100% pass rate for BPP Solicitor Apprentices sitting the SQE2 exam

Last week saw the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) release the results for the first-ever SQE2 assessment, with 77% of candidates successfully passing.

BPP University Law School are pleased to announce that 100% of their solicitor apprentices who sat their SQE2 exams in April have passed, compared to the national average of 77%.

BPP can confirm that over 60% of the students were in the top quintile with a pass mark of 80% or above.

Students had to successfully complete SQE1 in order to sit the SQE2 assessment which tests the application of legal knowledge and practical legal skills through 16 written and oral tasks, in addition to 14 hours of assessments across a range of legal skills.

This follows the excellent success from the same 2016 solicitor apprentice cohort, who received their LLB Degree results in June this year. 16 out of 20 students who completed their LLB at the first opportunity and received amongst those results were 3 x double firsts, 5 x firsts and 6 x 2:1’s.

Bruce Humphrey, Award Leader at BPP said “We are extremely proud with how our solicitor apprentices have performed. Legal apprenticeships have become increasingly popular over the past few years with switched-on school leavers realising that being embedded with an employer from day one provides a springboard for their future career.