE website news items.

Two things follow from this.

First, the reminder is your signal. The SRA posts a "results reminder" news item roughly six days before results day, confirming the exact date and time. When that appears on sqe.sra.org.uk, you will know precisely when to log in.

Second, the pass rate comes later than your result. You get your own outcome first. The national statistics — overall pass rate, first-attempt rate, subject-level data — arrive about three weeks afterwards in the statistical report. So for a few weeks you will know your result without knowing how the cohort did, which makes for a lot of unhelpful speculation on forums. We will publish a full breakdown once the July 2026 report is out, in the same format as the January 2026 results analysis.

A note on dates you may have seen elsewhere. Several sites state a specific results date for July 2026. We are not repeating it, because we could not confirm it against an SRA source, and one widely circulated date is suspiciously close to the January 2027 booking window opening — which is a different event entirely. Take the date from sqe.sra.org.uk and nowhere else.

How Your Result Reaches You

Results are released by Kaplan, who administer the assessment for the SRA. You will be told your outcome for FLK1 and FLK2 and given a score report. Results go live after a set time on results day — last July it was after 11am UK time — so there is no benefit to refreshing at 6am.

Your report gives you more than pass or fail. It places your performance in quintiles, both overall and by subject, which tells you where you sat relative to the rest of the cohort. That is the genuinely useful part, especially if you are resitting. We explain how to read it in SQE1 scaled scores and quintiles explained.

If You Passed

Congratulations — that is the harder of the two assessments behind you for most candidates.

Do not rush the SQE2 booking. SQE2 is a different animal: oral and written skills assessments rather than multiple choice. It rewards a different kind of preparation and there is no prize for sitting it early. Our bridge plan covers the sequencing decision, and the SQE2 guide covers the format.

Check the fee position before you book. The SQE2 fee is £2,974, rising to £3,086 for bookings from autumn 2026. The fee increase guide sets out exactly which bookings are caught.

Get your QWE moving if it is not already. Two years of qualifying work experience is a requirement alongside the assessments, and it does not have to come after them. The QWE guide covers what counts and how to get it signed off. If you do not have a training contract lined up, what to do with no offer is the more useful read.

If You Did Not Pass

First, the number that actually matters, and it is not the one people quote at each other.

66% of everyone who has ever attempted SQE1 has now passed — 19,281 candidates. That is the SRA's own cumulative figure, published in its four-years-on review of the SQE, which also records more than 30,000 candidates assessed across 50 countries. Single-sitting pass rates have ranged between 46% and 60% for first-time candidates across the eight sittings from November 2021 to July 2025. The cumulative number is much higher than any individual sitting because a large share of people who fail once go on to pass.

For the two most recent sittings with published data:

Source: SRA published results, sra.org.uk.

July 2025 was the lowest sitting on record. January 2026 recovered substantially. If you sat in July 2026 and are anxious about a hard paper, note that the SRA sets the pass mark independently for each paper to account for differences in difficulty — a harder paper does not mean a higher bar.

You have three attempts at each assessment within a six-year window. Failing once is not a route-ending event, and it is far more common than the people posting about their results would have you believe.

What To Do, in Order

1. Read the score report properly before deciding anything. Two weak subjects and eleven solid ones is a completely different problem from being in the bottom quintile across the board. The first needs targeted work; the second needs a rebuild. Do not book anything until you know which you are.

2. Check whether you have grounds for a review. If something went wrong on the day — a centre problem, illness, a disability adjustment that was not delivered — there are formal routes. They are time-limited, so read appeals, marking reviews and mitigating circumstances promptly rather than after the window closes.

3. Work out your resit timing. Booking for the January 2027 sitting opens 8 September 2026 and closes 20 November 2026. Results are due within days of that window opening, so you will not have to commit money before you know your outcome — and you will still have roughly ten weeks to decide. The January 2027 sitting runs FLK1 from 11 January and FLK2 from 18 January. See the dates and deadlines guide.

4. Do not simply repeat what you did last time. The most common resit mistake is re-reading the same notes more slowly. If you failed on technique rather than knowledge — running out of time, second-guessing, misreading the call of the question — more content will not fix it. Start with MCQ technique and the most common study mistakes. The full recovery plan is in the resit guide.

5. Rebuild the schedule around the gaps. From results day in September to the January 2027 sitting is roughly 17 weeks. That is comfortably enough for a targeted second attempt. Our 12-week plan fits inside it with room to spare, the hours calculator tells you the weekly commitment, and you can generate a personalised plan across all 144 topics free.

What To Do While You Wait

You are reading this in the gap between the exam and the result, which is the least useful period in the whole process — you cannot change the outcome and you do not yet know it.

Two things are worth doing anyway.

If you think you passed: start reading about SQE2 format now rather than in September. It is the part candidates consistently underestimate.

If you think you failed: do not start revising yet. You do not know which subjects to target, and untargeted revision in August is wasted effort you will resent in October. What is worth doing is one full timed mock — not to revise, but to get a clean read on whether your problem was knowledge or timing. That diagnosis is the single most valuable thing you can bring to a resit plan.

And if the wait itself is the problem, exam anxiety and mental health is a more useful read than another forum thread.

The Short Version

• Results are due early-to-mid September 2026; the SRA will post a reminder about six days beforehand with the exact date
• The national pass rate arrives about three weeks after your own result, in the statistical report
• Read your quintile breakdown before making any decision
• 66% of all SQE1 candidates have eventually passed — a single fail is a delay, not an ending
• January 2027 booking runs 8 September to 20 November 2026; you will have your result in time
• Whatever the outcome, the full results analysis format we publish each cycle will cover the July 2026 numbers once the SRA releases them