How to read the figures

FLK1 and FLK2 are separate assessments and each must be passed. “SQE1 overall” is therefore not an average of the two displayed percentages: it is the proportion who passed both FLK assessments.

Since January 2024 a pass mark of 300 is a scaled score, not 60% correct. Each score is converted to a 0–500 scale with the pass point fixed at 300; scaling permits comparison across papers of differing difficulty. Read the official marking policy and results guidance.

Up to July 2023, pass marks were raw percentages. From January 2024, the pass mark has been a scaled score of 300. From January 2025, the SRA reports graded candidates, excluding anyone who used an attempt but did not sit. This series is close to, but not exactly, like-for-like. See each linked sitting report and its publication date in the table below.

Published pass percentages are rounded to whole numbers. They should not be used to reverse-engineer candidate pass counts.

Official sitting data

Candidate counts are shown as FLK1 / FLK2 / SQE1 overall (those who sat both papers). From January 2025, the denominator excludes candidates recorded as not sitting. Each sitting links to its official report and publication date.

Official SQE1 pass rates from November 2021 to July 2026
Sitting	Report published	Candidates reported FLK1 / FLK2 / overall	Did not sit FLK1 / FLK2 / overall	Denominator FLK1 / FLK2 / overall	First-attempt candidates FLK1 / FLK2 / overall	Overall / graded pass rate			First-attempt pass rate			Pass mark FLK1 / FLK2
Sitting	Report published	Candidates reported FLK1 / FLK2 / overall	Did not sit FLK1 / FLK2 / overall	Denominator FLK1 / FLK2 / overall	First-attempt candidates FLK1 / FLK2 / overall	FLK1	FLK2	SQE1 overall	FLK1	FLK2	SQE1 overall	Pass mark FLK1 / FLK2
Nov 2021	20 Jan 2022	1,084 / 1,078 / 1,073	Not reported	1,084 / 1,078 / 1,073	Not separately reported	67%	54%	53%	67%	54%	— (all first sitting)	57% / 56% raw
Jul 2022	5 Oct 2022	1,899 / 1,981 / 1,829	Not reported	1,899 / 1,981 / 1,829	1,791 / 1,768 / 1,736	64%	55%	53%	67%	59%	55%	56% / 55% raw
Jan 2023	28 Mar 2023	3,103 / 3,253 / 3,031	Not reported	3,103 / 3,253 / 3,031	2,856 / 2,870 / 2,827	59%	56%	51%	62%	58%	54%	57% / 56% raw
Jul 2023	21 Sep 2023	3,647 / 3,755 / 3,475	Not reported	3,647 / 3,755 / 3,475	3,038 / 3,035 / 3,005	66%	58%	53%	68%	59%	56%	53% / 52% raw
Jan 2024	15 Apr 2024	6,204 / 6,476 / 6,061	Not reported	6,204 / 6,476 / 6,061	5,613 / 5,605 / 5,580†	63%	61%	56%	66%	63%	59%	300 / 300 scaled
Jul 2024	1 Oct 2024	5,332 / 5,519 / 5,006	Not reported	5,332 / 5,519 / 5,006	4,224 / 4,209 / 4,168	55%	50%	44%	57%	52%	48%	300 / 300 scaled
Jan 2025	1 Apr 2025	7,071 / 7,287 / 6,782	7 / 57 / 64	7,064 / 7,230 / 6,718	6,009 / 5,965 / 5,908	64%	61%	56%	66%	64%	60%	300 / 300 scaled
Jul 2025	1 Oct 2025	6,265 / 6,482 / 5,896	5 / 40 / 45	6,260 / 6,442 / 5,851	4,827 / 4,777 / 4,736	51%	48%	41%	54%	50%	46%	300 / 300 scaled
Jan 2026	31 Mar 2026	8,287 / 8,501 / 7,918	15 / 40 / 55	8,272 / 8,461 / 7,863	6,862 / 6,834 / 6,760	62%	57%	53%	65%	61%	58%	300 / 300 scaled
Jul 2026	29 Sep 2026	6,679 / 7,057 / 6,260	Not reported	6,679 / 7,057 / 6,260	5,122 / 5,093 / 5,012	50%	50%	42%	54%	52%	47%	300 / 300 scaled

All42%

First47%

Notes on the official record

January 2024: the sitting’s statistical page reports 5,580 first-attempt SQE1 candidates, while the later 2023/24 annual report reports 5,581. We preserve that one-candidate discrepancy without speculating about its cause.

Kaplan also issued a correction notice after a rounding error. The official notice states that 175 candidates changed from fail to pass.

July 2026: mean scaled scores were FLK1 291.0 and FLK2 289.2; both papers had a passing score of 300 on the 0–500 scale. First-attempt SQE1 pass rates by degree class were 1st 66%, 2:1 47%, 2:2 22% and 3rd 4% (page 8). Source: SRA July 2026 statistical report, published 29 September 2026.

July 2026 was the last sitting with 180 questions per paper; from January 2027 each paper has 170. Source: SRA assessment update, published 10 September 2026.

Change history

20 September 2026: Initial publication covering official sittings from November 2021 through January 2026.
30 September 2026: Added the July 2026 statistical report, published 29 September 2026.
Source policy: Figures are transcribed from official SQE/SRA sitting reports and notices. No missing value is estimated.