The three topics candidates fail on
Use of force and reasonableness under English common law and section 3 Criminal Law Act 1967 — candidates confuse 'necessary' with 'reasonable'.
The Equality Act 2010 protected characteristics — nine, not seven or eight, and 'age' is one of them.
Emergency evacuation procedures at licensed premises, especially the role of the Designated Premises Supervisor vs the door team.
How to actually revise
Space it out. Ten minutes a day for three weeks beats one panicked all-nighter every time — the research on spaced repetition is unambiguous.
Do practice questions with explanations, not just 'right or wrong'. If you can't articulate why the wrong answers are wrong, you don't know the topic yet.
In the exam room
Read every stem twice. SIA questions often hinge on one word: always, never, must, may.
Skip and return. If a question stalls you, mark it, move on, come back with a fresh head. Ten stalls become ten easy wins in the second sweep.