SRA Update: SQE1 results released

The SRA has released the SQE1 results and reported that just over half of the candidates who took the first ever SQE exam have passed. It also published a breakdown of pass rates across different demographic groups including that pass rates amongst candidates who declared a disability compared with those who didn’t were similar, with

• 55% of candidates who declared a disability passing overall
• 53% of those who said they did not have a disability passing overall
• 57% of those who preferred not to say passing overall.

In relation to reasonable adjustments it also reported that 76 candidates sat the assessments with reasonable adjustments. A range of reasonable adjustments were made available from additional time to complete the assessments to assistive technology.

Read the full SRA statement here.