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Consilium Academies is a multi-academy Trust working across the North of England. It has nine academy schools located in Yorkshire, the North West, and the North East. Consilium is dedicated to enriching lives and inspiring ambitions for both students and colleagues.

GCSE Student Revision Resources

We are committed to supporting our students in their preparation for GCSE exams. To help them succeed, we have gathered a range of revision materials and resources, accessible through our dedicated Student Revision page.

This page provides students with a variety of subject-specific resources, revision guides, and study tools to help them enhance their understanding and maximise their performance.

You can access the revision resources by visiting the link below:

Access Student Revision Resources

Make the most of these resources to stay organised, focused, and fully prepared for your upcoming exams.

History 

Paper 1 (Crime & Punishment)

  • Whitechapel – living conditions, poor relief, workhouses
  • Whitechapel – immigration, improvements in housing
  • Whitechapel – Jack the Ripper, police investigation, police failures to catch JTR
  • Whitechapel – Police developments following JTR case
  • Anglo-Saxon definitions of crime
  • Anglo-Saxon crimes, punishments, law enforcement
  • Changes made to crime, punishments and law enforcement during the Norman Conquest
  • The Medieval Church and influence on the law
  • Social changes in Early Modern England
  • New definitions of crime in the 16th century
  • New law enforcement and punishment in the Early Modern
  • Why were the gunpower plotters punished so harshly?
  • Witchcraft and Matthew Hopkins
  • How did justice start to change in the 18th century?
  • What is highway robbery?
  • What is smuggling?
  • What is poaching?
  • Robert Peel & Professional Policing
  • Prison Reform & Pentonville Prison
  • Tolpuddle Martyrs
  • 1900-Present Changes in Justice
  • How have prisons changed since 1900
  • Derek Bentley Case Study & The Death Penalty
  • Conscientious Objectors

Paper 3 (Weimar and Nazi Germany)

  • The end of WW1, The abdication of the Kaiser
  • The establishment of the Weimar Republic
  • The Weimar Constitution
  • The Treaty of Versailles
  • Political challenges to the Weimar Republic from the left and right
  • Economic challenges to the Weimar Republic
  • How did Stresemann recover the economy?
  • How was Germany’s reputation restored
  • Golden Age of Weimar Germany
  • Hitler and the Early Growth of the Nazi Party
  • The Munich Putsch
  • Rebuilding and growth of support of the Nazi Party
  • How did Hitler become chancellor?
  • How did Hitler consolidate his power?
  • Creation of a police state
  • Nazi Policies towards the churches
  • Propaganda and censorship
  • Opposition to the Nazi Party
  • Life for women in Nazi Germany
  • Life for the youth in Nazi Germany
  • Developments to living standards
  • Persecution of minorities

Drama

Your mock exam is a full Component 1 written exam. It includes three sections and lasts for 1 hour and 45 minutes. 

Section A

What is covered in Section A?

  • Stage positioning
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Types of stages 

Where can I revise for Section A?

Section B

What is covered in Section B?

  • Study of a set text - Blood Brothers

Where can I revise for Section B?

Section C

What is covered in Section C?

  • Live Theatre Review - Billy Elliot The Musical

Where can I revise for Section C?

  • Full play available to re-watch on Student Shared Area 
  • Knowledge organiser 
  • Book

Design & Technology Revision

  • D&T and Our world – Energy
  • Photovoltaic cells
  • Technical Textiles
  • Types of motion
  • Mechanical components
  • Market pull, Technology push
  • Natural & Manufactured Timbers
  • Metals
  • Plastics (polymers)
  • Paper & Board
  • Design strategies & techniques - Working drawings & Systems
  • CAD/CAM – laser cutting

Graphic Design Revision 

  • Components of Graphic Design (CA1)
  • Work of graphic Designers (CA2)
  • Employment Opportunities (CA2)
  • Requirements of a Graphic Design Brief (CA3)
  • Contextual Factors of Graphic Design (CA3)
  • Tools, Materials & Techniques (CA4)
  • Digital Technical Skills (CA5)

Hospitality & Catering Revision 

  • Hospitality and Catering provisions
  • Meeting the needs of customers
  • Job roles and contract types
  • Workflow
  • HACCP
  • Dealing with Complaints
  • Roles and responsibilities of the EHO
  • Allergies and intolerances

English Revision Checklists

Click here to access the GCSE English revision site - including practice exam papers, videos and knowledge organisers.