Start A Level Chemistry with Confidence

Are you about to start studying (or teaching) A Level chemistry? Maybe you’re a few weeks into the new school year and starting to feel out of your depth? This page is for you! Read on to find out about my free resources, guides and courses designed to help you hit the ground running.

Making the jump from GCSE to A Level Chemistry can be tough — it’s a steep learning curve and chemistry is one of the most challenging A Levels. Even students who got top grades at GCSE can struggle with the pace of the A Level course.

Luckily, you’re already in the right place. I’ve put together a downloadable Head Start to A Level Chemistry guide and a free mini course to help you recap the most essential content from GCSE.

I’m running a free webinar on 24th August to support Year 12 students and their parents in making a smooth start to the year and building effective study habits early. From September, my live group programme for Year 12 starts on Tuesday evenings – I’ll explain more about this in the webinar, but you can also find out more here.

How to make a great start to a level chemistry?

This blog post covers some of the most important differences between GCSE and A Level Chemistry. Read my advice on how to keep up with new content, recap the most important topics from GCSE and avoid common mistakes.

The pace of learning at A Level IS much faster and most students (no matter what they got at GCSE) find it challenging. It’s important to know that you can make a big difference by making small changes to your study habits early on.

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Head Start to A Level Chemistry (Guide)

My ‘Head Start to A Level Chemistry’ guide is a free downloadable resource to help students make a flying start to A Level. Many teachers have used this guide with classes over the years, but you can also use it on your own.
The guide includes a condensed recap of some of the most important content students should know from GCSE along with self-check questions. Use the QR codes on each question page to check the answers – there are also useful links to other resources and YouTube playlists.

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Head Start to A Level Chemistry
(Course)

This year I’m also introducing a new ‘Head Start to A Level Chemistry’ online course to go with the pdf guide. This brings together some useful videos and multiple choice quizzes to recap core GCSE content and reinforce the most important ideas. This course is completely free to join – although I recommend you go through the content within the first few weeks of starting A Level, you’ll have access for the whole year so you can come back to it.

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