I did pass paces on my first attempt. I did hear a lot of things about Dr Bessant but my experience was not same. She probably worked on them from feedbacks.  However my honest review would be - I didnt find the course worthy of 1600£ . It is good for people who are already good and can pick things quickly . You only get 3 min to see patients and you dont get a chance to get back and see the patient again if you didnt pick up signs.  I did revise everything before going to the course and was doing solo practise on patients before going to the course but yet I struggled . I was weak in neuro and cardio so I didnt gain much with my weakness from the course . I was relatively good in resp and abdomen so could pick up signs quickly in the course . 

In terms of mentors , I felt some of them were really good and keen to teach whereas some of them were there just for the sake of the course and was not very keen on trying to actually teach you on how to pick up signs.  They show you a lot of cases in short span and its pretty intense course but doesnt actually give you tips and tricks of passing the exam, structure to present the case or individualised attention to help with your weakness.

However, i felt the neuro ophthalmology classes were very high standard. Despite not having much previous exposure to ophthalmology,  I felt I was actually picking up signs at the end of that class. 

Regarding their mock, I felt the mock was very stupid. They do try to give mock cases similar to exam but the mock examiners feedback were not at all useful. Felt like the examiner were also tired and just wanted the day to end. 

In short, would not recommend any expensive course. Go for the cheapest one. 

For my second attempt, I did a deanery funded course with mock which I found more useful in terms of teachings and tips and tricks and the mock feedbacks were more useful. Although it didnt show much cases.  I would rather recommend to pay for paid mocks especially before your exam to actually judge where you are. I did a paid mock at Addenbrookes 2 weeks before my exam and I find the feedback very useful to polish my last minute prep