and I don't believe this is a problem with either school.
When I was looking at various schools for my exams, I crossed Bristol off the list for this reason:- that they are quite strict in you doing the course in two modules with each having a two week brush-up course. With the exams, this would have meant me taking three weeks off work at a time which was not feasible (if I still wanted the job to go back to, that is!).
I went to Atlantic (who went bust a while ago) for the training as they offered more flexibility (paco's course had not been approved at that time). This was also an interim course and I can assure you, if you've not flown fixed-wing and have little or no interest in doing so, the interim course is quite tediously tricky; AGK especially.
Cheers
Whirls