Accounting and Business - Flying Start Degree Programme BA (Hons)

Course Overview - Accounting and Business - Flying Start Degree Programme BA (Hons)

Fast-track your career and become a Chartered Accountant in the UK with our BA Accounting and Business – The Flying Start Degree Programme.

This four-year programme has been developed in partnership with the University of Reading’s Henley Business School, PwC – the UK’s leading professional services organisation – and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

An innovative, challenging degree, it’s been designed to provide you with:


- the benefit of university study and life


- paid work experience

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Course Information

Study Mode

Sandwich

Duration

4 Years

Start Date

10/2025

Campus

Main Site

Course Address
Room 208
Pepper Lane
Reading
RG6 6AH

Application Details

Course Code

NN41

Institution Code

R12

Points of Entry

Year 1

Entry Requirements

UCAS Tariff

Not Accepted

Scottish Higher

A,A,A,B,B

Access to HE Diploma

D:33,M:12

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)

H2,H2,H2,H3,H3

GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSE Maths B (or 6), English Language or English Literature B (or 6)/SL4. GCSE Statistics or Physics B (6) is acceptable in lieu of GCSE Maths. GCSE History or Geography at B (6) can replace B in English.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DD

The Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma is only accepted when taken alongside one other acceptable level 3 qualification such as an A level or BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate.

AS

Not Accepted

OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma

DD

The Cambridge Technical Diploma is only accepted when taken alongside one other acceptable level 3 qualification such as an A level or Cambridge Technical Introductory Diploma.

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma

Scottish Advanced Higher

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal

Extended Project

Not Accepted

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

D,D,D

The Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate can also be accepted when taken alongside other acceptable level 3 qualifications e.g. two A levels or a BTEC National Diploma.

OCR Cambridge Technical Introductory Diploma

D,D,D

The Cambridge Technical Introductory Diploma can also be accepted when taken alongside two other acceptable level 3 qualifications e.g. two A levels or a Cambridge Technical Diploma.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)

Not Accepted

OCR Cambridge Technical Certificate

Not Accepted

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate

D,D,D

The Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate can also be accepted when taken alongside two other acceptable level 3 qualifications e.g. two A levels or a Cambridge Technical Diploma.

A level

T Level

D

Minimum grade C in the Core Component.

Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)

A

B

The Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate Skills Challenge Certificate will be accepted in lieu of one A Level at the grade achieved.

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Fees and funding

England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland £9,535
EU, International £25,250

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