ACCA employer 'benefits'/'offerings'

I have recently completed my L4 AAT and am looking to go on and do ACCA. I work in a relatively small practise in the North (12 employees). Another colleague is studying ACCA (passed 8/11 exams - 3 exemptions).

I have been researching different providers in light of a meeting with my employer next week. Does anyone have any recommendations? I have looked at BPP, Kaplan and First Intuition. I personally would prefer classroom learning as apose to distance learning.

What sort of agreement should I be negotiating, e.g. paid/unpaid days off for study? Roughly how many days off for each exam? Just paying for the lessons or should I look to have a 'questions day'/'revision day' added in with a couple of exams? Do people pay for their exams themselves (£105)? etc.

ANY help would be appreciated as I don't really know what the par is! I've tried Google, but not a lot on this...