What will I learn?

Level 3 introduces more complex accounting tasks such as preparing financial accounts and maintaining cost accounting records.

The AAT Accounting Qualification is a professional qualification which will start you on the path to a successful accounting and finance career. The training will give you the practical skills and financial expertise to follow a rewarding career in professional accountancy. Read about Jemma’s experience on the course

What do we study at level 3 at Andover College?

  • Bookkeeping
  • Costing
  • Spreadsheets
  • Ethics
  • Tax processes including VAT
  • Business Awareness

    Where will it lead me?

    After you’ve gained AAT level 3, you can choose how to build on all the skills and knowledge you?’ve gained. The AAT will help develop your career as an accounting and finance professional.

    You can:
    – work towards level 4

  • Become an AAT full member (and use the letters MAAT after your name)
  • Become a chartered, certified or management accountant
  • Go to university (although the qualification in itself is a cost-effective alternative)
  • Start your own business and become self-employed
    – apply for qualified bookkeeper status

    Fee Details 2

    Due to funding restrictions, anyone who doesn’t live in England or isn’t a UK
    resident^ will need to go to this page on our website to check their eligibility
    for an Advanced Learning Loan https://www.andover.ac.uk/fees-and-funding/


    Due to funding restrictions, anyone who doesn’t live in England, isn’t a UK
    resident^ or who lives in the local authority areas^ of:


    Buckinghamshire* (BUCKS)
    Cornwall (Cornwall)
    Cambridge and Peterborough
    (CPCA)
    East Midlands (EMCCA)
    Greater Devon and Torbay* (DTCCA)
    Greater
    London (London)
    Greater Manchester (GMCA)
    Greater Lincolnshire*
    (GLCCA)
    Hull and East Yorkshire* (HEYCA)
    Lancashire* (LCCA)
    Liverpool
    City Region (LCRCA)
    North East (Combined Authority) (NEMCA &
    NTCA)
    South Yorkshire (SYMCA)
    Surrey* (Surrey)
    Tees Valley
    (TVCA)
    York and North Yorkshire (YNYCA)
    Warwickshire* (Warks)
    West of
    England (WECA)
    West Midlands (WMCA)
    West Yorkshire (WYCA)


    *New for 26/27 – courses with a start date on or after 1/8/26.


    Will be unable to apply for fee remission and may be subject to higher course
    fees than those published.


    go to this page on our website to check if your postcode is in a devolved
    funding area or to check eligibility if you are a non-UK resident:  https://www.andover.ac.uk/fees-and-funding/
    or Money Matters – Sparsholt College Hampshire


    If you don’t live in England or are not a UK resident or live in any of the
    above local authority areas and wish to enrol on the course, please contact us
    for information on tuition fees.

    Fee Code

    M

    Fee Remission

    For further information on fee remission details linked to the above Fee Code – refer to our PT Application form on our website. Any reference to being 19+ refers to being 19+ on 31/8 in academic year course starts.

    All fee remission is subject to availability of Government funding at the start date of a course and eligibility criteria.

    Please Note

    All fees are correct at the current time and may be subject to change.

    Due to funding restrictions, this course is not eligible for:

    Existing full time Sparsholt College/Andover College students aged 16, 17 or 18 (or 19-24 with an EHCP) on the 31/8 in the year they started/start their course.

    Anyone undertaking an Apprenticeship

    • Fees:

    £2,573

    Level of Study:

    Part-Time

    Interview:

    Yes

    Location:

    Andover College, SP10 1EJ

    Duration:

    09:10 - 17:00