I understand that students can now choose between the online and face-to-face course. Would the Acted tutors know what the pass rates are for either options?
Pass rates are here: http://www.actuaries.org.uk/students/pages/ca3-communications-pass-lists some online ones are shown - doesn't look to be much difference.
... agreed. It is hard to make any comparisons due to the small sample sizes! However it appears that there isn't a marked difference in pass rates between the two approaches.