Exams & Revision
Examinations
Students sit external formal examinations at Hall Park Academy in Year 10, Year 11 and in Sixth Form. They also sit practice examinations throughout their studies. We have included some useful links and information for students and their parents below.
JCQ and Exam Board Guidance
- Coursework assessments
- Using social media and examinations/assessments
- Written examinations
- On Your Exam Day guidance
- Posting on Social Media guidance
- JCQ Post results services, 2025
Instructions for Candidates (2024/2025)
Exam Timetables
Revision Help
Revision is an essential part of learning and becomes increasingly important as you move towards your final exams in Year 11.
Please use the drop-down menus and the downloadable resources below.
Revision apps and websites
Below are links to useful revision apps and websites.
You can also find helpful websites and apps by viewing our "Time To Revise" presentation here.
Quizlet 
Quizlet makes simple learning tools that let you study anything. Start learning today with flashcards, games and expert-written solutions.
Anki
Anki is a program which makes remembering things easy. Use the free AnkiWeb synchronization service to keep your cards in sync across multiple devices.
Get Revising
Get Revising provides interactive tools to plan revision and make revision notes. It also provides a resource bank where notes and resources can be shared.
Educake
Educake has tens of thousands of questions for GCSE and KS3 that are automatically marked and analysed.
Massolit
MASSOLIT works with university academics to produce high-quality, curriculum- linked video lectures for GCSE, A Level and IB students and teachers.
Dr Frost Maths
Perfect for maths revision.
How to approach your ongoing revision
Accordion content
- FOCUS
- Identify a distraction that you need to get rid of to help you to focus better.
- Choose a subject you need to prioritise improving in. Which topics and techniques have you had difficulty with.
- DON'T GIVE UP
- Find examples from your past work of revision techniques you have already tried: flashcards, summary sheets, diagrams, mindmaps, practice questions? Leave them out to refer back to over the coming weeks.
- HAVE A GO
- Redo a question you got wrong in the recent past. See if you have learnt from the mistakes you made and improved on it. This is at the heart of effective revision: revisit and improve.
- KEEP IMPROVING
- Find some good work that you've done and stick it up in front of you. Be proud of it and let it remind you about what you can achieve.
Why do we need to revise?
- REVISIT: Choose a topic in a subject that you have not worked on for some time. Go back over it to see what the topic involves. Choose 3 revision activities that you could do to practice this topic (e.g. recall and rewrite content, answer questions, make some revision materials).
- PLAN IT: Decide on a time each week when you can carry out one of these revision activities. Write this up somewhere and display it to commit yourself to carrying out this revision.
- DO IT: Tick off each revision activity that you carry out
- REVIEW IT: Test yourself on this topic to see how your recall and skills have developed
Making and using flashcards
- REVISIT: Choose a topic in a subject that you have not worked on for some time. Go back over it to see what the topic involves. Choose 3 revision activities that you could do to practice this topic (e.g. recall and rewrite content, answer questions, make some revision materials).
- PLAN IT: Decide on a time each week when you can carry out one of these revision activities. Write this up somewhere and display it to commit yourself to carrying out this revision.
- DO IT: Tick off each revision activity that you carry out
- REVIEW IT: Test yourself on this topic to see how your recall and skills have developed
Making and using summary sheets
- REVISIT: Find any summary sheets you've previously made and go through them again (consider redrafting some of them). How does your recall compare to last time? Use the techiques in the video to sort out those you need to continue to focus on.
- MAKE: Choose a subject and topic and make yourself a summary sheet for it. Use your notes, revision books and any other materials to find key knowledge that you need to include.
- USE: Use your summary sheets to try out the the techiques in the video.
Revision websites for each subject
English Language
Free Homework & Revision for A Level, GCSE, KS3 & KS2 (senecalearning.com)
GCSE English Language - AQA - BBC Bitesize
English Literature
MASSOLIT – Short video lectures from the world's best academics
Free Homework & Revision for A Level, GCSE, KS3 & KS2 (senecalearning.com)
Maths
https://www.drfrostmaths.com/index.php
https://corbettmaths.com/contents/
https://www.onmaths.com/mock_exams/?archiveType=minimocks
Science
http://www.gojimo.com/gcse-science-revision/
https://www.youtube.com/c/freesciencelessons
Music
HPA Music YouTube channel playlists
Drama
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zkvm2sg
DNA - https://padlet.com/masonk46/jdplrsjrqk49i46u
Health & Social Care
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zxj87hv/revision/1
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Revise-Health-Social-Practice-Assessments/dp/1292306998
Design & Technology
Engineering - ENGINEERING - DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (technologystudent.com)
Product Design Theory - THE NEW DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY GCSE (technologystudent.com)
BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zvg4d2p
Seneca Learning - app.senecalearning.com/classroom/course/b4e64de8-a5d1-411b-81e2-aa4e2016e908
Technology Student - technologystudent.com/despro_flsh/NEW_GCSE3.html
Product Design NEA - producttank - YouTube
History
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zymqwxs
Food
Food - http://www.senecafoods.com/
Food preparation and nutrition https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zdn9jhv
Hospitality and Catering https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zbtvxyc
Food a Fact of Life : https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/14-16-years/
French
KS3 French - BBC Bitesize (KS3 French but brilliant for revising the basics)
Learn a language. Memrise is authentic, useful & personalised. (Good for creating flashcards and memorising vocabulary)
Learning tools, flashcards, and textbook solutions | Quizlet (Good for creating flashcards to learn words. You will also have links to sets on homework sheets created by your teachers. )
Seneca - Learn 2x Faster (senecalearning.com)
German
KS3 German - BBC Bitesize (KS3 German but brilliant for revising the basics!)
Play FestiLingo | Free online German language game for KS3 MFL students - BBC Bitesize
Learning tools, flashcards, and textbook solutions | Quizlet (Good for creating flashcards to learn words. You will also have links to sets on homework sheets created by your teachers. )
Learn a language. Memrise is authentic, useful & personalised. (Also good for creating flashcards and games to memorise vocabulary)
PE
GCSE Physical Education - OCR - BBC Bitesize
Free OCR PE GCSE Revision | Seneca (senecalearning.com)
OCR GCSE PE Past Papers - Revision World
PE (Physical Education) | Revision World
Player FM - Internet Radio Done Right
Exam boards for each subject
Exam boards for all of our subjects at Hall Park Academy:
- Art (AQA)
- Business (Pearson)
- Computer Science (OCR)
- D&T (AQA)
- Drama (Pearson)
- English (AQA)
- Food Preparation and Nutrition (AQA)
- French (AQA)
- Geography (AQA)
- German (AQA)
- History (Pearson)
- Maths (AQA)
- Music (Eduqas)
- GCSE PE (OCR)
- Science (AQA)
- BTEC Health & Social Care (Pearson)
- BTEC Engineering (EDUQAS/WJEC)
- Creative iMedia (OCR)