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This page provides an overview of the historical reports on examinations held in the ICAEW Library collection.

Reports on examinations set out examiners' analyses and comments on candidates' performance. They aim to help 'unsuccessful candidates to identify those areas in which they lost marks and need to improve their knowledge and/or presentation; tutors in preparing candidates for the Institute's examinations; and future candidates by providing a commentary for them to use when working from past papers.'

Over the years, these reports have been issued under a number of different titles (including 'Examiners’ comments' and 'Examiners’ commentary') and have sometimes been combined with mark plans and/or illustrative scripts.

This page presents an overview of the historical reports on examinations held in the ICAEW Library collection. A complete listing of the Library & Information Service's holdings of reports on ICAEW examination papers is also available via our online catalogue.

Mark plans and examiners' commentaries for some recent examinations can be accessed online, in the exam resources section of the website.

Library holdings of reports on examinations

Pre-1972

No examination reports from before 1972 are held by the Library & Information Service.

1972-1975

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION FINAL EXAMINATION
No holdings. The Preliminary examination was not held after November 1963. View our holdings of Reports of the examination committee on the intermediate examination, 1973-1975 View our holdings of Reports of the examination committee on the final part I and part II examinations, 1972-1974

1974-1993

1993-1998

1998-2001

2000-2008

PROFESSIONAL STAGE ADVANCED STAGE EXAMINATION
View our holdings of Professional stage examination paper and examiners' report, December 2000 - June 2008

View our holdings of the Advanced stage examination paper and examiners' report 2001-2008

The Advanced stage examination was comprised of three parts: TATC 1, TATC 2 and the Advanced Case Study.

2007-2015

2013-

The latest evolution of the ACA was introduced in July 2013. The evolved ACA ran in parallel with the previous ACA between 2013 and 2014/15.

A full list of key dates for the ACA evolution is available (page 24).

Related resources

Information on how to access other related materials can be found elsewhere in our guide to historical examination materials, including on the following pages:

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