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Contents Page About Acorn

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Make huge savings from our ‘combo’ price offers

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FREE CIMA Exam Master Classes (Watford)

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Acorn course prices compared with Kaplan and BPP

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CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting (weekend) Classroom tuition courses and computer based assessment (CBA) dates

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CIMA Operational & Management Level (weekend) Resit mock exam practice days for March 2014 (paper based) exams

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CIMA Operational & Management Level (weekend) Tuition courses for May 2014 exams

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CIMA Operational & Management Level (weekend) Revision courses for May 2014 exams

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CIMA Operational and Management Level (day release) Mock exam practice days for May 2014 exams

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CIMA Strategic Level (weekend) Resit mock exam practice days for March 2014 (PC based) exams

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CIMA Strategic Level (weekend) Tuition courses for May 2014 exams

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CIMA Strategic Level (weekend) Revision courses for May 2014 exams

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CIMA Strategic Level (day release) Mock exam practice days for May 2014 exams

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CIMA T4 Case study courses (weekend) March 2014 (PC only) and May 2014 (PC or Paper) exams

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Paper M1 CIMA Masters Gateway Assessment (CMGA) courses Tuition, revision and mock day courses for May 2014 exams

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About Acorn

Acorn was founded in 2003 as a dedicated and expert provider of classroom tuition and home study for the CIMA qualification, and has quickly become the UK’s first choice when it comes to expert CIMA tuition. Acorn’s philosophy is simple:

Consistently deliver high quality enjoyable classroom and home study tuition

Help students quickly achieve high success rates in exams

To provide an exceptional professional service and value for money

Acorn achieve world prize winners

Congratulations to our students for their exceptional performances for the 2012 CIMA exam sittings, achieving 1st place in the world for E1 and E2 and also 4th and 8th places in the world for other subjects. We are proud to have contributed to their success, helping to consistently achieve exceptionally high marks for our students in every CIMA exam diet. Acorn continuously strive to achieve outstanding results through exceptional tuition, focused study material and dedicated support. We are proud to have helped hundreds of students achieve their CIMA qualification, with more than 80% of students passing their exams first time with Acorn.

Customer comments

“A big "THANK YOU" to all of you for the support and the high level of professionalism you have always delivered in your teaching. You are among

the very best tutors I have ever had. I will always highly recommend Acorn for CIMA courses.”

“Great news (for me!), I can honestly say I would recommend Acorn as a

tuition provider in an instance. The notes are first class and really focus on what you need to know to pass the exam”.

Try before you buy

As a new customer you can attend the first day of any course free and under no obligation.

Acorn is an LTP quality partner accredited by CIMA and our courses meet the highest standards possible to prepare you to pass your exams!

All our course prices include

12 months access to Live24Tutors (full CIMA syllabus tuition on-line) Study manual, exam practice kit and mock exams 7 days a week tutor telephone and e-mail support Interest free instalments for courses if you are self funding Free parking


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Make huge savings from our ‘combo’ price offers Double combo offers give big discounts when booking a taught and revision course for the same subject. Triple combo offers give even bigger discounts when booking a taught course, revision course and mock exam practice day for the same subject.

Pass assurance

Pass assurance is available when enrolling under our combo price offers (below). Pass assurance will offer you a free revision course or resit mock practice day, as many times as you need until you pass your exam (terms and conditions apply). Both double and triple combo prices include pass assurance.

Individual Acorn course prices (per subject)

Double price

combo offer

Triple price

combo offer

Savings made

from our price combo

offer

Taught course

Revision course

Mock day

Taught and

revision Course

Taught, revision

and mock day

Double combo offer

saving per

paper

Triple combo offer

saving per

paper

Operational level

£439 £399 £89 £800 £850 +£38 +£77 Management level

£439 £399 £89 £800 £850 +£38 +£77 Strategic level

£439 £399 £89 £800 £850 +£38 +£77


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FREE CIMA Exam Master Classes (tuition and techniques booster) To celebrate the festive season and New Year, Acorn is offering “FREE” CIMA Exam Master Classes to all existing and new customers for 2014 (no obligation)!

Acorn are an exceptional CIMA only college, we are LTP accredited by CIMA and offer classroom, home study and on-line courses at prices far below our rivals. It’s never been a better time to try us! Simply choose which courses you want from the below table and e-mail [email protected] for free enrolment.

The exam master classes offer new and existing customers the chance to receive FREE expert tuition and advice on exam technique for a selection of highly examinable core areas within your syllabus. Your tutor will use recent CIMA exam papers to demonstrate and discuss in detail with you, how to write a pass standard answer and how exam marks are allocated, it will help you pass with confidence!

CIMA Operational and Management level

Subject Time Location Date £ Price

E1 E0

3pm to 7pm Watford

Friday 7th February 2014

FREE

E2 EM

9am to 1pm Watford

Friday 21st February 2014

FREE

P1 PO

3pm to 7pm Watford

Friday 21st February 2014

FREE

P2 PM

9am to 1pm Watford

Thursday 20th February 2014

FREE

F1 FO

3pm to 7pm Watford


FREE

F2 FM

9am to 1pm Watford


FREE

CIMA Strategic level

Subject Time Location Date £ Price

E3 ES

9am to 1pm Watford


FREE

P3 PS

9am to 1pm Watford


FREE

F3 FS

3pm to 7pm Watford Friday 21st

February 2014 FREE



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Acorn course prices compared with Kaplan and BPP You can make even bigger savings than indicated below and get ‘pass assurance’ with your courses when enrolling under our Acorn ‘combo’ price offers.

Certificate level courses (average price per paper)

Taught

BPP* £480

Kaplan** £461

Acorn £283

Acorn savings per course*** £188

Operational level courses (average price per paper)

Taught Revision Mock days

BPP* £680 £540 £180

Kaplan** £640 £537 £220

Acorn £439 £399 £89

Acorn savings per course*** £221 £139 £111

Management level courses (average price per paper)


BPP* £700 £555 £180

Kaplan** £650 £537 £220

Acorn £439 £399 £89


Strategic level courses (average price per paper)


BPP* £725 £575 £180

Kaplan** £663 £547 £230

Acorn £439 £399 £89


T4 Case study courses

Taught Mock days

BPP* £1,345 £200

Kaplan** £1,570 £200

Acorn £999 £129

Acorn savings per course*** £459 £71

* Average price per subject from BPP’s website for Milton Keynes CIMA courses for the May 2014 exams. ** Average price per subject from Kaplan’s website for Milton Keynes CIMA courses for the Nov 2013 exams. *** Average price of BPP and Kaplan courses compared to Acorn’s course prices.


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CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting

Weekend tuition courses (Watford and Milton Keynes)

Course prices below include our Acorn study manual, Acorn exam practice kit, mock exam, 12 months access to Live24Tutors (full CIMA syllabus tuition on-line) and 7 days a week telephone and e-mail support from your course tutor.

Subject Location

Time

Days

Weekend tuition courses £ Price

(inc VAT)

C1

FMA

Watford

3pm to 8.30pm

4

16 February, 23 February, 8 March, 9 March

319

Milton Keynes

3pm to 8.30pm

4

8 February, 1 March, 15 March, 22 March

C2

FFA

Watford

3pm to 8.30pm

5

18 January, 19 January, 25 January, 1 February,

9 February

349

Milton Keynes

3pm to 8.30pm

5

18 January, 19 January, 25 January, 1 February,

9 February

C3

FBM

Watford

3pm to 8.30pm

3

22 February, 23 March, 29 March

249

Milton Keynes

3pm to 8.30pm

3

26 January, 2 February,

2 March

C4

FBE

Watford

3pm to 8.30pm

4

8 February, 1 March, 15 March, 22 March

249

Milton Keynes

3pm to 8.30pm

4

16 February, 23 February,

8 March, 9 March

C5

FECB

Watford

8.30am to 2pm

3

26 January, 2 February,

2 March

249

Milton Keynes

8.30am to 2pm

3

22 February, 23 March,

29 March


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CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting FREE Certificate Level Tuition Course To celebrate the festive season and New Year, Acorn is offering a “FREE” Certificate level tuition course to all its new customers for 2014 (no obligation)! Acorn are an exceptional CIMA only college, we are LTP accredited by CIMA and offer classroom, home study and on-line courses at prices far below our rivals. It’s never been a better time to try us! Simply choose which course you want from the above table (page 8) and e-mail [email protected] for free enrolment.

Computer based assessment (CBA)

Acorn offer excellent, modern and spacious exam facilities to take your computer based assessment (CBA). We have a range of exam dates that we can offer at your convenience below. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to book a computer based assessment (CBA). Our fee is £69 per CBA.

Location

CBA time

CBA dates £ Price

(inc VAT)

Computer

based assessments (CBA) exams

Watford

9am to 11am

25 Jan, 9 Feb, 16 Mar, 30 Mar,

17 May

£69 per CBA

3pm to 5pm

6 Apr, 13 Apr, 18 Apr, 3 May




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CIMA Operational & Management Level - Mock exam practice days for March 2014 exams Resit mock exam practice days for March 2014 sitting. Test drive an exam under real exam conditions to see whether you have skills to manage your time under pressure! • Take a mock exam under timed conditions • Get your mock exam marked by an expert tutor • Detailed tailored feedback on exactly what you need to do to pass

Subject Location

Time

Days

Weekend mock exam practice days

£ Price (inc VAT)

E1 E0 Watford 3pm to

7pm 1 Sunday 9 February 89

E2 EM Watford 3pm to

7pm 1 Saturday 8 February 89

P1 PO Watford 9am to


P2 PM Watford 3pm to


F1 FO Watford 3pm to


F2 FM Watford 9am to


Acorn also offer excellent, modern and spacious exam facilities to take your resit (paper based) exam for the March 2014 CIMA exam sitting. We are an open centre which means that you do not have to enrol on an Acorn course to enrol for a March 2014 CIMA resit exam. Please contact [email protected] for further information. Our fee is £49 per resit exam provided.



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CIMA Operational & Management - Tuition courses for May 2014 exams

All areas of the syllabus fully and comprehensively explained. Course prices below include our Acorn study manual, Acorn exam practice kit, mock exam, 12 months access to Live24Tutors (full CIMA syllabus tuition on-line) and 7 days a week telephone and e-mail support from your course tutor.

Subject Location

Time

Days

Weekend tuition courses £ Price (inc VAT)

E1 E0

Watford & Milton Keynes

8.30am to 2pm

4

Saturday 25 January, Saturday 1 March,

Saturday 15 March, Saturday 5 April

439

High Wycombe & London & Luton

8.30am to 2pm

4

Saturday 8 February, Saturday 22 February,

Saturday 8 March, Saturday 22 March

E2 EM


8.30am to 2pm

3


Sunday 6 April

439


8.30am to 2pm

3


Sunday 6 April

P1 PO


3pm to 8.30pm

5

Sunday 2 February, Sunday 16 February,

Sunday 2 March, Sunday 16 March, Sunday 30 March

439


3pm to 8.30pm

5

Sunday 9 February,

Sunday 23 February, Sunday 9 March,

Sunday 23 March, Saturday 29 March


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P2 PM


8.30am to 2pm

4



439


8.30am to 2pm

4

Saturday 25 January, Saturday 1 March,

Saturday 15 March, Saturday 5 April

F1 FO


8.30am to 2pm

5

Sunday 9 February,



439


8.30am to 2pm

5

Sunday 2 February,


Sunday 16 March, Sunday 30 March

F2 FM


8.30am to 2pm

5

Sunday 2 February, Sunday 16 February,


439


8.30am to 2pm

5

Sunday 9 February,




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CIMA Operational & Management - Revision courses for May 2014 exams

Revisit key areas of the syllabus and practice vital technique to maximise marks when answering exam questions. Also receive hot tips and guidance. All areas of the syllabus fully and comprehensively explained. Course prices below include our Acorn study manual, Acorn exam practice kit, mock exam, 12 months access to Live24Tutors (full CIMA syllabus tuition on-line) and 7 days a week telephone and e-mail support from your course tutor.

Subject Location

Time

Days

Revision courses

£ Price (inc VAT)

E1 E0


3pm to 8.30pm

4

Saturday 12 April, Sunday 13 April,

Friday (Bank Holiday) 18 April, Saturday 19 April

399


3pm to 8.30pm

4



E2 EM


3pm to 8.30pm

3

Sunday 20 April,

Monday (Bank Holiday) 21 April, Saturday 26 April

399


3pm to 8.30pm

3

Sunday 20 April, Monday (Bank Holiday) 21 April,

Saturday 26 April

P1 PO


8.30am to 2pm

4

Sunday 20 April,

Monday (Bank Holiday) 21 April, Saturday 26 April, Sunday 27 April

399


8.30am to 2pm

4

Saturday 3 May, Sunday 4 May,

Saturday 10 May, Sunday 11 May


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P2 PM


8.30am to 2pm

4



399


8.30am to 2pm

4



F1 FO


3pm to 8.30pm

4



399


3pm to 8.30pm

4

Sunday 20 April,


F2 FM


8.30am to 2pm

4



399


8.30am to 2pm

4




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CIMA Operational & Management - Mock exam days for May 2014 exams Test drive an exam under real exam conditions to see whether you have skills to manage your time under pressure! • Take a mock exam under timed conditions • Get your mock exam marked by an expert tutor • Detailed tailored feedback on exactly what you need to do to pass

Subject Location

Time

Days

Mock exam practice days £ Price (inc VAT)

E1 E0 Watford 9am to

1pm 1 Thursday 15 May 89

E2 EM Watford 2pm to

6pm 1 Wednesday 14 May 89

P1 PO Watford 9am to


P2 PM Watford 2pm to

6pm 1 Tuesday 13 May 89

F1 FO Watford 9am to


F2 FM Watford 2pm to



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CIMA Strategic Level - Mock exam practice days for March 2014 exams Resit mock exam practice days for March 2014 sitting. Test drive an exam under real exam conditions to see whether you have skills to manage your time under pressure! • Take a mock exam under timed conditions • Get your mock exam marked by an expert tutor • Detailed tailored feedback on exactly what you need to do to pass

Subject Location

Time

Days

Weekend mock exam practice days

£ Price (inc VAT)

E3 ES

Watford 9am to


P3 PS Watford 3pm to


F3 FS Watford 3pm to


Acorn also offer excellent, modern and spacious exam facilities to take your resit (PC based) exam for the CIMA March 2014 exam sitting. We are an open centre which means that you do not have to enrol on an Acorn course to enrol for a March 2014 CIMA resit PC exam. Please contact [email protected] for further information. Our fee is £59 per resit exam provided.



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CIMA Strategic - Tuition courses for May 2014 exams

All areas of the syllabus fully and comprehensively explained. Course prices below include our Acorn study manual, Acorn exam practice kit, mock exam, 12 months access to Live24Tutors (full CIMA syllabus tuition on-line) and 7 days a week telephone and e-mail support from your course tutor.

Subject Location

Time

Days

Weekend tuition courses £ Price (inc VAT)

E3 ES


8.30am to 2pm

4



439


8.30am to 2pm

4


Saturday 15 March, Sunday 6 April

P3 PS


8.30am to 2pm

4

Saturday 1 February,

Saturday 15 February, Saturday 15 March,

Sunday 6 April

439


8.30am to 2pm

4



F3 FS


3pm to 8.30pm

4

Sunday 2 February,


439

High

Wycombe & London & Luton

3pm to 8.30pm

4




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CIMA Strategic - Revision courses for May 2014 exams

Revisit key areas of the syllabus and practice vital technique to maximise marks when answering exam questions. Also receive hot tips and guidance. All areas of the syllabus fully and comprehensively explained. Course prices below include our Acorn study manual, Acorn exam practice kit, mock exam, 12 months access to Live24Tutors (full CIMA syllabus tuition on-line) and 7 days a week telephone and e-mail support from your course tutor.

Subject Location

Time

Days

Revision courses

£ Price (inc VAT)

E3 ES


8.30am to 2pm

3


Monday (Bank Holiday) 5 May

399


8.30am to 2pm

3


Monday (Bank Holiday) 5 May

P3 PS


8.30am to 2pm

4



399


8.30am to 2pm

4

Sunday 20 April, Monday (Bank Holiday) 21 April,

Saturday 26 April, Sunday 27 April

F3 FS


8.30am to 2pm

4

Sunday 20 April,


399


8.30am to 2pm

4




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CIMA Strategic - Mock exam days for May 2014 exams Test drive an exam under real exam conditions to see whether you have skills to manage your time under pressure! • Take a mock exam under timed conditions • Get your mock exam marked by an expert tutor • Detailed tailored feedback on exactly what you need to do to pass

Subject Location

Time

Days

Mock practice days £ Price (inc VAT)

E3 ES Watford 2pm to


P3 PS Watford 2pm to


F3 FS Watford 2pm to



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T4 Case study courses (March & May 2014 exam sitting)

Case study tuition and mock practice days The T4 course will deliver what will be required to pass your exam. It will cover all the key areas of the assessment criteria allowing you to produce an exceptional report on exam day. It delivers models, numerical techniques, ethical awareness, communication skills and business awareness based upon your pre-seen industry information. The 5 day tuition course also includes 2 mock exam practice days.

Mock practice days Test drive an exam under real exam conditions to see whether you have skills to manage your time under pressure! • Take a mock exam under timed conditions • Receive a classroom tutor debrief of the answers after the exam • Get your mock exam marked by an expert tutor • Detailed tailored feedback on exactly what you need to do to pass Contact [email protected] for further details about T4 case study courses or T4 home study options.

Customer comments

“Just wanted to pass on a few words of thanks for all your help with T4 after passing first time with you. Not only was your level of knowledge about the case study hugely

impressive, but this was also reflected in your spot on mock exams which picked up on all of the subjects in the exam, I found the feedback from the mock exams very useful” .

“Being able to email you when I wasn't sure of something was excellent and you always

replied very promptly. Also the updates on real life examples throughout was a great bonus and helped me target my diversity marks. I cannot praise you, your teaching style or the learning environment in which you taught enough. Quite frankly you're a legend, and I

just want to say a huge thank you”.

Acorn offer exam facilities for T4 PC exam

Acorn also offer excellent, modern and spacious facilities to take your T4 PC based exam for the March 2014 and the May 2014 exam sittings. We are an open centre which means that you do not have to enrol on an Acorn course to enrol for a PC exam. Please contact [email protected] for further information. Our fee is £89 per PC exam provided.

Pass assurance

Pass assurance is available when enrolling for a 5 day case study tuition and mock exam practice course (March 2014 and the May 2014 exam sittings). Pass assurance will offer you FREE unlimited T4 courses and mock exam practice until you pass (terms and conditions apply).




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T4 Case study courses for the March 2014 exam (PC only)

Subject Location

Time

Days

Weekend dates £ Price (inc VAT)

T4 Case

study tuition and mock

practice days

Watford 3pm to 8.30pm

5

Saturday 25 January, Sunday 26 January, Saturday 1 February,

Saturday 15 February, Saturday 22 February

999

T4 Mock practice day


1

Saturday 15 February

129



1

Saturday 22 February

129

T4 Case study courses for the May 2014 exam (PC or Paper)

Subject Location

Time

Days

Weekend dates

£ Price (inc VAT)

T4 Case

study tuition and mock

practice days

Watford

3pm to 8.30pm

5

Saturday 29 March,

Saturday 5 April, Sunday 27 April, Sunday 11 May, Saturday 17 May

999


Watford

3pm to 8.30pm

1 Sunday 11 May 129


Watford

3pm to 8.30pm

1

Saturday 17 May

129


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CIMA Masters Gateway Assessment (CMGA) – May 2014 exams

The CIMA Masters Gateway Assessment (CMGA) is to be taken by MBA graduates designed to take them straight on to the CIMA strategic level exams. The CMGA exam is based on the management level of the CIMA qualification, that being papers E2, F2 and P2.

Customer comments “Great news (for me!), I can honestly say I would recommend Acorn as a tuition provider in an instance. The notes are first class and really focus on what you need to know to pass

the exam”.

CMGA weekend tuition courses All areas of the syllabus comprehensively explained. All course prices include study manual, exam practice kit, mock exams and 7 days a week telephone and e-mail support.

CMGA revision courses Revisit key areas of the syllabus and practice vital technique to maximise marks when answering exam questions. Also receive hot tips and guidance.

CMGA mock exam practice day Test drive an exam under real exam conditions to see whether you have skills to manage your time under pressure! • Take a mock exam under timed conditions • Get your mock exam marked by an expert tutor • Detailed tailored feedback on exactly what you need to do to pass


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CMGA special exclusive offer

As a special exclusive offer only to CMGA students you can purchase all of the below courses for a total discounted price of just £995! That’s a total of 24 days tuition including a FREE* mock exam practice day! CMGA tuition and revision on-line bookings are not available on our website, please contact [email protected] if you would like to enrol for our CMGA study programme.

Subject Location

Days

Weekend tuition courses

Revision courses

E2 EM Watford 6


Sunday 6 April

(8.30am to 2pm)

Sunday 20 April, Mon (Bank Holiday) 21 April,

Saturday 26 April

(3pm to 8.30pm)

P2 PM Watford 8



(8.30am to 2pm)



(8.30am to 2pm)

F2 FM Watford 9

Sunday 2 February,



(8.30am to 2pm)


Fri (Bank Holiday) 18 April, Saturday 19 April

(8.30am to 2pm)

Total price (inc VAT)

Weekend tuition courses

£695 for E2, P2 and F2

Revision courses


Total combined price (inc VAT)

Weekend tuition and revision courses


FREE* Mock

practice Day

Watford 1 Wednesday 14 May

(9am to 1pm)

* FREE when booking any CMGA tuition or revision course, or £89 if enrolling only for a mock day.


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