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GCSE Overview
The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is the name of a set of British examinations, usually taken by secondary school students at age 15-16 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (but not Scotland, where the equivalent is called Standard Grade)

Below you will find various links to websites that will help you with your GCSE revision, or GCSE work throughout the year.

Art
(an adventure in Art history)
(Art products and resources for creative individuals from beginner to advanced)
(the Net's Source for Accomplished Artists Worldwide)

English
(BBC GCSE Bitesize revision web site)
/ (focuses on the literature exam)
(If you have an English query then you can e-mail your question to them. This site also allows you to view thousands of other questions and answers and is an excellent revision source)
(A straightforward site which focuses on helping you to achieve higher grades in English and English Literature GCSE exams. You are also invited to send in questions)

(A helpful site if you struggle with organising and extending your essays. Also extremely useful for preparing for your exams as it helps you with comparing and contrasting essays which you will need to use when comparing poems)

(A site on English grammar; If you struggle with your apostrophes or semi-colons then this is the site for you)

(A superb site for revising the AQA anthology. It has in-depth commentaries of all poems in the current anthology. It also has sections on all aspects of coursework.)

(A great resource with notes on many popular GCSE texts such as Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, The Go-Between and more. It also contains revision notes to help you with some of the poems from the anthology)

(Comprehensive study guides for most GCSE texts)

Belmont High School (A useful site if you are studying the novel Of Mice and Men or the novel To Kill a Mockingbird - good because words and phrases that you may have difficulty understanding are explained)

A comprehensive study guide for the novel Lord of the Flies

(Free study guides for “Lord of the Flies” and “To Kill a Mockingbird”)

(On-line study guides to Shakespeare’s plays)

(Free Online Literature with more than 2000 whole Classic Texts to view. If the text you are studying is on this site, then there is no need to take your book home as you can view it on-line)

(Why take the book home when you can read the whole text online?)

Electronics
(click on the box for Electronics - there are also links for Resistant Materials, Food and Textiles.)

(written by a teacher)

(a beautifully-designed site - click on the Electronics link)

French
(topic-based revision from the excellent WildFrench site)

(past papers and practise your exam technique)

(practise your listening skills)

(French writing exercises)

Food Technology

(AQA Food Technology Notes and Guidance)

(food revision)

(details about soya protein)

(revision questions)

Geography

(downloadable test papers from our website and marking schemes. Foundation & Higher Tier)

(really straightforward visual site)

(includes the topics needed for GCSE Geography)

(hugely popular site)

(detailed site) revision-notes (general revision notes on Business Studies, sections 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8)

(a general site, including some )

Information on the from the Met Office

The CIA (information about every country in the world - general interest/ background)

(a list of recommended Geography sites)

History

(it's just the best site for you around), including a list of

(great for pupils who prefer a visual way of revising)

(lots of stuff to think about)

(don’t spend all your time on these! – but have fun and relax)

Maths

(you will need your access details)

(includes the topics needed for GCSE Maths)

(online revision of Maths GCSE topics)

(online tests - marked for you as you go)

Music
(includes the topics needed for GCSE Music)

-Notes (musical periods)

(clear information - but ignore the adverts!)

by RP Fuller (well-organised)

PE
(GCSE zone has revision aids, worksheets, information, links, quizzes and relaxed tests)

(organised revision area. Tests and a link to online help with SOS teacher)

RE
site (probably the best general R.S. site with loads of relevant material, together with revision questions, essay outlines etc.)

(some good stuff on here, with helpful revision tests BUT be careful you only revise what is on OUR syllabus – there is more than you need on some topics.)

(not specifically for our syllabus – watch out!)

Resistant Materials
(an excellent site for general information)



(a site for general revision)

(tools, materials and processes)

(AQA exam papers)

Science
(links to Biology, Chemistry and Physics sites with lots of good stuff to think about)

(good notes on many different Physics topics)

(Chemistry and Physics - site highly officially recommended by the government)

(large site provided by a web design company)

Textiles
(lots of good stuff to think about)

(pictures and projects)

(practical tips, lessons and facts)
 
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