At Richmond Academy, our objective as a tuition provider of professional accounting courses is to provide a top rated program for you to achieve your goal.
We aim to produce well-prepared students for the exams who will go on to become leaders in the accounting profession and the business world. We take a great deal of interest in your development, we want you to be successful, we measure our success by your successes. We enjoy working with you as you develop into young professionals with limitless potential.
We appreciate your confidence and we are delighted that you chose ABCS because we know you could have gone elsewhere. The Academy’s lecturers have been preparing accounting professionals for over 20 years, and we have enjoyed some of the highest pass rates.
More importantly we want to let you know that the Academy is about “you”. Our students are our “focus” and we plan our program and delivery to provide you with the success you need. Our classes are taught by dedicated and experienced professionals. They will instruct you in theory, then help to apply it to the current accounting practices and real-life accounting problems.
We will also be able to provide you with individual attention when you need it, as we carry manageable class sizes. No student should be left behind. If at any time you are not satisfied with us; click here to contact us.
Welcome to a caring partnership!
Richmond Academy is the only Approved Tuition Provider in Jamaica and is pleased to have been granted the
Gold Student Tuition status for 1 1/2 years.
ACCA's Approved Learning Partners are tuition providers who have demonstrated that they can meet a range of challenging performance targets set by ACCA.
Gold and Platinum approvals are granted only to high-quality tuition providers whom ACCA is confident to recommend to you.
Tuition providers are assessed against five areas of performance:
Facilities
Student Support
Materials (promotional, support and study)
Tuition
Course Management
Each level requires higher standards from the tuition providers and more rigorous monitoring by ACCA.
By offering two levels of accreditation ACCA aims to create greater and clearer differentiation between tuition providers allowing students to make an informed choice before commencing their professional studies, whilst at the same time encouraging tuition providers to develop and improve standards.
ACCA STUDY MATERIALS
Study material will usually be available at the commencement of the course, providing they have
been published. (Allow up to 10 working days for delivery).
These include:
BPP Study Text
BPP Practice & Revision Kit
BPP Passcards
Additional Material is not required unless otherwise advised by the course tutor
RESALE AND EXCHANGE OF MATERIALS
Students can bring in their used study materials for exchange or resale to other students at a discounted rate. Study material must be valid for at least one sitting.
Administration Offices & Class Rooms
The administrative office is located on the premises which boast three air conditioned spacious classrooms. The seating area is beautifully enhanced with plants and lounge chairs to provide a relaxing environment, to socialize while awaiting the start of classes or enjoying a bite to eat.
There is one (1) large room that can accommodate up to 50 students and two (2) smaller rooms with a maximum seating capacity of 25 students.
Student Café
The Student Café provides refreshments reasonably priced for our students. The Café will provide an assortment of healthy snacks and tantalizing treats for our students and the surrounding establishments.
Bookshop
In order to accommodate the growing needs of our students, the Academy now has a Bookshop.
The bookshop will not only provide current ACCA/ CAT study manuals and kits for the relevant papers, but will seek to meet all your stationery needs at an affordable and student friendly price.
Students will be also able to purchase and sell used ACCA and CAT manuals at discounted prices.
The bookshop will offer for sale:
* Highlighters/ Markers * Pens, pencils, sharpeners, rulers and erasers
* Graph and folder leaves * Index cards (blank cards for making notes)
* Calculators * Notebooks
Study Area
A study facility is set up on the grounds and accessible up to the time of exams. Students not registered with the Academy will be charged an access fee per month.
Point –of Sale Machine
This facility is able to accept all multilink cards, and all major Credit Cards including, Keycard, Visa, MasterCard and Discover.