The Next Generation ACA syllabus, representing the latest evolution in accountancy training, is designed to meet the demands of today's accounting landscape.

Certificate Level courses will be examined under the new syllabus starting from September 2025.

Why Next Generation ACA matters now more than ever

In today's ever-changing, tech-driven world, empowering staff with the right skills and confidence to thrive is crucial for directly impacting an organisation’s success. Our Next Generation ACA courses are designed to do just that, developing highly credible professionals equipped for impact within your organisation. We achieve this through a commitment to building strong foundations, personalised learning, and unrivalled support.

Building stronger foundations for lasting success

We understand that the early stages of professional training can be challenging. That's why we've designed our courses to build stronger foundations from day one. We strategically provide enhanced tutor contact time at the start of the course, giving learners foundational expertise and guidance as they build their core understanding. This approach fosters confidence and resilience from the outset, laying the groundwork for sustained success.

Personalised learning for optimal efficiency

Our innovative, data and AI-powered courses personalise and optimise learning for maximum efficiency, providing learners with an equal opportunity to succeed. We create a personalised experience, cultivating greater self-belief and robustness, ensuring productive learning and faster skill development.

Here's how we deliver this personalised experience:

• New Focus Days: Strategically positioned throughout the course, these learner-led study days, completed from home, optimise each individual learner’s experience and provide timely support.
  
  Focus Days allow learners to embed what they have learned before developing it further and equips them with the fundamentals of specific topics ahead of engaging more deeply with complex materials and concepts during tutor-led sessions.
  
  • Diagnostic assessments: Focus Days begin with short diagnostic questions to assess your employees' knowledge on topics covered so far.
  • Tailored guidance: Based on their performance in the diagnostic, learners will receive personalised learning. We'll direct them to specific resources for further recaps and practice to ground their understanding, or guide them to resources that can further stretch their learning if they're ready for more advanced concepts.
  • Progress tests: A progress test at the end of the Focus Day allows learners to assess their understanding of the unit and enables their tutor to provide further support and adapt teaching.
• AI-Powered TutorBot: Seamlessly integrated into the course, our new AI-powered TutorBot is on hand to offer immediate and personalised support. This cutting-edge educational tool acts like a super smart study buddy, available on any device, round-the-clock, ready to assist them with any of their Next Generation ACA courses.
  
  • Adaptive learning profile: TutorBot saves each conversation, reviews them over time, and builds a complete profile of the learner’s strengths and gaps.It then tailors content and questions in real-time, ensuring each learner works at the right level.
  • "Teach Me" mode: If a learner needs a concept explained in a different way, TutorBot can provide alternative explanations and examples to help grasp challenging topics.
  • "Test Me" mode: When a learner wants to check their understanding before moving on, TutorBot can create a quiz on specific areas, automatically adjusting question difficulty based on real-time performance. This dynamic approach makes learning fun, engaging, and highly effective, providing instant feedback to reinforce understanding.
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Unrivalled support, when it's needed most

Our Next Generation ACA courses offer a step-by-step learning journey, starting with a strong focus on the fundamentals.

Kaplan's Certificate courses provide in-depth coverage of topics, ensuring learners grasp the basics before advancing to more complex areas.

These courses are designed to build a solid knowledge base and the confidence needed to navigate the challenging ACA qualification effectively. Our unrivalled support includes:

• TutorBot - AI-powered round-the-clock support
• Academic Support available 7 days a week and outside of office hours
• Proactive 1:1 back-on-track guidance
• Ongoing well-being support

This integrated approach ensures a faster, smoother, and more efficient upskilling experience for every learner.

Professional skills for impact within your organisation

Our courses go beyond just technical knowledge; they develop professional skills for impact. We cultivate the essential skills needed for productivity and agility, ensuring that trainees are workplace-ready, tech-savvy, and expertly equipped to advise. Through industry-tailored development, employees will quickly learn, adapt, and apply new skills that will transform their approach to work, driving tangible value for your organisation.

Ready to take your next step?

To learn more about the new syllabus and the support Kaplan offers, view our syllabus guidance page.