A GCSE model Higher Writing handout for the new exams, first teaching 2024. Model essay, tips and strategies, plus a list of AQA 'complexity' notes.

A report about the recent resignation/sacking of the Prime Minister of France. This is the first resource of many more I shall add this year featuring current affairs for A-level/adults. Since they have a short shelf life, I'll replace them after a short while and replace with new ones. Roughly one a week.

A full lesson plan/lesson sequence based on a sentence builder and narrow reading resource. Topic: my best friend. CEFR A2. Y9 or Y10.

A set of 10 photo card tasks with conversation questions, using Edexcel themes. Higher Tier.

A set of 10 AQA-style Higher photo card tasks, with lots of example questions. For pair work or individual prep. Some room given for note-taking.

10 AQA-style GCSE Foundation Tier photo cards to practuise and adapt from. Model answers given.

A set of 8 Higher Tier role-plays in the AQA style for the new GCSE, first teaching 2024, first exam 2026. These can be read as models and adapted. There are other sets on the site, including for Pearson-Edexcel.

A set of 10 Edexcel-style Foundation Tier photo card tasks, with questions, suggested follow-up questions and model answers. For pair work or modelling to the class.

A set of eight Edexcel-style Foundation role plays to read and adapt for the new 2026 GCSE exam.

I have posted a set of 8 role-plays in the AQA style (GCSE 2026, first teaching 2024), Foundation Tier. Students see their instructions on the left (as in a test), then on the right a model set of questions and answers. The idea is for pairs to practise reading aloud thse models, then adapting them with other answers as far as they are able to.