What SQE1 Candidates Need From Practice Questions, and How We Build Ours Around It
Six things SQE1 candidates ask of practice questions, and the rules and checks we use to write, check and grade ours against the SRA's 220 samples.
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SQE1 guides, data and comparisons
Practical, sourced guidance for SQE1 candidates. Every article states when its facts were checked and links to where they came from, usually the SRA or the provider's own website.
Start with the essentials: what changes for January 2027, how the SQE1 syllabus is split between FLK1 and FLK2, and the official SQE1 pass rates by sitting. If you are budgeting, see SQE exam costs and fees and what SQE1 question banks and mocks cost. If you are choosing materials, read how to choose SQE books, our comparison of eight providers' free questions against the SRA's own, and our guide to SQE1 mock exams for January 2027. To try our question style, start with 400+ free questions.
SQE1 Mock Exams for January 2027: Which Use the New 170-Question Format, and How to Use Them
Which SQE1 mocks use the January 2027 170-question format (checked 30 Sep 2026), how to adapt 180-question mocks, and how to read your mock score.
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Prices, access periods, free tiers and mock formats for SQE1 question banks and mocks, checked on each provider's own site on 30 September 2026.
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We tested 8 SQE1 providers' free questions against the SRA's own samples for wrong answers, explanation errors and difficulty. Method and sources included.
Read the articleSQE1 Changes for January 2027: What’s New, What Isn’t, and How to Prepare
SQE1 is changing from January 2027: 170 questions per paper, subjects grouped by session and more time per question. What’s new, what isn’t, and how to prepare.
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