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Course Mode
Part-time
Level
2
Start Date
9th Sept 2026
Start / End Time
9:00am - 1:00pm
Duration
18 Weeks
Location
Westmorland Campus

Professional Business Services

The professional business services department provides courses for those wishing to retrain or develop their career in the professions of accounting, HR, law, management and IT.

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Naomi Roberts

Accountancy Apprentice

Naomi Roberts is an Accountancy Apprentice at Moore & Smalley.

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Course Overview

Why Choose This Course?
- Weekly On-Campus Classes: Benefit from regular, face-to-face classroom sessions every week with an expert college tutor. Review key concepts, get direct guidance on your progress, and collaborate with classmates in a supportive group environment.
- All-Inclusive Accountext Materials: Your course includes premium Accountext learning resources to fully prepare you for your assessments. You will receive physical study textbooks and comprehensive exam kits to practise at your own pace.
- 24/7 Online Portal Access: Alongside your physical books, you get full access to a dedicated online portal packed with digital materials, allowing you to reinforce your classroom learning whenever you need it.

What You Will Learn
This course provides a solid foundation in finance administration and double-entry bookkeeping, perfectly preparing you for junior accounting roles.
Units of Study:
- Introduction to Bookkeeping
- Principles of Bookkeeping

- You will earn the AAT Level 2 Certificate in Bookkeeping, a qualification highly sought after by employers worldwide.
- Assessment is managed through computer-based exams alongside a synoptic assessment that draws on and validates your knowledge from across the course.

The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) has been launching successful finance careers for over 40 years.

Entry Requirements

You don't need any experience of working in accounts to study AAT Level 2 Certificate in Bookkeeping. There are no specific academic entry requirements, but you do need good English, maths and IT skills. Most importantly you need to be committed to the course and a willingness to learn.

In addition to the course fees, students need to join the AAT as a student member. This costs GBP65 and is payable directly to AAT. This gives you access to AAT online resources and must be paid at the start of your course.

The course fee includes your tuition for the academic year and exam entry fees. Additional charge will be made for any resits required (GBP60 per resit). The course cost includes printed course notes. Students are encouraged to purchase text books (offered at a discounted rate) to support out of class study.
Students must complete the course in the academic year.

After Your Course

AAT qualifications are much sought after by employers, and the bookkeeping qualification is an excellent way to gain the knowledge to start a new flexible career. On completion of this course, you may progress into employment in the industry or work for yourself. Some students who complete AAT level 2 Certificate in Bookkeeping progress onto the full AAT level 2 course (with exemptions).

On completion you may decide to do the accounts for your own business, start a career in bookkeeping or apply for roles such as finance assistant, payroll clerk, sales ledger clerk, purchase ledger clerk or trainee accountant.

Fees

£852.00

The current fee information is related to the 2025/26 academic year.

The fee displayed is the course fee. Course fees are charged per course for part-time students. There is the opportunity to pay in instalments if your course has a duration of 15 weeks or over. Please get in touch with Student Services for more information.

There may be additional costs associated with this course, including kits, equipment, books, and travel expenses. Financial support may be available to support you with these. See our Student Money pages for more information.

You may qualify for financial support to cover the cost of this government-funded qualification if any of the below apply to you:
- You are aged 16 to18 on 31st August of the relevant academic year and are not studying at another school or college
- Have a gross annual income of less than GBP26,800 (earnings threshold)
- Have a household income under GBP35,000 and are in financial hardship (bursary funding)

If your employer is paying the course fee and would like to be invoiced, please let us know.