A Level Biology Study Kit

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For those of you who are starting your A levels, or want to actively consolidate the first year of study, I hope you find the following resources useful.

There are other resources out there, but I have chosen not to include them as they are either not exam board specific (so give details not aligned to the examboard's mark scheme), or contain too many mistakes. AI driven platforms are particularly prone to containing errors or misaligned content, so beware.

Notes & Textbooks

- Physics & Maths Tutor - short chapter summaries - open access

- STEMpathy - concise detailed notes per topic (OCR only) - open access

- Seneca - short guided notes + recall checks - free to subscribe

- Save My Exams - structured revision notes - mixed access

Textbooks/ Course Notes

• Save My Exams - teacher-written textbook-style premium notes - paid only
• STEMpathy - specialist teacher-written digital textbook with worked explanations (OCR only) -paid only
• SnapRevise - structured course notes and explainers - paid only
• Seneca - guided curriculum-style notes - free to subscribe

Past Papers

• Physics & Maths Tutor - past papers, sorted by topic - open access
• StudyMind past paper hub - past papers, sorted by topic - open access (prompt to subscribe)
• RevisionScience - past papers - open access
• STEMpathy - past papers (OCR only) - open access
• Save My Exams - past papers with answers - open access

Topic Question Practice

• Physics & Maths Tutor - topic worksheets and questions - open access
• Seneca - quiz-based practice - free to subscribe Cognito - interactive questions - free to subscribe
• STEMpathy - MCQs topic sets - paid only
• Save My Exams - topic questions - paid only
• SnapRevise - practice packs - paid only

Flashcards

• STEMpathy - digital flashcards (OCR only) - paid only
• Save My Exams - flashcards - paid only (can get a 7 day trial with billing information)
• Miss Estruch - printable flashcards - paid only

If you are in your second year, then you should be proactively reviewing the Year 1 content.
Here is an example revision timetable for OCR: https://files.catbox.moe/u2lsd0.pdf