Home schooling: Year 11 plan

A plan for Year 11, the exam year: new lessons in the autumn and spring terms, then revision, mock tests and the exams in the summer term.

Set up

In the app, choose Year 11, your course and your tier. The Today screen then puts the second-year lessons first, and Exam practice appears on the Today screen. 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 20 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). This is also a good time for a full mock: a whole-subject Mock test of 30 questions with the timer on in every subject, and a timed past paper if you have one. Then print the progress record from the Parents tab and keep it with your home-school records.
Weeks 25 to 36	Summer term	Revision and the exams: exam practice every day, weekly mock tests on whole subjects, the review list, and past papers. In the June 2027 series the first exam on the common timetable is on 10 May 2027 and the last is on 18 June 2027 (Source: JCQ: Key dates, June 2027 examination series (PDF)). Your own timetable comes from your exam centre.

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE

International GCSE: 646 lessons across 17 subjects for Year 11 (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	A typical week	Time a weeknew lessons only
Mathematics	70Foundation: 31	35 / 35	3 a week, 4 in 10 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 55 min
English Language	28depends on your options	14 / 14	1 a week, 2 in 8 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 20 min
English Literature	11 to 17depends on your options	8 / 9	1 a week in 17 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 15 min
Biology	37	18 / 19	1 a week, 2 in 17 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 30 min
Chemistry	33	16 / 17	1 a week, 2 in 13 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 25 min
Physics	36	18 / 18	1 a week, 2 in 16 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 30 min
History	8 to 29depends on your options	14 / 15	1 a week, 2 in 9 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 25 min
Geography A	27 to 42depends on your options	21 / 21	2 a week, 3 in 2 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 45 min
Computer Science	39	19 / 20	1 a week, 2 in 19 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 30 min
Business	30	15 / 15	1 a week, 2 in 10 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 25 min
French	57	28 / 29	2 a week, 3 in 17 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 45 min
Spanish	60	30 / 30	3 a week	about 45 min
Further Pure Mathematics	27	13 / 14	1 a week, 2 in 7 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 25 min
Economics	24	12 / 12	1 a week, 2 in 4 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 20 min
Accounting	21	10 / 11	1 a week, 2 in 1 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 20 min
Science (Double Award)	74	37 / 37	3 a week, 4 in 14 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 55 min
Arabic	22	11 / 11	1 a week, 2 in 2 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 20 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 · 70 lessons

Week 1 Powers, roots and estimating; Fractional and negative indicesHigher; Simplifying surdsHigher
Week 2 Surds: brackets and harder denominatorsHigher; Recurring decimals to fractionsHigher; Sets: subsets, set-builder notation and Venn problemsHigher; Simple interest, percentages over 100% and growth problems
Week 3 Reverse percentages, compound interest and decay; Ratio problems: fractions, 1 : n and changing ratios; Upper and lower boundsHigher
Week 4 Compound measures: speed, density and pressure; Units, conversions and scale; Expanding three bracketsHigher; Algebraic fractionsHigher
Week 5 Harder rearranging: when the subject appears twiceHigher; Forming and solving equations from words and diagrams; Direct and inverse proportion
Week 6 Proportion with algebraHigher; Proportion graphs and gradient as a rate; Harder quadratics: factorising, the formula and completing the squareHigher; Forming and solving quadratic equationsHigher
Week 7 Simultaneous equations with a quadraticHigher; Inequalities on graphs and set notation; Quadratic inequalitiesHigher
Week 8 Special sequences: triangular, cube, geometric and Fibonacci-type; Arithmetic sequences and seriesHigher; Functions, composite and inverseHigher; Functions: domain, range and harder inversesHigher
Week 9 Plotting graphs from a table of values; Coordinates, midpoints and shapes on a grid; Parallel and perpendicular linesHigher
Week 10 Real-life graphs; Gradients of curves and areas under graphsHigher; Quadratic graphs and their roots; Cubic, reciprocal and exponential graphsHigher
Week 13 Graphs of sin x, cos x and tan xHigher; Transformations of graphsHigher; Stretches of graphs: y = af(x) and y = f(ax)Higher
Week 14 Differentiation (International GCSE)Higher; Calculus: turning points, maxima, minima and motionHigher; Symmetry and the properties of quadrilaterals; Constructions and loci
Week 15 3D shapes, nets, plans and elevations; Cones, spheres, pyramids and composite solids; Parts of a circle, chords and tangents
Week 16 Circle theoremsHigher; Circle theorems: alternate segment and multi-step problemsHigher; Intersecting chords and secantsHigher; Geometric proof and congruent trianglesHigher
Week 17 Similarity and congruence; Similar shapes: area and volumeHigher; Angles of elevation and depression, and bearings with trigonometry
Week 18 Sine rule, cosine rule and area of a triangleHigher; Problems with the sine and cosine rulesHigher; Pythagoras and trigonometry in 3DHigher; Vectors
Week 19 Vector proofs: midpoints, ratios and collinear pointsHigher; Enlargement: centres and scale factors; Combined transformations and invariant points
Week 20 Pictograms, vertical line charts and time series; Grouped data: estimated mean, modal class and median class; Cumulative frequency and box plotsHigher; Quartiles, box plots and comparing distributionsHigher
Week 21 HistogramsHigher; Histograms: drawing, reading and estimatingHigher; Sample space diagrams and listing outcomes
Week 22 Frequency trees and two-way tables; Tree diagrams and combined events; Venn diagrams and probability; Conditional probabilityHigher

English Language · 28 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, 2 in 8 of the 20 teaching weeks:

10 Paper 1 Section A: Non-fiction reading
5 Paper 1 Section B: Transactional writing
5 Paper 2 Section A: Poetry and prose texts
3 Paper 2 Section B: Imaginative writing option
1 Paper 3: Coursework option option
4 Accuracy and organisation (AO5)
1 Spoken Language Endorsement (optional)

English Literature · 11 to 17 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 17 of the 20 teaching weeks:

1 Exams and assessment objectives
3 Paper 1B Anthology poetry (Part 3)
4 Paper 1C Modern prose: To Kill a Mockingbird
3 Paper 1C Modern prose: Of Mice and Men option
2 Paper 1C Modern prose: The Whale Rider option
2 Paper 1C Modern prose: The Joy Luck Club option
3 Paper 1C Modern prose: Things Fall Apart option
2 Paper 1C Modern prose: Klara and the Sun option
1 Paper 1C Modern prose: Western Lane option
3 Paper 2A Modern drama: A View from the Bridge option
4 Paper 2A Modern drama: An Inspector Calls option
3 Paper 2A Modern drama: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time option
2 Paper 2A Modern drama: Kindertransport option
2 Paper 2A Modern drama: Death and the King's Horseman option
5 Paper 2B Literary heritage: Romeo and Juliet option
5 Paper 2B Literary heritage: Macbeth option
5 Paper 2B Literary heritage: The Merchant of Venice option
5 Paper 2B Literary heritage: Pride and Prejudice option
5 Paper 2B Literary heritage: Great Expectations option
3 Paper 2B Literary heritage: The Scarlet Letter option

Biology · 37 lessons

Week 1 Core practical: osmosis in potato
Week 2 Transpiration and the potometer; Homeostasis and temperature control
Week 3 Plant hormones; The nervous system and reflexes
Week 4 The eye: focusing and the pupil reflex; Nerves, hormones and their effects
Week 5 Flowers, pollination and fertilisation; Germination and asexual reproduction in plants
Week 6 Human reproduction and pregnancy; The menstrual cycle and contraception
Week 7 Genes, chromosomes and alleles
Week 8 DNA and the genome; RNA and protein synthesis
Week 9 Inheritance and Punnett squares; Codominance and blood groups
Week 10 Family pedigrees and probability; Mitosis and the cell cycle
Week 13 Meiosis and reproduction; Variation and mutation
Week 14 Mutations and their effects; Evolution by natural selection
Week 15 Ecosystems and interdependence; Sampling with quadrats and transects
Week 16 Biodiversity and human impact
Week 17 Food chains, webs and pyramids; The carbon and water cycles
Week 18 Nitrogen cycle, decomposition and food security; Air pollution and the greenhouse effect
Week 19 Sewage and eutrophication; The effects of deforestation
Week 20 Increasing crop yields; Microorganisms, food and fermenters
Week 21 Fish farming; Selective breeding and genetic modification
Week 22 Genetic engineering and transgenic organisms; Micropropagation and cloning animals

Chemistry · 33 lessons

Week 1 Equations, moles and empirical formulae
Week 2 Moles, reacting masses and yield; Concentration and titrations
Week 3 Ions, ionic formulae and ionic lattices
Week 4 Covalent molecules, dot and cross diagrams and models; Electrolysis
Week 5 Electrolysis and half-equations; Core practical: electrolysis of copper sulfate
Week 6 Oxidation, reduction and redox
Week 7 Uses of metals and alloys; Making a soluble salt from an insoluble base
Week 8 Tests for gases and water; Tests for ions
Week 9 Calorimetry and enthalpy changes
Week 10 Energy changes in reactions; Rates of reaction
Week 13 Collision theory and catalysts; Rate experiments: marble chips and catalysts
Week 14 Reversible reactions
Week 15 Reversible reactions and equilibrium; Changing the position of equilibrium
Week 16 Introduction to organic chemistry; Crude oil and fractional distillation
Week 17 Fuels, combustion and acid rain
Week 18 Combustion, pollutants and cracking; Alkanes
Week 19 Alkenes and the bromine water test; Alcohols and carboxylic acids
Week 20 Making and oxidising ethanol
Week 21 Carboxylic acids and esters; Addition polymers
Week 22 Polymers; Condensation polymers, polyesters and recycling polymers

Physics · 36 lessons

Week 1 Core practical: force, mass and acceleration
Week 2 Core practical: stretching a spring; Centre of gravity and beams
Week 3 Core practical: I-V graphs, LDRs and thermistors; Static electricity and electric fields
Week 4 Core practical: refraction in a glass block; Sound: speed, pitch and loudness
Week 5 Core practical: thermal radiation and the Earth's temperature; Energy diagrams, thermal conductivity and insulation
Week 6 Generating electricity
Week 7 Density and states of matter; Pressure in fluids and upthrust
Week 8 Particles and changes of state; Specific heat capacity and latent heat
Week 9 Core practical: specific heat capacity and melting ice; Gas pressure and temperature
Week 10 Gas molecules, absolute zero and the Kelvin scale; The gas laws
Week 13 Magnets, magnetic materials and fields
Week 14 Magnets and magnetic fields; Electromagnets and field patterns
Week 15 The motor effect; Electromagnetic induction and transformers
Week 16 Generators, dynamos, microphones and loudspeakers; Transformers and the transmission of electricity
Week 17 Atomic structure and isotopes; Radioactive decay and nuclear radiation
Week 18 Half-life and uses of radiation
Week 19 Dangers of radiation and radioactive waste; Nuclear fission and fusion
Week 20 Galaxies, gravity and orbits; The Solar System and orbits
Week 21 Star colour and temperature; The life cycle of stars and the universe
Week 22 Absolute magnitude and the HR diagram; Red-shift and the Big Bang

History · 8 to 29 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, 2 in 9 of the 20 teaching weeks:

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

Geography A · 27 to 42 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 2 a week, 3 in 2 of the 20 teaching weeks:

17 Geo 2026: Year 10 revision (economic activity and energy; coasts to erosional landforms)
6 Topic 3: Hazardous environments (Paper 1 option) option
1 Paper 1 Section B: Fieldwork (rivers, coasts or hazards) option
6 Topic 4: Economic activity and energy (Paper 2 option) option
4 Topic 5: Rural environments (Paper 2 option) option
6 Topic 7: Fragile environments and climate change (global issue option) option
4 Topic 8: Globalisation and migration (global issue option) option
4 Topic 9: Development and human welfare (global issue option) option
2 Geographical skills

Computer Science · 39 lessons

Week 1 Pearson pseudocode: variables, selection and loops
Week 2 Pearson pseudocode: arrays, subprograms and files; Searching and sorting
Week 3 Bubble sort and merge sort step by step; Linear and binary search in code
Week 4 Evaluating algorithms and test data; Writing readable code and from algorithms to programs
Week 5 Formatting output and string methods; Processing 2D lists and records with loops
Week 6 Reading and writing CSV text files; Validation and authentication
Week 7 Subprograms: functions and procedures; Finding and fixing errors in Python
Week 8 Testing programs: test plans and test data; Sign and magnitude
Week 9 Two's complement signed integers; Data units, images and sound
Week 10 File size and capacity calculations; Data compression
Week 13 Run-length encoding; Protecting systems and data
Week 14 Encryption and classic ciphers; Hardware components and how they work together
Week 15 CPU performance and cache; Memory and storage
Week 16 How secondary storage works; Cloud storage and its security
Week 17 Embedded systems; Truth tables with three inputs
Week 18 PANs, network models, ring topology and mobile networks; Network and email protocols
Week 19 The TCP/IP model; Network topologies
Week 20 Malware and cyberattacks; The internet, the web and IP addresses
Week 21 Health, inclusion, professionalism and the law; Intellectual property and licensing
Week 22 Artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics; Emerging trends in computing

Business · 30 lessons

Week 1 Changing aims and objectives
Week 2 Business and globalisation; Exchange rates
Week 3 Government and business
Week 4 External factors: social, technological, environmental, political; Business success and failure
Week 5 Effective communication
Week 6 Ways of working; Selection, equal opportunities and the minimum wage
Week 7 Legislation and business
Week 8 Training and development; Motivation theories
Week 9 Functional areas and human resources
Week 10 Finance for growing businesses; Completing a cash-flow forecast
Week 13 Break-even diagrams
Week 14 Break-even: calculations, changes and margin of safety; Financial statements
Week 15 Profitability ratios
Week 16 Liquidity ratios; Interpreting financial statements and ratios
Week 17 Business calculations: percentages, averages and market share
Week 18 Product development and the Boston matrix; Above and below the line, PR and branding
Week 19 Economies and diseconomies of scale
Week 20 Business operations and production; Productivity and production methods
Week 21 Lean production and quality management
Week 22 Working with suppliers and stock; Managing quality

French · 57 lessons

Spanish · 60 lessons

Further Pure Mathematics · 27 lessons

Week 1 Exponential equations that become quadratics
Week 2 Geometric series and sum to infinity
Week 3 Series problems: finding n and real-life series; Binomial expansion for positive whole n
Week 4 Binomial series for any rational n
Week 5 Binomial expansions: (a + bx)^n and products
Week 6 Vectors: components, magnitude and unit vectors; Vectors in geometry
Week 7 Vectors: intersecting lines and equating coefficients
Week 8 Differentiating powers, sin, cos and eˣ
Week 9 Product, quotient and chain rules; Integration and areas
Week 10 Areas between curves, and areas below the x-axis
Week 13 Volumes of revolution
Week 14 Calculus in kinematics; Stationary points, maxima and minima
Week 15 Maxima and minima in practical problems
Week 16 Tangents and normals
Week 17 Rates of change and small changes; Radians, arcs and sectors
Week 18 Trigonometric ratios of any angle
Week 19 Graphs of sine, cosine and tangent
Week 20 Sine rule, cosine rule and 3D problems; 3D problems: angles with planes
Week 21 Trigonometric identities and addition formulae
Week 22 Proving identities and using the addition formulae; Solving trigonometric equations

Economics · 24 lessons

Week 1 Supply and demand in real markets
Week 2 Using elasticity: revenue, taxes and subsidies
Week 3 Correcting externalities
Week 4 Competition policy and the minimum wage
Week 5 Economic growth and GDP; The economic cycle
Week 6 Inflation and how it is measured
Week 7 The effects of inflation
Week 8 Unemployment
Week 9 The current account of the balance of payments
Week 10 Protecting the environment; Redistribution of income
Week 13 Fiscal policy
Week 14 Monetary policy
Week 15 Supply-side policies and government controls
Week 16 Conflicts between objectives
Week 17 Reading economic data; Economics calculations: interest, pay, averages and percentages
Week 18 Globalisation
Week 19 Multinationals and foreign direct investment
Week 20 Free trade
Week 21 Protectionism
Week 22 Trading blocs, the WTO and trade patterns; Exchange rates

Accounting · 21 lessons

Week 1 Writing up and balancing ledger accounts
Week 2 Depreciation
Week 3 Disposal of non-current assets
Week 4 Irrecoverable debts and the provision
Week 5 Other receivables and payables
Week 6 Control accounts
Week 7 Correction of errors and the suspense account
Week 8 Preparing financial statements from a trial balance
Week 9 Partnerships and the Partnership Act 1890
Week 10 Appropriation and partners' accounts
Week 13 Partners' current accounts and the statement of financial position
Week 14 Incomplete records
Week 15 Incomplete records: preparing the statements
Week 16 Profitability ratios
Week 17 Liquidity ratios
Week 18 Interpreting and comparing accounting ratios
Week 19 Manufacturing accounts
Week 20 Applying accounting concepts at the year end
Week 21 Depreciation in the financial statements
Week 22 Irrecoverable debts in the financial statements; Accruals and prepayments in the financial statements

Science (Double Award) · 74 lessons

Arabic · 22 lessons

Week 1 بناء النصّ: الترتيب وطول الجمل والتقديم
Week 2 سؤال التحليل اللغوي: السؤالان 4 و8
Week 3 تطبيق التحليل على نصّ سردي ونصّ وصفي
Week 4 سؤال المقارنة: السؤال 9
Week 5 تطبيق المقارنة: نصّان عن الأثر في الآخرين
Week 6 تطبيق التلخيص: السوق القديم
Week 7 المبني للمجهول ونائب الفاعل
Week 8 المنصوبات: المفعول المطلق ولأجله والحال والتمييز والظرف
Week 9 العدد والمعدود وكم والأشهر
Week 10 الضمائر وأسماء الإشارة والأسماء الموصولة والاستفهام; الصرف: الميزان والمجرّد والمزيد والصحيح والمعتلّ
Week 13 المصادر والمشتقّات واسم التفضيل
Week 14 أسلوب الشرط وأسلوب الاستثناء
Week 15 النداء والتعجّب والمدح والذمّ
Week 16 أسئلة القواعد في الامتحان: الأسئلة 11 إلى 14
Week 17 الهمزة المتوسّطة والمتطرّفة
Week 18 المقال النقاشي: الجدال وعرض الآراء
Week 19 الكتابة الإقناعية والخطبة
Week 20 الإعلام والشرح: المقالة والنشرة الإعلامية
Week 21 جودة اللغة: المفردات والتراكيب والربط والفصحى
Week 22 استراتيجية الورقة الأولى; استراتيجية الورقة الثانية

Pearson Edexcel GCSE

GCSE: 597 lessons across 15 subjects for Year 11 (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	A typical week	Time a weeknew lessons only
Mathematics	73Foundation: 35	36 / 37	3 a week, 4 in 13 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 60 min
English Language	25	12 / 13	1 a week, 2 in 5 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 20 min
English Literature	19 to 21depends on your options	10 / 11	1 a week, 2 in 1 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 15 min
Biology	50	25 / 25	2 a week, 3 in 10 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 40 min
Chemistry	41Foundation: 37	20 / 21	2 a week, 3 in 1 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 30 min
Physics	41Foundation: 37	20 / 21	2 a week, 3 in 1 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 30 min
Combined Science	90Foundation: 83	45 / 45	4 a week, 5 in 10 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 70 min
History	8 to 27depends on your options	13 / 14	1 a week, 2 in 7 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 25 min
Geography A	16 to 18depends on your options	9 / 9	1 a week in 18 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 15 min
Computer Science	31	15 / 16	1 a week, 2 in 11 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 25 min
Business	27	13 / 14	1 a week, 2 in 7 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 20 min
French	51Foundation: 39	25 / 26	2 a week, 3 in 11 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 40 min
Spanish	54Foundation: 46	27 / 27	2 a week, 3 in 14 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 40 min
Arabic	23Foundation: 16	11 / 12	1 a week, 2 in 3 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 20 min
Psychology	25depends on your options	12 / 13	1 a week, 2 in 5 of the 20 teaching weeks	about 20 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 · 73 lessons

Week 1 Powers, roots and estimating; Fractional and negative indicesHigher; Simplifying surdsHigher
Week 2 Surds: brackets and harder denominatorsHigher; Recurring decimals to fractionsHigher; Upper and lower boundsHigher; The product rule for counting
Week 3 Expanding three bracketsHigher; Harder rearranging: when the subject appears twiceHigher; Forming and solving equations from words and diagrams
Week 4 Inequalities on graphs and set notation; Special sequences: triangular, cube, geometric and Fibonacci-type; Quadratic sequences and the nth termHigher; Plotting graphs from a table of values
Week 5 Real-life graphs; Gradients of curves and areas under graphsHigher; Parallel and perpendicular linesHigher; Quadratic graphs and their roots
Week 6 Harder quadratics: factorising, the formula and completing the squareHigher; Forming and solving quadratic equationsHigher; Simultaneous equations with a quadraticHigher
Week 7 Quadratic inequalitiesHigher; Functions, composite and inverseHigher; Functions: domain, range and harder inversesHigher; Algebraic fractionsHigher
Week 8 Algebraic proofHigher; IterationHigher; Cubic, reciprocal and exponential graphsHigher; Graphs of sin x, cos x and tan xHigher
Week 9 Equation of a circle and tangentsHigher; Transformations of graphsHigher; Ratio problems: fractions, 1 : n and changing ratios
Week 10 Simple interest, percentages over 100% and growth problems; Reverse percentages, compound interest and decay; Compound measures: speed, density and pressure; Direct and inverse proportion
Week 13 Proportion graphs and gradient as a rate; Proportion with algebraHigher; Units, conversions and scale; Symmetry and the properties of quadrilaterals
Week 14 Geometric proof and congruent trianglesHigher; Constructions and loci; Parts of a circle, chords and tangents
Week 15 3D shapes, nets, plans and elevations; Cones, spheres, pyramids and composite solids; Coordinates, midpoints and shapes on a grid; Enlargement: centres and scale factors
Week 16 Combined transformations and invariant points; Similarity and congruence; Similar shapes: area and volumeHigher; Angles of elevation and depression, and bearings with trigonometry
Week 17 Exact trigonometric values; Sine rule, cosine rule and area of a triangleHigher; Problems with the sine and cosine rulesHigher
Week 18 Pythagoras and trigonometry in 3DHigher; Circle theoremsHigher; Circle theorems: alternate segment and multi-step problemsHigher; Vectors
Week 19 Vector proofs: midpoints, ratios and collinear pointsHigher; Sample space diagrams and listing outcomes; Frequency trees and two-way tables; Tree diagrams and combined events
Week 20 Set language and notation; Sets: subsets, set-builder notation and Venn problemsHigher; Venn diagrams and probability
Week 21 Conditional probabilityHigher; Sampling and data collection; Grouped data: estimated mean, modal class and median class; Pictograms, vertical line charts and time series
Week 22 Cumulative frequency and box plotsHigher; Quartiles, box plots and comparing distributionsHigher; HistogramsHigher; Histograms: drawing, reading and estimatingHigher

English Language · 25 lessons

Week 1 Exam timing and question-by-question plan
Week 2 Identifying themes and summarising a text
Week 3 Paper 1 Questions 1 and 2: short answers
Week 4 Precise terminology for analysis; Paper 1 Question 3: language and structure
Week 5 Analysing characters in fiction
Week 6 Evaluating a text: Paper 1 Question 4
Week 7 Evaluation in practice: tension and suspense
Week 8 Critical reading: bias, evidence and claims; Paper 1 Section B: choosing your task
Week 9 Openings, endings and story structure
Week 10 Writing and punctuating dialogue
Week 13 Reading non-fiction forms: letters, diaries, obituaries and more
Week 14 Paper 2 short questions: 1, 2, 4 and 5; Paper 2 Question 3: analysing non-fiction
Week 15 Paper 2 Question 3 in practice: a 15-mark answer
Week 16 Paper 2 Question 6: evaluating non-fiction
Week 17 Synthesis: Paper 2 Question 7(a)
Week 18 Comparing ideas and perspectives: Question 7(b); Planning and structuring an argument
Week 19 Writing for impact: antithesis, parenthesis and more
Week 20 Writing to explain, instruct and advise
Week 21 Spelling and commonly confused words
Week 22 Paragraphs and cohesion; Spoken Language endorsement

English Literature · 19 to 21 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, 2 in 1 of the 20 teaching weeks:

1 Exams and assessment objectives
5 Paper 1A Shakespeare: Macbeth option
5 Paper 1A Shakespeare: The Tempest option
5 Paper 1A Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet option
5 Paper 1A Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing option
5 Paper 1A Shakespeare: Twelfth Night option
5 Paper 1A Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice option
4 Paper 1B Post-1914: An Inspector Calls option
3 Paper 1B Post-1914: Hobson's Choice option
3 Paper 1B Post-1914: Blood Brothers option
3 Paper 1B Post-1914: Journey's End option
3 Paper 1B Post-1914: Animal Farm option
3 Paper 1B Post-1914: Lord of the Flies option
3 Paper 1B Post-1914: Anita and Me option
3 Paper 1B Post-1914: The Woman in Black option
3 Paper 1B Post-1914: The Empress option
3 Paper 1B Post-1914: Refugee Boy option
3 Paper 1B Post-1914: Coram Boy option
3 Paper 1B Post-1914: Boys Don't Cry option
5 Paper 2A 19th-century novel: Jane Eyre option
5 Paper 2A 19th-century novel: Great Expectations option
4 Paper 2A 19th-century novel: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde option
5 Paper 2A 19th-century novel: A Christmas Carol option
5 Paper 2A 19th-century novel: Pride and Prejudice option
4 Paper 2A 19th-century novel: Silas Marner option
5 Paper 2A 19th-century novel: Frankenstein option
5 Paper 2B Poetry Anthology: Relationships
4 Paper 2B Poetry Anthology: Conflict option
4 Paper 2B Poetry Anthology: Time and Place option
4 Paper 2B Poetry Anthology: Belonging option
1 Paper 2B Unseen poetry

Biology · 50 lessons

Chemistry · 41 lessons

Week 1 How the model of the atom developed; Isotopes, relative atomic mass and Mendeleev's order
Week 2 Ions, ionic formulae and ionic lattices; Covalent molecules, dot and cross diagrams and models
Week 3 Empirical formulae from experiments, and concentration; Reacting masses, limiting reactants and balancing from massesHigher
Week 4 Core practical: investigating inks; Strong and weak acidsHigher
Week 5 Core practical: pH changes in neutralisation; Core practical: making copper sulfate crystals
Week 6 Solubility rules and making insoluble salts; Electrolysis
Week 7 Core practical: electrolysis of copper sulfate; Extracting metals and recycling
Week 8 Recycling metals and life-cycle assessments; Reversible reactions and equilibrium
Week 9 Changing the position of equilibriumHigher; Transition metals, alloys and corrosion
Week 10 Corrosion, sacrificial protection and electroplating; Yield and atom economy
Week 13 Concentration and titrations; Molar volume of gases and Avogadro's lawHigher
Week 14 Fertilisers and the Haber process; Chemical cells and fuel cells
Week 15 Halogens: properties, reactions and redox; Rates of reaction
Week 16 Core practical: measuring rates of reaction; Collision theory and catalysts
Week 17 Energy changes in reactions; Crude oil and fractional distillation
Week 18 Combustion, pollutants and cracking; The atmosphere and climate change
Week 19 Climate change: evidence, effects and solutions; Tests for ions
Week 20 Instrumental analysis and flame photometry; Alkanes and alkenes
Week 21 Polymers; Condensation polymers, polyesters and recycling polymers
Week 22 Alcohols and carboxylic acids; Core practical: the heat from burning alcohols; Nanoparticles and materials

Physics · 41 lessons

Week 1 Typical speeds, reaction times and dangerous decelerations; Core practical: force, mass and acceleration
Week 2 Circular motion and inertial massHigher; MomentumHigher
Week 3 Braking distance, speed and work done by brakes; Energy diagrams, thermal conductivity and insulation
Week 4 Core practical: measuring waves in liquids and solids; Waves at boundaries and refraction
Week 5 Sound, ultrasound and seismic waves; Lenses and colour
Week 6 Total internal reflection and lens images; The electromagnetic spectrum
Week 7 Core practical: refraction in a glass block; Core practical: thermal radiation and the Earth's temperature
Week 8 Uses and dangers of EM waves; How materials and circuits interact with EM wavesHigher
Week 9 Atomic structure and isotopes; Radioactive decay and nuclear radiation
Week 10 Beta-plus decay, neutrons and nuclear equations; Half-life and uses of radiation
Week 13 Radiation in medicine and nuclear power; Nuclear fission and fusion
Week 14 The Solar System and orbits; Red-shift, the Big Bang and the Steady State theory
Week 15 The life cycle of stars and the universe; How we observe the Universe
Week 16 Resolving forces and equilibriumHigher; Moments, levers and gears
Week 17 Core practical: I-V graphs, LDRs and thermistors; Mains electricity and the plug
Week 18 Static electricity and electric fields; Magnets and magnetic fields
Week 19 The motor effect; Electromagnetic induction and transformers
Week 20 Generators, dynamos, microphones and loudspeakers; Specific heat capacity and latent heat
Week 21 Core practical: specific heat capacity and melting ice; Gas pressure and temperature
Week 22 Springs, stretching and Hooke's law; Core practical: stretching a spring; Pressure in fluids and upthrust

Combined Science · 90 lessons

History · 8 to 27 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, 2 in 7 of the 20 teaching weeks:

9 Paper 1: Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000 to present, with Whitechapel, c1870 to c1900 option
5 Paper 1: Warfare and British society, c1250 to present, with London and the Second World War, 1939 to 45 option
5 Paper 1: Migrants in Britain, c800 to present, with Notting Hill, c1948 to c1970 option
3 Paper 2: Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060 to 88 option
3 Paper 2: The reigns of King Richard I and King John, 1189 to 1216 option
3 Paper 2: Henry VIII and his ministers, 1509 to 40 option
3 Paper 2: Spain and the 'New World', c1490 to c1555 option
3 Paper 2: British America, 1713 to 83: empire and revolution option
6 Paper 2: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941 to 91 option
3 Paper 2: Conflict in the Middle East, 1945 to 95 option
9 Paper 3: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917 to 41 option
9 Paper 3: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 to 39 option
8 Paper 3: Mao's China, 1945 to 76 option
8 Paper 3: The USA, 1954 to 75: conflict at home and abroad option

Geography A · 16 to 18 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 in 18 of the 20 teaching weeks:

2 Topic 1: The changing landscapes of the UK (study two of coasts, rivers, glaciated uplands) option
6 Topic 4: Changing cities
5 Topic 5: Global development
5 Topic 6: Resource management (study energy or water)
1 Topic 8: Geographical investigations: UK challenges
1 Geographical skills

Computer Science · 31 lessons

Week 1 Bubble sort and merge sort step by step
Week 2 Linear and binary search in code; Evaluating algorithms and test data
Week 3 Truth tables with three inputs
Week 4 Two's complement signed integers; Images, sound and the limits of bits
Week 5 File size and capacity calculations
Week 6 Data compression; Buses and the stored program concept
Week 7 How secondary storage works
Week 8 Embedded systems; Operating systems and utility software
Week 9 Programming languages and translators
Week 10 Wired, wireless and network speed; Network and email protocols
Week 13 The TCP/IP model; Network topologies
Week 14 Network security and robust software
Week 15 Personal data: ethics and law; Artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics
Week 16 Intellectual property and licensing
Week 17 Malware and cyberattacks; Protecting systems and data
Week 18 Formatting output and string methods
Week 19 Processing 2D lists and records with loops; Reading and writing CSV text files
Week 20 Validation and authentication
Week 21 Subprograms: functions and procedures; Turtle graphics
Week 22 Finding and fixing errors in Python; Testing programs: test plans and test data

Business · 27 lessons

Week 1 Break-even: calculations, changes and margin of safety
Week 2 Completing a cash-flow forecast
Week 3 Responding to external influences; Methods of business growth
Week 4 Finance for growing businesses
Week 5 Changing aims and objectives
Week 6 Business and globalisation; Ethics, the environment and business
Week 7 Product: design mix and life cycle
Week 8 Price
Week 9 Promotion; Place: methods of distribution
Week 10 Using the marketing mix
Week 13 Business operations and production
Week 14 Working with suppliers and stock; Managing quality
Week 15 The sales process and customer service
Week 16 Gross and net profit margins
Week 17 Average rate of return; Understanding business performance
Week 18 Business calculations: percentages, averages and market share
Week 19 Organisational structures
Week 20 Effective communication; Ways of working
Week 21 Effective recruitment
Week 22 Training and development; Motivation

French · 51 lessons

Week 1 Relationships: reflexive verbs; Equality, identity and respect
Week 2 Vocabulary: family, people and life events; Vocabulary: appearance and personality; Vocabulary: house and home
Week 3 Vocabulary: daily routine, chores and clothes; Mental wellbeing: Higher negativesHigher
Week 4 Vocabulary: the body, illness and healthy living; Vocabulary: shopping, money, food and eating out; Vocabulary: hobbies, music, sport and special occasions
Week 5 The natural world: comparing places; My town in the past: the imperfect (singular)
Week 6 Environmental issues: protecting the planet; Vocabulary: town, directions and the countryside; Travel and transport: tickets and times
Week 7 Vocabulary: weather, transport and travel problems; Social media: asking questions
Week 8 TV, film and music: qui, que, où; Technology: object pronouns (singular); Technology: plural pronouns, y and enHigher
Week 9 Gaming: depuis, venir de, avant de, après avoirHigher; Vocabulary: TV, music, technology and social media
Week 10 Future jobs: the future tenseHigher; Ambitions: the conditionalHigher; Vocabulary: school life, rules and exams
Week 13 Vocabulary: school trips, exchanges and childhood; Vocabulary: jobs, work and future plans; Accommodation: polite requests
Week 14 Holiday memories: imperfect or perfect?Higher; Sightseeing: en + -ant and the passiveHigher
Week 15 Vocabulary: holidays, accommodation and sightseeing; Vocabulary: services, festivals and communities; Vocabulary: countries, nationalities and greetings
Week 16 The present tense: -ir and -re verbs, prendre and mettre; The perfect tense: more past participles
Week 17 Higher: connaître, écrire and other irregular verbsHigher; Verbs with à and de; chaque, plusieurs and tout; Adverbs: how, when, where and how often
Week 18 Higher: pour and sans + infinitive, il est + adjective + de, le mieuxHigher; Word building: work out new words in the Reading paper
Week 19 Sounds and spellings for read aloud and dictation; Vocabulary: 50 key verbs; Vocabulary: useful adjectives
Week 20 Vocabulary: everyday nouns and adverbs; Vocabulary: cognates and false friends
Week 21 Higher vocabulary: verbsHigher; Higher vocabulary: issues, opinions and linking wordsHigher; Higher vocabulary: everyday things and actionsHigher
Week 22 Exam skills: Paper 2 Listening and dictation; Exam skills: Paper 3 Reading and translation; Exam skills: Paper 4 Writing and translation

Spanish · 54 lessons

Arabic · 23 lessons

Week 1 When I was younger: كان and "used to"
Week 2 Role models: comparing people
Week 3 Numbers with nouns: agreement rulesHigher
Week 4 Reading and music: plurals
Week 5 Travel plans: لم، لن and ليسHigher
Week 6 Travel and accommodation: polite requests and questions
Week 7 Directions and asking for help: the imperative; Eating out: this, that and ordering
Week 8 Problems on holiday: the passiveHigher
Week 9 School rules and pressures: must and mustn't
Week 10 Celebrating success: إنّ and its sistersHigher
Week 13 School trips, events and exchanges: three time frames
Week 14 Using languages: verbal nouns
Week 15 Ambitions: study, volunteering and training
Week 16 Jobs and workplaces; Careers: become, still and كان's sistersHigher
Week 17 Verb patterns: roots and forms II to XHigher
Week 18 Big events: sport and music bring the world together
Week 19 Campaigns and good causes: in order to
Week 20 Being green: advice and commands to a group
Week 21 Natural resources: if only, and the people whoHigher
Week 22 Exam skills: Paper 1 Listening; Exam skills: Paper 4 Writing and translation

Psychology · 25 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 5 of the 20 teaching weeks:

8 Topic 5: Social influence
3 Topic 11: Research methods
7 Topic 6: Criminal psychology option
7 Topic 7: The self option
7 Topic 8: Perception option
7 Topic 9: Sleep and dreaming option
7 Topic 10: Language, thought and communication option

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