Advantages of studying with IDEAL

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ALL official ICB Mock exams included (total value £468)
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All software provided
Personalised assignment and mock exam feedback
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This comprehensive study package covers all available qualifications via ICB. The course offers skills in bookkeeping & accounting, payroll management, self-assessment & corporation taxation, and management accounting (business insight), enabling you to offer a wide range of chargeable services to your future clients, and maximising your potential earnings.

Personalised Tutor Support: Our personalised support services ensure that you are fully supported throughout your journey, receiving valuable feedback to your assignment and mock exams. You will have unlimited access to your tutors via phone, email, live chat, messenger & private social media groups.

Unrivalled Exam Preparation: As you learn each topic, you will realise the value of our internal, personalised assignment & mock exam corrections. And, when it comes to exam preparations we leave nothing to chance; we provide you with all available ICB Mock exams for each exam. These are FREE to you, are the only true reflection of the final exams, and essential to ensure exam readiness. So confident are we that you’ll pass every exam first time, we’ll cover 50% of one exam re-sit per subject, based on our Exam Pass Guarantee.

Professional Standing: Having the status of ‘FELLOW’ within any organisation is a great honour. This course package covers the qualification requirement for you to achieve this professional badge of quality.

Be Career Ready Our responsibilities do not stop with exam success. We want to ensure that you are ready to use your skills professionally. For example, our taxation subjects show ‘real-world’ examples following computerised input using specialist accounts and tax software. This ensures you can see realistic business examples, preparing you for your own work in this area. As you transition from student to professional bookkeeper, you’ll also have access to our IDEAL Ambassadors to seek one-to-one advice. Our Ambassadors run successful bookkeeping practices, having first completed their study journey with Ideal Schools

Ideal Schools Will Provide:
  • Interest free payment option – NO credit checks or 3rd party finance
  • Our Price Promise
  • All Study Materials provided in HARD COPY
  • Online access to ALL training materials – study on the go!
  • EXAM PASS GUARANTEE
  • Sage 50 Accounts Pro or Xero software options
  • Sage 50 Payroll or BrightPay software
  • 4 year tutorial support via phone, email & 24/7 support via private Facebook groups
  • 1st Year ICB Student Registration
  • Continuous Self Progress tests & Answers
  • Extensive tutor marked assignments and mock exams included within each unit of study
  • 26 x Official ICB mock exams (Value = £468)
  • Ongoing career support
  • Many ICB Member benefits


Entry Requirements: No prior knowledge or experience is required
Exam Structure: 13 X Home Based Examinations
Study Time: Approx 650-700 hours
Exam Pass Gaurantee
Enrol with confidence for guaranteed success!
If you DO NOT pass an exam we'll share responsibility and will pay 50% of one re-sit cost per exam. (T's & C's Apply)
On completion, you will have achieved the following Certification:
  • Level 2 Certificate in Bookkeeping
  • Level 3 Certificate in Bookkeeping and Accounts
  • Level 3 Diploma in Payroll Management
  • Level 4 Diploma in Advanced Bookkeeping and Accounting, including
  • Level 4 Certificate in Self-Assessment Taxation
  • Level 4 Certificate in Financial Statements for Small & Micro Businesses
  • Level 4 Certificate in Corporation Tax
  • Level 4 Certificate in Business Insight



    • Commitment & promise:
    We do not shy from the fact that this course of study requires great commitment from you. We’ll match your commitment and promise to guide and support you every step of the way. Communication is key in this method of learning and we place a heavy emphasis on this with telephone & email support (Facebook, Messenger & Live Chat are also available). Few colleges offer telephone tutorial support. Fewer still provide you with a direct line to tutors without a ‘call back’ system. You’ll have direct telephone contact with our multi-award winning tutorial team.

    We believe that, in this package, we have the most comprehensive, career minded range of courses available; ensuring you have the skills and tools available to offer a wide range of bookkeeping & accounting services to prospective clients and/or employers.

    Why do we think this?
    • Two levels of extensive bookkeeping & accounting training. Successful exam completion gains you Full Membership of ICB.
    • Additional Payroll Management, Self-Assessment Taxation, Corporation Taxation and Management Accounting (Busisness Insight) training & qualifications enabling you to offer extra services depending on your clients’ and/or employers requirements. Offering this full range of services is what could set you apart from your competition.
    • We will continue to support you as you make the transition from student to practicing, professional bookkeeper. This ensures you are not isolated in this process and can learn from those who have been through similar journeys than your own.


    Your Software Choices Explained
    We fully appreciate that not all students have the same PC, laptop or MAC availablity and for this reason we are delighted to provide you with the following software choices. As you approached this section of your study we will confirm your preferred option with you:

    • Sage 50 Accounts Pro software This is a windows based program that is provided with a 180 days license, which provides ample time to complete the computerised element of the qualification, where 20-25hrs of study is required.
    • XERO Software This is suitable for any device with internet access so, if you are a MAC user with no access to a Windows platform, this is the perfect option for you.
    • Sage 50 Payroll Software This is a windows based program that is provided with a 180 day license. This section is study requires approx 35hrs of study so you still have plenty of time to complete your study, exam preparations and final exam.
    • BrightPay Software This software runs on both Windows and Mac platforms and comes with an unlimited training license . This section is study requires approx 35hrs of study so you still have plenty of time to complete your study, exam preparations and final exam.


    Software Benefits
    • We provide software options that will enable you to offer tailored services to potential clients, depending on their size and structure.
    • We provide industry standard software ensuring compatibility with working accountants.
    • Our software choices ensure you are catered for regardless of whether your hardware runs on Windows or Mac (IOS).


    If you would like added advice on software or any other part of our training we have an experienced team at your disposal. Call us now on 0800 028 1404 or 0141 248 5200.
Exam Pass Gaurantee
We Leave nothing to chance!
We will provide you with EVERY available mock exam to ensure you are EXAM READY. If purchased seperately these would cost £468 for this course option.
Our career support groups and our one-to-one mentoring services ensures you are supported well after your study is completed, helping you to be successful in your new career.

Add Exam Fees To Your Enrolment

Total exam fees for this course option are £1235.00 (8 @ £87, 1 @ £99 and 4 @ £110).

When it comes to paying for your exams you have two options

During online registration, select to switch to the option that incorporates the exam fees.
With this option, your exam fees are either added to your full payment or spread evenly throughout your interest free payment term. Selecting this option protects you against potential fee increases for the duration of your course enrolment period.

Pay as you go
As you complete each section of study you’ll be instructed to book your exams. If you have not pre-paid these you’d simply contact our admin team to pay and we’ll then place your exam order.
The choice is yours!

Monthly Payment Notice: We do not charge interest for monthly payments. To cover costs of additional security measures recently implemented in the banking system, there is a £1.50 charge added to each monthly payments to cover the cost of applying these measures in our systems.

Syllabus for FICB - The ICB Platinum Package

Core Bookkeeping & Accounting Subjects
Fellow Membership subjects
Additional CPD Units
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If you DO NOT pass an exam we'll share responsibility and will pay 50% of one re-sit cost per exam. (T's & C's Apply)
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UK's leading qualification and membership body for accounting staff!! With around 125,000 members in more than 90 countries. Members are represented at every level of the finance and accounting world.
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