A Level · AQA
AQA A Level online classes
12 AQA A Level subjects, each taught directly from the official specification — the same syllabus codes, papers and mark schemes your child's school follows.
How AQA A Level works
AQA A Level is fully linear: every paper is sat at the end of the two years, with nothing banked along the way.
There are no modular resits and no AS marks carried forward. Everything a student has learned since the first week of Year 12 has to be available to them in one exam season. That single fact should shape how the course is taught, and usually does not — taught topic by topic and revised in a panic each spring, AQA punishes students severely.
We teach it as a connected subject instead, deliberately dragging earlier material back into later work so that by exam season a question drawing on two topics at once is routine rather than a shock. In most AQA subjects the final paper is explicitly synoptic: it can pull from anywhere in the specification, which means there is no topic list to revise for it — the syllabus is the topic list.
One thing worth knowing early if your child is a private candidate: AQA sciences carry a separate practical endorsement, assessed by teachers across at least twelve practical sessions and reported alongside the grade rather than counted in it. It does not change the A Level grade, but UK universities often expect a pass for laboratory-science degrees, and it cannot be arranged retrospectively. Ask your exam centre about it at the start of the course, not in the final term.
AQA A Level subjects
Every course below is a live, small-group or 1-to-1 class. Pick a subject to see its syllabus code, paper structure and full topic list.
Frequently asked questions
Can AQA units be resat individually?
No — AQA A Level is fully linear. All papers are sat at the end of the course and nothing is banked along the way. If a modular structure with unit resits would suit your child better, Edexcel International A Level offers exactly that, and we teach it too.
What is the practical endorsement, and does my child need it?
It is a separate pass/fail assessment of practical skills in the sciences, judged by teachers across at least twelve occasions of practical work and reported alongside the A Level grade rather than counted in it. A student can be awarded an A* without it. However, UK universities often expect a pass for laboratory-science degrees, so private candidates aiming at medicine, pharmacy or engineering should confirm endorsement provision with their exam centre at the start of the course.
Why is the final paper harder than the others?
Because it is synoptic — it can draw on any content in the specification and leans heavily on applying ideas in unfamiliar contexts. Students who have learned the subject as a set of separate modules struggle to move between them at speed. We interleave topics from the first term so that by spring this is routine.
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