Home schooling: Year 10 plan

A 36-week plan for Year 10, the first year of GCSE or International GCSE: which subjects, how many lessons, what to do each week and a checkpoint at the end of every term.

Set up

In the app, choose Year 10, your course (International GCSE or GCSE) and your tier. Year 10 starts with short Getting started lessons, then follows a first-year order. For subjects with options (set texts, history units, geography topics), set your options in the Progress tab so only your lessons appear. Then follow the daily routine.

The 36-week year

Three terms of 12 weeks, with 30 weeks of new lessons. Move the weeks to fit your own holidays.

Weeks	Term	What to do
Weeks 1 to 10	Autumn term	New lessons, following the weekly numbers in the table below, with the review list every day.
Week 11	Autumn term	Review week: no new lessons. Clear the review list, redo any lesson under 80% right first time, and practise key terms as flashcards.
Week 12	Autumn term	Checkpoint: in each subject, do one Exam practice session on the Today screen (10 questions from lessons already studied, weakest first) and a Mock test on each topic finished this term (Progress tab, Mock test, choose the topic, 20 questions, timer on). Then print the progress record from the Parents tab and keep it with your home-school records.
Weeks 13 to 22	Spring term	New lessons, following the weekly numbers in the table below, with the review list every day.
Week 23	Spring term	Review week: no new lessons. Clear the review list, redo any lesson under 80% right first time, and practise key terms as flashcards.
Week 24	Spring term	Checkpoint: in each subject, do one Exam practice session on the Today screen (10 questions from lessons already studied, weakest first) and a Mock test on each topic finished this term (Progress tab, Mock test, choose the topic, 20 questions, timer on). Then print the progress record from the Parents tab and keep it with your home-school records.
Weeks 25 to 34	Summer term	New lessons, following the weekly numbers in the table below, with the review list every day.
Week 35	Summer term	Review week: no new lessons. Clear the review list, redo any lesson under 80% right first time, and practise key terms as flashcards.
Week 36	Summer term	Checkpoint: in each subject, do one Exam practice session on the Today screen (10 questions from lessons already studied, weakest first) and a Mock test on each topic finished this term (Progress tab, Mock test, choose the topic, 20 questions, timer on). At the end of Year 10, add a whole-subject Mock test of 30 questions in each subject to see what to revisit over the summer. Then print the progress record from the Parents tab and keep it with your home-school records.

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE

International GCSE: 502 lessons across 17 subjects for Year 10 (counting the most lesson-heavy options). International GCSEs often suit home schooling; see sitting the exams for why. Pick only the subjects you will sit. Choose one science route: Biology, Chemistry and Physics as three separate International GCSEs, or Science (Double Award).

Subject	Lessons this year	New lessons per termAutumn / Spring / Summer	A typical week	Time a weeknew lessons only
Mathematics	36	12 / 12 / 12	1 a week, 2 in 6 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 20 min
English Language	16 to 17depends on your options	5 / 6 / 6	1 a week in 17 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 10 min
English Literature	13depends on your options	4 / 4 / 5	1 a week in 13 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 5 min
Biology	32	10 / 11 / 11	1 a week, 2 in 2 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 15 min
Chemistry	35	11 / 12 / 12	1 a week, 2 in 5 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 15 min
Physics	35	11 / 12 / 12	1 a week, 2 in 5 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 20 min
History	6 to 22depends on your options	7 / 7 / 8	1 a week in 22 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 10 min
Geography A	15 to 30depends on your options	10 / 10 / 10	1 a week	about 15 min
Computer Science	29	9 / 10 / 10	1 a week in 29 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 15 min
Business	27	9 / 9 / 9	1 a week in 27 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 15 min
French	26	8 / 9 / 9	1 a week in 26 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 15 min
Spanish	27	9 / 9 / 9	1 a week in 27 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 15 min
Further Pure Mathematics	22	7 / 7 / 8	1 a week in 22 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 10 min
Economics	24	8 / 8 / 8	1 a week in 24 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 10 min
Accounting	18	6 / 6 / 6	1 a week in 18 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 10 min
Science (Double Award)	79	26 / 26 / 27	2 a week, 3 in 19 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 40 min
Arabic	30	10 / 10 / 10	1 a week	about 15 min

Lesson counts come from the GCSE-ready course map, so they grow as lessons are added. "Time a week" uses each lesson's estimated time. Higher tier counts include the Higher-only lessons; Foundation tier skips them.

Week by week

Open a subject to see which lessons to do in each teaching week. These follow the same order as the Today screen in the app.

Mathematics · 36 lessons

Week 1 Number skills: order of operations and written methods
Week 2 The language of algebra
Week 3 Shapes, angles and coordinates
Week 4 Measures: scales, time and money
Week 5 How International GCSE Maths is assessed; Place value, ordering and negative numbers
Week 6 Prime factors, HCF and LCM
Week 7 Fraction arithmetic
Week 8 Fractions, decimals and percentages
Week 9 Expressions, substitution and formulae
Week 10 Expanding and factorising; Angle facts and parallel lines
Week 13 Angles in polygons
Week 14 Rounding and estimation
Week 15 Solving linear equations
Week 16 Changing the subject of a formula
Week 17 Averages and range; Charts and diagrams
Week 18 Ratio and sharing
Week 19 Percentages and percentage change
Week 20 Area and perimeter
Week 21 Circles, arcs and sectors
Week 22 Laws of indices; Standard form
Week 25 Sequences and the nth term
Week 26 Straight-line graphs: y = mx + c
Week 27 Pythagoras' theorem
Week 28 Right-angled trigonometry
Week 29 Volume and surface area; Probability basics and relative frequency
Week 30 Set language and notation
Week 31 Linear inequalities
Week 32 Transformations
Week 33 Bearings, constructions and loci
Week 34 Solving quadratics by factorising; Simultaneous linear equations

English Language · 16 to 17 lessons

This subject has options: Paper 2 or Paper 3 (choose 1). Set them in the app (Progress tab, then the options card) and the lessons for the options you did not choose are hidden. Work through these topics in order, about 1 a week in 17 of the 30 teaching weeks:

5 Starter: from Year 9 to GCSE
1 Getting started
5 Paper 1 Section A: Non-fiction reading
2 Paper 1 Section B: Transactional writing
2 Paper 2 Section A: Poetry and prose texts option
2 Paper 2 Section B: Imaginative writing option

English Literature · 13 lessons

This subject has options: Paper 1 Section C: modern prose (choose 1); Paper 2 (or Paper 3 coursework) Section A: modern drama (choose 1); Paper 2 (or Paper 3 coursework) Section B: literary heritage text (choose 1). Set them in the app (Progress tab, then the options card) and the lessons for the options you did not choose are hidden. Work through these topics in order, about 1 a week in 13 of the 30 teaching weeks:

5 Starter: from Year 9 to GCSE
1 Exams and assessment objectives
3 Paper 1A Unseen poetry
3 Paper 1B Anthology poetry (Part 3)
1 Paper 2A Modern drama: A View from the Bridge

Biology · 32 lessons

Week 1 Getting started: cells and the light microscope
Week 2 Getting started: life processes, photosynthesis and respiration
Week 3 Getting started: variables, fair tests and means
Week 4 Getting started: maths, data and command words in biology
Week 5 Characteristics and groups of living things
Week 6 Bacteria, viruses and pathogens
Week 7 Levels of organisation and cell structure
Week 8 Animal, plant and bacterial cells
Week 9 Stem cells
Week 10 Biological molecules and food tests
Week 13 Enzymes
Week 14 Investigating enzymes: temperature and pH
Week 15 Diffusion, osmosis and active transport
Week 16 Photosynthesis
Week 17 Limiting factors in photosynthesis; Leaf structure, minerals and starch tests
Week 18 A balanced diet
Week 19 The human digestive system
Week 20 Aerobic and anaerobic respiration
Week 21 Respiration, ATP and respiring seeds
Week 22 Gas exchange in leaves
Week 25 Exchange surfaces and the lungs
Week 26 Breathing, the thorax and smoking
Week 27 Why we need transport systems: xylem and phloem
Week 28 Transport and water in plants
Week 29 Blood and the immune response
Week 30 Vaccination, memory cells and clotting
Week 31 The heart and blood
Week 32 Heart rate, heart disease and circulation
Week 33 Excretion in plants and humans
Week 34 The kidney and ultrafiltration; Reabsorption, ADH and urine

Chemistry · 35 lessons

Week 1 Getting started: particles and dissolving
Week 2 Getting started: atoms, elements, compounds and formulae
Week 3 Getting started: chemical reactions and conservation of mass
Week 4 Getting started: working safely and accurately in the lab
Week 5 States of matter
Week 6 Diffusion, dilution and solutions; Solubility and solubility curves
Week 7 Elements, compounds and mixtures
Week 8 Separating mixtures
Week 9 Paper chromatography
Week 10 Atomic structure
Week 13 Atoms, molecules and relative atomic mass
Week 14 The periodic table; Electron configuration, metals and non-metals
Week 15 Group 0: the noble gases
Week 16 Ionic, covalent and metallic bonding
Week 17 Ions and ionic formulae
Week 18 Covalent molecules and their properties
Week 19 Structures and their properties
Week 20 Relative formula mass and conservation of mass; Empirical and molecular formulae from experiments
Week 21 Group 1: the alkali metals
Week 22 Group 7: the halogens
Week 25 Gases in the air and burning in oxygen
Week 26 The atmosphere and climate change
Week 27 The reactivity series: water, acids and displacement
Week 28 The reactivity series and displacement; Rusting and how to prevent it
Week 29 Extracting metals and recycling
Week 30 Metallic bonding
Week 31 Acids, alkalis and pH
Week 32 Acids and bases: proton transfer
Week 33 Neutralisation and salts
Week 34 Solubility rules for ionic compounds; Making salts and solubility

Physics · 35 lessons

Week 1 Getting started: energy stores and transfers
Week 2 Getting started: forces, mass and weight
Week 3 Getting started: using equations and units
Week 4 Getting started: variables and graphs in physics
Week 5 Units, prefixes and vectors
Week 6 Speed, distance and time; Acceleration and velocity-time graphs
Week 7 Forces, vectors and resultants
Week 8 Newton's laws and weight
Week 9 Falling objects and terminal velocity
Week 10 Stopping distances
Week 13 Springs, stretching and Hooke's law
Week 14 Momentum; Moments, levers and gears
Week 15 Circuits, charge and current
Week 16 Series and parallel circuits
Week 17 Resistance and I-V graphs
Week 18 Mains electricity and electrical safety
Week 19 Mains electricity and the plug
Week 20 Electrical energy and power; Wave properties
Week 21 The wave equation
Week 22 The Doppler effect
Week 25 Waves at boundaries and refraction
Week 26 The electromagnetic spectrum
Week 27 Uses and dangers of EM waves
Week 28 Refractive index; Critical angle and total internal reflection
Week 29 Energy stores, KE and GPE
Week 30 Efficiency and Sankey diagrams
Week 31 Efficiency and wasted energy
Week 32 Conduction and convection
Week 33 Thermal radiation and insulation
Week 34 Work, power and energy transfers; Energy resources

History · 6 to 22 lessons

This subject has options: Paper 1: Depth studies (choose 2); Paper 2: Historical investigation (choose 1); Paper 2: Breadth study in change (choose 1). Set them in the app (Progress tab, then the options card) and the lessons for the options you did not choose are hidden. Work through these topics in order, about 1 a week in 22 of the 30 teaching weeks:

5 Getting started
1 Paper 1: The French Revolution, c1780 to 99 option
1 Paper 1: Development of a nation: unification of Italy, 1848 to 70 option
9 Paper 1: Germany: development of dictatorship, 1918 to 45 option
1 Paper 1: Colonial rule and the nationalist challenge in India, 1919 to 47 option
1 Paper 1: Dictatorship and conflict in the USSR, 1924 to 53 option
6 Paper 1: A world divided: superpower relations, 1943 to 72 option
1 Paper 1: A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945 to 74 option
1 Paper 1: South Africa: from union to the end of apartheid, 1948 to 94 option
4 Paper 2: A1 The origins and course of the First World War, 1905 to 18 option
1 Paper 2: A2 Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905 to 24 option
1 Paper 2: A3 The USA, 1918 to 41 option
1 Paper 2: A4 The Vietnam Conflict, 1945 to 75 option
1 Paper 2: A5 East Germany, 1958 to 90 option
1 Paper 2: B1 America: from new nation to divided union, 1783 to 1877 option
1 Paper 2: B2 Changes in medicine, c1848 to c1948 option
1 Paper 2: B3 Japan in transformation, 1853 to 1945 option
1 Paper 2: B4 China: conflict, crisis and change, 1900 to 89 option
1 Paper 2: B5 The changing role of international organisations: the league and the UN, 1919 to c2011 option
1 Paper 2: B6 The changing nature of warfare and international conflict, 1919 to 2011 option
1 Paper 2: B7 The Middle East: conflict, crisis and change, 1917 to 2012 option
1 Paper 2: B8 Diversity, rights and equality in Britain, 1914 to 2010 option

Geography A · 15 to 30 lessons

This subject has options: Paper 1 Section A: physical topics (choose two) (choose 2); Paper 1 Section B: fieldwork (choose one) (choose 1); Paper 2 Section A: human topics (choose two) (choose 2); Paper 2 Section C: global issue (choose one) (choose 1). Set them in the app (Progress tab, then the options card) and the lessons for the options you did not choose are hidden. Work through these topics in order, about 1 a week:

5 Getting started
6 Topic 1: River environments (Paper 1 option) option
6 Topic 2: Coastal environments (Paper 1 option) option
2 Paper 1 Section B: Fieldwork (rivers, coasts or hazards)
8 Topic 6: Urban environments (Paper 2 option) option
1 Paper 2 Section B: Fieldwork (economic, rural or urban)
2 Geographical skills

Computer Science · 29 lessons

Week 2 What is an algorithm?
Week 3 Sequence, selection and iteration
Week 4 Binary basics: bits and place value
Week 5 Inside a computer: input, process, output and storage
Week 6 Algorithms and flowcharts
Week 7 Decomposition and abstraction
Week 8 Python basics: data types, input and output
Week 9 Variables, constants and operators
Week 10 Computational models and simulation
Week 13 The CPU and the fetch-decode-execute cycle
Week 14 Operating systems and utility software
Week 15 Programming languages and translators
Week 16 Binary numbers
Week 17 Selection: if, elif and else
Week 18 Binary addition, overflow and shifts
Week 19 Hexadecimal
Week 20 Repetition and iteration: for and while
Week 21 Trace tables and types of error
Week 22 Networks, LANs, WANs and the internet
Week 25 Wired, wireless and network speed
Week 26 Representing characters: ASCII
Week 27 Logic gates and truth tables
Week 28 Environmental impact of digital devices
Week 29 Manipulating strings
Week 30 Arrays, 2D arrays and records
Week 31 Images, sound and the limits of bits
Week 32 Buses and the stored program concept
Week 33 Network security and robust software
Week 34 Personal data: ethics and law

Business · 27 lessons

Week 2 What businesses do
Week 3 Enterprise: from problem to business idea
Week 4 Business maths: revenue, costs and profit
Week 5 Percentages and business data
Week 6 Explaining in Business: building a chain of reasoning
Week 7 Classifying businesses
Week 8 Factors of production
Week 9 Business aims and objectives
Week 10 Business ownership and franchising
Week 14 Limited companies and public corporations
Week 15 Business stakeholders
Week 16 Customer needs
Week 17 Market research
Week 18 The market
Week 19 Segmentation and market mapping
Week 20 Revenue, costs and profit
Week 21 Break-even
Week 22 Product: design mix and life cycle
Week 26 Price
Week 27 Place: methods of distribution
Week 28 Promotion
Week 29 Cash flow
Week 30 Sources of finance and interest
Week 31 Business location
Week 32 Organisational structures
Week 33 Effective recruitment
Week 34 Motivation

French · 26 lessons

Week 2 Nouns: le, la, un, une and mon, ma, mes
Week 3 Four key verbs: être, avoir, aller, faire
Week 4 Numbers, dates and time
Week 5 Asking questions: question words
Week 6 Opinions, reasons and connectives
Week 7 Introducing yourself: être and avoir
Week 9 Family and descriptions
Week 10 House and home: possessive pronouns
Week 13 Friends: adjective agreement and position
Week 14 The present tense: -er verbs
Week 15 School subjects and opinions
Week 16 Daily routine and helping at home
Week 17 Food and drink: du, de la, des and negatives
Week 19 Sport and leisure: jouer à, faire de
Week 20 In town: places and directions
Week 21 Weather and climate: three tenses
Week 22 Shopping: this, which and prices
Week 25 The near future: aller + infinitive
Week 26 Holidays and travel
Week 28 The past tense with avoir
Week 29 The past tense with être
Week 30 Relationships: reflexive verbs
Week 31 Healthy living: modal verbs and il faut
Week 32 Social media: asking questions
Week 33 Travel and transport: tickets and times
Week 34 Exam skills: Paper 3 Speaking

Spanish · 27 lessons

Week 2 Nouns: el, la, un, una and agreement
Week 3 Four key verbs: ser, estar, tener and ir
Week 4 Numbers, dates and time
Week 5 Asking questions: question words
Week 6 Opinions, reasons and connectives
Week 7 Introducing yourself: ser and tener
Week 8 Family and descriptions
Week 9 House, home, daily routine and helping at home
Week 10 Nouns: gender, plurals and articles
Week 14 Adjectives: agreement, position, possessives and demonstratives
Week 15 The present tense: regular verbs
Week 16 School subjects and opinions
Week 17 Ser and estar
Week 18 Food, drink and eating out
Week 19 Stem-changing and irregular present verbs
Week 20 Sport, free time and verbs like gustar
Week 21 Negatives and questions
Week 22 Places in town and directions
Week 26 Weather and climate
Week 27 Comparing: más, menos and tan
Week 28 Shopping, prices and demonstratives
Week 29 The near future: ir a + infinitive
Week 30 Holidays and travel
Week 31 The preterite: regular verbs
Week 32 The preterite: key irregular verbs
Week 33 Healthy living, illness and injuries
Week 34 Exam skills: Paper 3 Speaking

Further Pure Mathematics · 22 lessons

Week 2 Algebra fluency: expanding and factorising
Week 3 Algebra fluency: solving equations
Week 5 Algebra fluency: indices, algebraic fractions and formulae
Week 6 Surds and rationalising the denominator
Week 7 Factorising and completing the square
Week 9 The discriminant
Week 10 Distance and dividing a line
Week 13 Straight lines, parallel and perpendicular
Week 15 Linear and quadratic inequalities
Week 16 Regions and linear programming
Week 17 Algebraic division
Week 19 The factor and remainder theorems
Week 20 Simultaneous equations and cubic equations
Week 22 Graphs of polynomials and rational functions
Week 25 Solving equations with graphs
Week 26 Sum and product of roots
Week 28 Forming equations from roots
Week 29 Exponential and logarithmic graphs
Week 30 Laws of logarithms
Week 32 Change of base and solving equations
Week 33 Sigma notation
Week 34 Arithmetic series

Economics · 24 lessons

Week 2 What is economics?
Week 3 Choices and trade-offs
Week 4 Percentages and percentage change
Week 5 Reading economic data
Week 7 The economic problem
Week 8 Production possibility curves
Week 9 Economic assumptions
Week 10 Demand
Week 14 Supply
Week 15 Market equilibrium
Week 16 Price elasticity of demand
Week 17 Price elasticity of supply
Week 19 Income elasticity of demand
Week 20 The mixed economy and market failure
Week 21 Public goods and privatisation
Week 22 Externalities
Week 26 Factors of production and sectors
Week 27 Productivity and the division of labour
Week 28 Costs, revenue and profit
Week 29 Economies and diseconomies of scale
Week 31 Competition and firm size
Week 32 Monopoly and oligopoly
Week 33 The labour market
Week 34 Human capital and trade unions

Accounting · 18 lessons

Week 2 What accounting is for
Week 4 The accounting equation
Week 5 Debits and credits: double entry basics
Week 7 Accounting calculations: profit and percentages
Week 9 Business organisations and stakeholders
Week 10 Accounting concepts
Week 14 Business documents
Week 16 Ledgers and double entry
Week 17 Books of original entry: day books and the journal
Week 19 The three-column cash book
Week 21 The petty cash book
Week 22 The trial balance
Week 26 Capital and revenue expenditure
Week 28 Income statement of a sole trader
Week 29 Statement of financial position of a sole trader
Week 31 Bank reconciliation statements
Week 33 Technology in accounting
Week 34 Professional ethics

Science (Double Award) · 79 lessons

Week 1 Getting started: particles and dissolving; Getting started: atoms, elements, compounds and formulae
Week 2 Getting started: forces, mass and weight; Getting started: using equations and units; Getting started: cells and the light microscope
Week 3 Getting started: life processes, photosynthesis and respiration; States of matter
Week 4 Diffusion, dilution and solutions; Elements, compounds and mixtures; Units, prefixes and vectors
Week 5 Speed, distance and time; Acceleration and velocity-time graphs; Characteristics and groups of living things
Week 6 Bacteria, viruses and pathogens; Levels of organisation and cell structure
Week 7 Separating mixtures; Paper chromatography; Atomic structure
Week 8 Forces, vectors and resultants; Newton's laws and weight; Falling objects and terminal velocity
Week 9 Animal, plant and bacterial cells; Biological molecules and food tests
Week 10 Enzymes; Atoms, molecules and relative atomic mass; The periodic table
Week 13 Electron configuration, metals and non-metals; Stopping distances
Week 14 Springs, stretching and Hooke's law; Circuits, charge and current; Investigating enzymes: temperature and pH
Week 15 Diffusion, osmosis and active transport; Photosynthesis; Group 0: the noble gases
Week 16 Ionic, covalent and metallic bonding; Ions and ionic formulae
Week 17 Series and parallel circuits; Resistance and I-V graphs; Mains electricity and electrical safety
Week 18 Limiting factors in photosynthesis; Leaf structure, minerals and starch tests; A balanced diet
Week 19 Covalent molecules and their properties; Structures and their properties
Week 20 Relative formula mass and conservation of mass; Mains electricity and the plug; Electrical energy and power
Week 21 Wave properties; The human digestive system; Aerobic and anaerobic respiration
Week 22 Respiration, ATP and respiring seeds; Empirical and molecular formulae from experiments
Week 25 Group 1: the alkali metals; Group 7: the halogens; The wave equation
Week 26 Waves at boundaries and refraction; The electromagnetic spectrum
Week 27 Exchange surfaces and the lungs; Breathing, the thorax and smoking; Why we need transport systems: xylem and phloem
Week 28 Gases in the air and burning in oxygen; The atmosphere and climate change; The reactivity series: water, acids and displacement
Week 29 Uses and dangers of EM waves; Energy stores, KE and GPE
Week 30 Efficiency and Sankey diagrams; Blood and the immune response; The heart and blood
Week 31 Heart rate, heart disease and circulation; The reactivity series and displacement; Rusting and how to prevent it
Week 32 Acids, alkalis and pH; Efficiency and wasted energy
Week 33 Conduction and convection; Thermal radiation and insulation; Excretion in plants and humans
Week 34 Acids and bases: proton transfer; Neutralisation and salts; Work, power and energy transfers

Arabic · 30 lessons

Week 1 من لغة البيت إلى لغة الامتحان: الفصحى والعامّية
Week 2 أقسام الكلمة وعلامات الإعراب: مراجعة
Week 3 الفكرة الرئيسة والدليل من النصّ
Week 4 بناء الفقرة وأدوات الربط
Week 5 امتحانات العربية لغةً أولى في لمحة
Week 6 أنواع النصوص وأغراضها
Week 7 استخراج المعلومات: السؤالان 1 و5
Week 8 أساسيات الإعراب: المعرب والمبني وعلامات الإعراب
Week 9 الإجابة بالدليل من النصّ: الأسئلة 2 و3 و6 و7
Week 10 الجملة الاسمية: المبتدأ والخبر
Week 13 همزة الوصل وهمزة القطع
Week 14 الاستنتاج وقراءة ما بين السطور
Week 15 الجملة الفعلية: الفعل والفاعل والمفعول به
Week 16 علامات الترقيم
Week 17 ورقة الكتابة: الأغراض والأشكال ومعايير التصحيح
Week 18 الكتابة السردية: القصّة
Week 19 الصورة البيانية: التشبيه والاستعارة والكناية
Week 20 كان وأخواتها وكاد وأخواتها
Week 21 التاء المربوطة والمفتوحة والألف اللينة
Week 22 الكتابة الوصفية
Week 25 المحسّنات البديعية: الطباق والمقابلة والجناس والسجع
Week 26 إنّ وأخواتها ولا النافية للجنس وهمزة إنّ
Week 27 إعراب المضارع والأمر والنفي
Week 28 الرسالة والبريد الإلكتروني
Week 29 الأساليب: الخبر والإنشاء والتوكيد والتكرار
Week 30 التوابع: النعت والعطف والبدل والتوكيد
Week 31 التلخيص: السؤال 10
Week 32 المحاور العشرة ومفرداتها
Week 33 الإضافة والأسماء الخمسة والممنوع من الصرف
Week 34 المثنّى والجموع والأسماء المنقوصة والمقصورة

Pearson Edexcel GCSE

GCSE: 403 lessons across 15 subjects for Year 10 (counting the most lesson-heavy options). Pick only the subjects you will sit. Choose one science route: Biology, Chemistry and Physics as three separate GCSEs, or Combined Science (two GCSEs).

Subject	Lessons this year	New lessons per termAutumn / Spring / Summer	A typical week	Time a weeknew lessons only
Mathematics	36	12 / 12 / 12	1 a week, 2 in 6 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 20 min
English Language	20	6 / 7 / 7	1 a week in 20 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 10 min
English Literature	11depends on your options	3 / 4 / 4	1 a week in 11 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 5 min
Biology	21	7 / 7 / 7	1 a week in 21 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 10 min
Chemistry	21	7 / 7 / 7	1 a week in 21 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 10 min
Physics	21	7 / 7 / 7	1 a week in 21 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 10 min
Combined Science	48	16 / 16 / 16	1 a week, 2 in 18 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 25 min
History	7 to 22depends on your options	7 / 7 / 8	1 a week in 22 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 10 min
Geography A	29 to 33depends on your options	11 / 11 / 11	1 a week, 2 in 3 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 20 min
Computer Science	25	8 / 8 / 9	1 a week in 25 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 15 min
Business	25	8 / 8 / 9	1 a week in 25 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 10 min
French	20	6 / 7 / 7	1 a week in 20 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 10 min
Spanish	25	8 / 8 / 9	1 a week in 25 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 15 min
Arabic	24	8 / 8 / 8	1 a week in 24 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 15 min
Psychology	51depends on your options	17 / 17 / 17	1 a week, 2 in 21 of the 30 teaching weeks	about 25 min

Week by week

Open a subject to see which lessons to do in each teaching week. These follow the same order as the Today screen in the app.

Mathematics · 36 lessons

Week 1 Number skills: order of operations and written methods
Week 2 The language of algebra
Week 3 Shapes, angles and coordinates
Week 4 Measures: scales, time and money
Week 5 How GCSE Maths is assessed; Place value, ordering and negative numbers
Week 6 Prime factors, HCF and LCM
Week 7 Fraction arithmetic
Week 8 Fractions, decimals and percentages
Week 9 Expressions, substitution and formulae
Week 10 Expanding and factorising; Angle facts and parallel lines
Week 13 Angles in polygons
Week 14 Rounding and estimation
Week 15 Solving linear equations
Week 16 Changing the subject of a formula
Week 17 Averages and range; Charts and diagrams
Week 18 Scatter graphs and correlation
Week 19 Ratio and sharing
Week 20 Percentages and percentage change
Week 21 Area and perimeter
Week 22 Circles, arcs and sectors; Laws of indices
Week 25 Standard form
Week 26 Sequences and the nth term
Week 27 Straight-line graphs: y = mx + c
Week 28 Pythagoras' theorem
Week 29 Right-angled trigonometry; Volume and surface area
Week 30 Probability basics and relative frequency
Week 31 Linear inequalities
Week 32 Transformations
Week 33 Bearings, constructions and loci
Week 34 Solving quadratics by factorising; Simultaneous linear equations

English Language · 20 lessons

Week 2 Reading for meaning: explicit, implicit and inference
Week 3 Your toolkit: word classes and language terms
Week 5 Sentence control and punctuation for effect
Week 6 Writing an analytical paragraph: PEE and PETAL
Week 8 Audience, purpose and form in your own writing
Week 9 Your English Language exams at a glance
Week 13 Transactional writing forms
Week 14 Articles, speeches, reviews, guides and leaflets
Week 16 Tone, register and audience
Week 17 Persuasive and rhetorical devices
Week 19 Sentences and punctuation
Week 20 Grammar for accurate writing
Week 22 Non-fiction and literary non-fiction
Week 25 Reading non-fiction: viewpoint
Week 27 Reading 19th-century fiction with confidence
Week 28 Finding information and inference
Week 30 Analysing language
Week 31 Analysing structure
Week 33 Planning a story
Week 34 Descriptive writing

English Literature · 11 lessons

This subject has options: Paper 1 Section A: Shakespeare play (choose 1); Paper 1 Section B: post-1914 British play or novel (choose 1); Paper 2 Section A: 19th-century novel (choose 1); Paper 2 Section B Part 1: poetry anthology collection (choose 1). Set them in the app (Progress tab, then the options card) and the lessons for the options you did not choose are hidden. Work through these topics in order, about 1 a week in 11 of the 30 teaching weeks:

5 Starter: from Year 9 to GCSE
1 Exams and assessment objectives
1 Paper 1A Shakespeare: Macbeth
1 Paper 1B Post-1914: An Inspector Calls
1 Paper 2A 19th-century novel: Jane Eyre
2 Paper 2B Unseen poetry

Biology · 21 lessons

Week 2 Getting started: cells and the light microscope
Week 3 Getting started: life processes, photosynthesis and respiration
Week 5 Getting started: variables, fair tests and means
Week 6 Getting started: maths, data and command words in biology
Week 8 Animal, plant and bacterial cells
Week 9 Microscopes and magnification
Week 10 Specialised cells
Week 14 Diffusion, osmosis and active transport
Week 15 Enzymes
Week 17 Mitosis and the cell cycle
Week 18 Growth, differentiation and percentile charts
Week 20 Stem cells
Week 21 The nervous system and reflexes
Week 22 Health and communicable disease
Week 26 The immune system and vaccination
Week 27 Meiosis and reproduction
Week 29 DNA and the genome
Week 30 Inheritance and Punnett squares
Week 32 Variation and mutation
Week 33 Evolution by natural selection
Week 34 Classification and human evolution

Chemistry · 21 lessons

Week 2 Getting started: particles and dissolving
Week 3 Getting started: atoms, elements, compounds and formulae
Week 5 Getting started: chemical reactions and conservation of mass
Week 6 Getting started: working safely and accurately in the lab
Week 8 States of matter
Week 9 Separating mixtures
Week 10 Paper chromatography
Week 14 Water treatment and potable water
Week 15 Atomic structure
Week 17 The periodic table
Week 18 Ionic, covalent and metallic bonding
Week 20 Structures and their properties
Week 21 Group 1: the alkali metals
Week 22 Group 7: the halogens
Week 26 Group 0: the noble gases
Week 27 Relative formula mass and conservation of mass
Week 29 Acids, alkalis and pH
Week 30 Neutralisation and salts
Week 32 Making salts and solubility
Week 33 Equations, moles and empirical formulae
Week 34 The reactivity series and displacement

Physics · 21 lessons

Week 2 Getting started: energy stores and transfers
Week 3 Getting started: forces, mass and weight
Week 5 Getting started: using equations and units
Week 6 Getting started: variables and graphs in physics
Week 8 Units, prefixes and vectors
Week 9 Speed, distance and time
Week 10 Acceleration and velocity-time graphs
Week 14 Forces, vectors and resultants
Week 15 Newton's laws and weight
Week 17 Energy stores, KE and GPE
Week 18 Work, power and energy transfers
Week 20 Efficiency and wasted energy
Week 21 Energy resources
Week 22 Stopping distances
Week 26 Wave properties
Week 27 The wave equation
Week 29 Circuits, charge and current
Week 30 Resistance and I-V graphs
Week 32 Series and parallel circuits
Week 33 Electrical energy and power
Week 34 Density and states of matter

Combined Science · 48 lessons

Week 1 Getting started: cells and the light microscope
Week 2 Getting started: variables, fair tests and means; Getting started: atoms, elements, compounds and formulae
Week 3 Getting started: chemical reactions and conservation of mass
Week 4 Getting started: forces, mass and weight; Getting started: using equations and units
Week 5 Animal, plant and bacterial cells; Microscopes and magnification
Week 6 Specialised cells
Week 7 Diffusion, osmosis and active transport; Enzymes
Week 8 States of matter
Week 9 Separating mixtures; Paper chromatography
Week 10 Water treatment and potable water; Units, prefixes and vectors
Week 13 Speed, distance and time
Week 14 Acceleration and velocity-time graphs; Forces, vectors and resultants
Week 15 Newton's laws and weight
Week 16 Mitosis and the cell cycle; Growth, differentiation and percentile charts
Week 17 Stem cells; The nervous system and reflexes
Week 18 Atomic structure
Week 19 The periodic table; Ionic, covalent and metallic bonding
Week 20 Structures and their properties
Week 21 Energy stores, KE and GPE; Work, power and energy transfers
Week 22 Efficiency and wasted energy; Energy resources
Week 25 Health and communicable disease
Week 26 The immune system and vaccination; Relative formula mass and conservation of mass
Week 27 Acids, alkalis and pH
Week 28 Neutralisation and salts; Making salts and solubility
Week 29 Wave properties; The wave equation
Week 30 Meiosis and reproduction
Week 31 DNA and the genome; Inheritance and Punnett squares
Week 32 Group 1: the alkali metals
Week 33 Group 7: the halogens; Group 0: the noble gases
Week 34 Circuits, charge and current; Resistance and I-V graphs

History · 7 to 22 lessons

This subject has options: Paper 1: Thematic study with historic environment (choose 1); Paper 2: British depth study (choose 1); Paper 2: Period study (choose 1); Paper 3: Modern depth study (choose 1). Set them in the app (Progress tab, then the options card) and the lessons for the options you did not choose are hidden. Work through these topics in order, about 1 a week in 22 of the 30 teaching weeks:

5 Getting started
1 Paper 1: Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000 to present, with Whitechapel, c1870 to c1900 option
10 Paper 1: Medicine in Britain, c1250 to present, with the British sector of the Western Front, 1914 to 18 option
1 Paper 1: Warfare and British society, c1250 to present, with London and the Second World War, 1939 to 45 option
1 Paper 1: Migrants in Britain, c800 to present, with Notting Hill, c1948 to c1970 option
1 Paper 2: Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060 to 88 option
1 Paper 2: The reigns of King Richard I and King John, 1189 to 1216 option
1 Paper 2: Henry VIII and his ministers, 1509 to 40 option
4 Paper 2: Early Elizabethan England, 1558 to 88 option
1 Paper 2: Spain and the 'New World', c1490 to c1555 option
1 Paper 2: British America, 1713 to 83: empire and revolution option
4 Paper 2: The American West, c1835 to c1895 option
1 Paper 2: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941 to 91 option
1 Paper 2: Conflict in the Middle East, 1945 to 95 option

Geography A · 29 to 33 lessons

This subject has options: Paper 1: UK landscapes (choose two) (choose 2); Paper 2: Resource management (choose one) (choose 1). Set them in the app (Progress tab, then the options card) and the lessons for the options you did not choose are hidden. Work through these topics in order, about 1 a week, 2 in 3 of the 30 teaching weeks:

5 Getting started
8 Topic 1: The changing landscapes of the UK (study two of coasts, rivers, glaciated uplands)
6 Topic 2: Weather hazards and climate change
6 Topic 3: Ecosystems, biodiversity and management
2 Topic 4: Changing cities
3 Topic 7: Geographical investigations: fieldwork
1 Topic 8: Geographical investigations: UK challenges
2 Geographical skills

Computer Science · 25 lessons

Week 2 What is an algorithm?
Week 3 Sequence, selection and iteration
Week 4 Binary basics: bits and place value
Week 5 Inside a computer: input, process, output and storage
Week 6 Decomposition and abstraction
Week 8 Algorithms and flowcharts
Week 9 Python basics: data types, input and output
Week 10 Variables, constants and operators
Week 13 Binary numbers
Week 14 Selection: if, elif and else
Week 16 Binary addition, overflow and shifts
Week 17 Repetition and iteration: for and while
Week 18 Trace tables and types of error
Week 19 Hexadecimal
Week 20 Representing characters: ASCII
Week 22 Writing readable code and from algorithms to programs
Week 25 Logic gates and truth tables
Week 26 The CPU and the fetch-decode-execute cycle
Week 27 Manipulating strings
Week 28 Data units, images and sound
Week 30 Arrays, 2D arrays and records
Week 31 Memory and storage
Week 32 Searching and sorting
Week 33 Networks, LANs, WANs and the internet
Week 34 Environmental impact of digital devices

Business · 25 lessons

Week 2 What businesses do
Week 3 Enterprise: from problem to business idea
Week 4 Business maths: revenue, costs and profit
Week 5 Percentages and business data
Week 6 Explaining in Business: building a chain of reasoning
Week 8 Why new business ideas happen
Week 9 Entrepreneurs, risk and reward
Week 10 Customer needs
Week 13 Market research
Week 14 Segmentation and market mapping
Week 16 The competitive environment
Week 17 Business aims and objectives
Week 18 Revenue, costs and profit
Week 19 Break-even
Week 20 Break-even diagrams
Week 22 Cash flow
Week 25 Sources of finance and interest
Week 26 Business ownership and franchising
Week 27 Business location
Week 28 The marketing mix
Week 30 Business plans
Week 31 Business stakeholders
Week 32 Technology and business
Week 33 Legislation and business
Week 34 The economy and business

French · 20 lessons

Week 2 Nouns: le, la, un, une and mon, ma, mes
Week 3 Four key verbs: être, avoir, aller, faire
Week 5 Numbers, dates and time
Week 6 Asking questions: question words
Week 8 Opinions, reasons and connectives
Week 9 Introducing yourself: être and avoir
Week 13 Family and descriptions
Week 14 Friends: adjective agreement and position
Week 16 The present tense: -er verbs
Week 17 School subjects and opinions
Week 19 Food and drink: du, de la, des and negatives
Week 20 Sport and leisure: jouer à, faire de
Week 22 In town: places and directions
Week 25 Shopping: this, which and prices
Week 27 The near future: aller + infinitive
Week 28 Holidays and travel
Week 30 The past tense with avoir
Week 31 The past tense with être
Week 33 Healthy living: modal verbs and il faut
Week 34 Exam skills: Paper 1 Speaking

Spanish · 25 lessons

Week 2 Nouns: el, la, un, una and agreement
Week 3 Four key verbs: ser, estar, tener and ir
Week 4 Numbers, dates and time
Week 5 Asking questions: question words
Week 6 Opinions, reasons and connectives
Week 8 Introducing yourself: ser and tener
Week 9 Family and descriptions
Week 10 Nouns: gender, plurals and articles
Week 13 Adjectives: agreement, position, possessives and demonstratives
Week 14 The present tense: regular verbs
Week 16 School subjects and opinions
Week 17 Ser and estar
Week 18 Food, drink and eating out
Week 19 Stem-changing and irregular present verbs
Week 20 Sport, free time and verbs like gustar
Week 22 Negatives and questions
Week 25 Places in town and directions
Week 26 Comparing: más, menos and tan
Week 27 Shopping, prices and demonstratives
Week 28 The near future: ir a + infinitive
Week 30 Holidays and travel
Week 31 The preterite: regular verbs
Week 32 The preterite: key irregular verbs
Week 33 Healthy living, illness and injuries
Week 34 Exam skills: Paper 1 Speaking

Arabic · 24 lessons

Week 2 Nouns: masculine, feminine, ال and plurals
Week 3 Verbs: I, you, he and she, now and in the past
Week 4 Numbers, days of the week and your age
Week 5 Opinions and reasons: longer sentences
Week 7 The Arabic script: letters, vowels and al-
Week 8 Introducing yourself: pronouns and sentences without "to be"
Week 9 Family: my, your, his and the idafa
Week 10 Friends: adjectives and agreement
Week 14 Daily life and customs: the present tense
Week 15 Food and drink: likes, dislikes and negatives
Week 16 School subjects, types of school and opinions
Week 17 The school day: time, days and ordinals
Week 19 Shopping: numbers, prices and colours
Week 20 My town and region: places and things to do
Week 21 Weather and seasons: كان and سيكون
Week 22 Holiday destinations: countries and nationalities
Week 26 Celebrations and festivals: the past tense
Week 27 Holiday experiences: past tense and "didn't"
Week 28 Going out: invitations and the future
Week 29 Sport: the dual
Week 31 Film and TV: opinions and "which"
Week 32 Social media and technology: verbs after أن
Week 33 Exam skills: Paper 2 Speaking
Week 34 Exam skills: Paper 3 Reading and translation

Psychology · 51 lessons

This subject has options: Paper 2: optional topics (choose two) (choose 2). Set them in the app (Progress tab, then the options card) and the lessons for the options you did not choose are hidden. Work through these topics in order, about 1 a week, 2 in 21 of the 30 teaching weeks:

5 Getting started
7 Topic 1: Development
7 Topic 2: Memory
8 Topic 3: Psychological problems
7 Topic 4: The brain and neuropsychology
17 Topic 11: Research methods

Exams

Before the autumn term ends, find an exam centre and check its entry deadline. See sitting the exams as a private candidate and the exam dates.

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