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GCSE Student Revision Resources

We are committed to supporting our students in their preparation for GCSE exams. To help them succeed, we have gathered a range of revision materials and resources, accessible through our dedicated Student Revision page.

This page provides students with a variety of subject-specific resources, revision guides, and study tools to help them enhance their understanding and maximise their performance.

You can access the revision resources by visiting the link below:

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Make the most of these resources to stay organised, focused, and fully prepared for your upcoming exams.

History 

Paper 1 (Crime & Punishment)

  • Whitechapel – living conditions, poor relief, workhouses
  • Whitechapel – immigration, improvements in housing
  • Whitechapel – Jack the Ripper, police investigation, police failures to catch JTR
  • Whitechapel – Police developments following JTR case
  • Anglo-Saxon definitions of crime
  • Anglo-Saxon crimes, punishments, law enforcement
  • Changes made to crime, punishments and law enforcement during the Norman Conquest
  • The Medieval Church and influence on the law
  • Social changes in Early Modern England
  • New definitions of crime in the 16th century
  • New law enforcement and punishment in the Early Modern
  • Why were the gunpower plotters punished so harshly?
  • Witchcraft and Matthew Hopkins
  • How did justice start to change in the 18th century?
  • What is highway robbery?
  • What is smuggling?
  • What is poaching?
  • Robert Peel & Professional Policing
  • Prison Reform & Pentonville Prison
  • Tolpuddle Martyrs
  • 1900-Present Changes in Justice
  • How have prisons changed since 1900
  • Derek Bentley Case Study & The Death Penalty
  • Conscientious Objectors

Paper 3 (Weimar and Nazi Germany)

  • The end of WW1, The abdication of the Kaiser
  • The establishment of the Weimar Republic
  • The Weimar Constitution
  • The Treaty of Versailles
  • Political challenges to the Weimar Republic from the left and right
  • Economic challenges to the Weimar Republic
  • How did Stresemann recover the economy?
  • How was Germany’s reputation restored
  • Golden Age of Weimar Germany
  • Hitler and the Early Growth of the Nazi Party
  • The Munich Putsch
  • Rebuilding and growth of support of the Nazi Party
  • How did Hitler become chancellor?
  • How did Hitler consolidate his power?
  • Creation of a police state
  • Nazi Policies towards the churches
  • Propaganda and censorship
  • Opposition to the Nazi Party
  • Life for women in Nazi Germany
  • Life for the youth in Nazi Germany
  • Developments to living standards
  • Persecution of minorities

Drama

Your mock exam is a full Component 1 written exam. It includes three sections and lasts for 1 hour and 45 minutes. 

Section A

What is covered in Section A?

  • Stage positioning
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Types of stages 

Where can I revise for Section A?

Section B

What is covered in Section B?

  • Study of a set text - Blood Brothers

Where can I revise for Section B?

Section C

What is covered in Section C?

  • Live Theatre Review - Billy Elliot The Musical

Where can I revise for Section C?

  • Full play available to re-watch on Student Shared Area 
  • Knowledge organiser 
  • Book

Design & Technology Revision

  • D&T and Our world – Energy
  • Photovoltaic cells
  • Technical Textiles
  • Types of motion
  • Mechanical components
  • Market pull, Technology push
  • Natural & Manufactured Timbers
  • Metals
  • Plastics (polymers)
  • Paper & Board
  • Design strategies & techniques - Working drawings & Systems
  • CAD/CAM – laser cutting

Graphic Design Revision 

  • Components of Graphic Design (CA1)
  • Work of graphic Designers (CA2)
  • Employment Opportunities (CA2)
  • Requirements of a Graphic Design Brief (CA3)
  • Contextual Factors of Graphic Design (CA3)
  • Tools, Materials & Techniques (CA4)
  • Digital Technical Skills (CA5)

Hospitality & Catering Revision 

  • Hospitality and Catering provisions
  • Meeting the needs of customers
  • Job roles and contract types
  • Workflow
  • HACCP
  • Dealing with Complaints
  • Roles and responsibilities of the EHO
  • Allergies and intolerances

English Revision Checklists

Click here to access the GCSE English revision site - including practice exam papers, videos and knowledge organisers.