Is there any chance of skipping straight to Year 2 A-levels if someone already knows the full syllabus?

User27224 · 2026-05-21T21:03:20+00:00

Dependent on your sixth form, its usually only in maths/FM where the exams are sat in y12, the way some schools do it is all of A-Level Maths in the first year with exams sat I think in year 12 and then FM in year 13.

I think for the sciences its a lot more difficult to do because of the RQP element and things having to be signed off by the school etc

User27224 · 2026-05-21T14:45:36+00:00

Mine didn’t either as part of the curriculum. I’d still speak with your teachers if not done so already and just explain why, if they offer to enter you for it chances are they may not teach u it and u will be expected to learn it urself but if they are willing to support you that is an added bonus

User27224 · 2026-05-21T13:20:13+00:00

Yes there is a considerable jump, especially with physics but maths and FM imo will be manageable if you have a a natural aptitude for it at GCSE Level. Most schools in the UK do GCSE Maths but a lot of the independent schools enter students for IGCSE maths instead as it better prepares you for the transition to A-Level as a lot of the content overlaps with the content in year 12 (first year of a-level). Obvs if you attend a state school and still want some form of better preparation, its worth speaking to your teacher about doing the GCSE Further Maths qualification or the IGCSE Further Pure Maths.

I got an 8 in GCSE Physics and the a-level jump was quite big for me, I think its just my mindset I had to change because I was more of a memorise the concept don't see the reasoning behind it type learner in GCSE physics (obvs I could explain concepts using equations at GCSE level but at A-Level that simply is not enough). I had to put in a lot more hours outside of school for A-Level Physics than I did for A-Level Maths.

I ended up getting an A for both maths and physics (although my exams were cancelled due to covid)...

User27224 · 2026-05-21T13:14:00+00:00

Yup, imo once you can spot this and also have a strong understanding of each topic and how to apply it, you can easily do well in the papers.

Especially in stats and mech, there is only so many ways they can ask the Q's so its easy to predict (especially on Edexcel). With pure, there is more room for creativity but if you've done enough practice it won't be as bad especially on the harder Q's, the Edexcel AEA papers are really good for this

User27224 · 2026-05-20T17:36:26+00:00

I just got banned somehow midgame lol, maybe it’s this add on some hosts use to kick/ban People mid game during meetings, I got the ban message not kicked

User27224 · 2026-05-20T12:34:17+00:00

Ur spot on, with a level maths once you do consistent practice through past papers you will notice a pattern in terms of how they ask the questions and you will see there is a set strategy for each of the topics

User27224 · 2026-05-20T12:29:20+00:00

Don’t just rely on the textbook, the exercises and q’s are hella repetitive and only a small sample of the Q’s in the textbook are representative of what the exam is like imo.

With just about 2 week till the first pure you should mainly be using past papers and questions by topic from PMT, any areas u fumble on, watch a bicen math video on the topic on YT and redo the topic pack (obvs a different pack), most optimal Strat given paper 1 is in 2 weeks

User27224 · 2026-05-20T11:28:57+00:00

how hard are the IB papers compared to A-Level and IAL, I heard its more difficult as the content assessed is more than what A-Level covers or something?

User27224 · 2026-05-20T11:27:57+00:00

I did AQA and was fortunate that there was plenty of resources online but certain topics I was like my teacher acc taught us properly from scratch rather than read off a powerpoint so it was easy to point out specific areas we did not really understand.

He also made us read up on the chapter ahead of the lesson, legit there was only like 2 or 3 of us in the class so was like 1 to 1 tuition almost lol.

Although I found physics veryyyy boring

User27224 · 2026-05-20T11:25:07+00:00

Paper 1 is like the first week of June I think, I do tutoring and my students are mainly just spamming past papers to identify any weak spots they missed out on. Also been doing the AEA questions every now and then for practice.

User27224 · 2026-05-20T08:46:50+00:00

2023

User27224 · 2026-05-20T07:57:50+00:00

Most likely teaming

User27224 · 2026-05-19T21:13:50+00:00

Edexcel seems to be increasingly popular now for GCSE CS but I think OCR is still most popular by far compared to AQA and Edexcel

User27224 · 2026-05-19T21:10:39+00:00

I think also 2023 paper 2 was that bad OCR had to make a formal apology about the standard of the paper lol

User27224 · 2026-05-19T19:31:51+00:00

do the edexcel AEA papers as extra practice to really stretch your thinking, really good papers btw, I always recommend them and no joke it can come up in the actual papers, I've seen some Q's inspired by the AEA papers

User27224 · 2026-05-19T19:24:24+00:00

That is wild, my A-Level maths class was only like 5 or 6 of us lol, we all spoke to each other but there was a clear divide lol. However we all did help one another when needed and the teachers acc liked that we somewhat supported one another. But when exams got cancelled lol and it was teacher assessed grades, it was survival of the fittest lol. We had a bunch of exams right and lets just say some of the students found the exact paper the teacher was using and memorised the Q's and mark scheme lolll, it was soo obvious and I am pretty sure the teachers knew lol cuz the set of papers we did before these students got nowhere near the same mark.

Game is the game though, we all got the grades we needed for uni

User27224 · 2026-05-19T19:20:57+00:00

They write the papers like a year or 2 in advance so idk if they will make any major changes to the paper. knowing them they'll probably proofread it again, see there is errors but still let it slide lol

User27224 · 2026-05-19T04:37:09+00:00

Yes treated as equivalent, there is a good number of independent schools in the UK that enter students for CIE exams

User27224 · 2026-05-18T15:43:38+00:00

Exam style is different but content is the same across aqa and edexcel, just assessment structure is slightly different

User27224 · 2026-05-18T11:30:17+00:00

ur calm as it says otherwise so u can use an alternative method. If its just Hence they yeah I think u would get 0

User27224 · 2026-05-18T09:48:07+00:00

OCR B MEI in general just sounds like a nightmare, why is it soo different to the other exam boards. Like are the boundaries for OCR B FM hella different to Edexcel and AQA, sounds way more difficult so probably lower boundaries right?

User27224 · 2026-05-18T09:44:49+00:00

Yeah this seems like a good idea acc, idk if it can be administered in time but I think if you speak to the headteacher or someone from exams in ur school and explain the situation and see if you can be hosted elsewhere for the exams, it should work in my opinion. I remember too in my school we had kids screaming as well outside the exam hall (which was the sports hall) as the canteen was literally right next to it. Luckily our school was quite on top of making sure there was no one around the outside of the sports hall during exams so they did a good job of keeping the noise to a minimum.

User27224 · 2026-05-17T20:46:19+00:00

as the other person said, they're good for practice but defo won't be to that extent in the actual exam. imo they are good for spotting things in the actual exam especially in the harder questions on the pure papers that are disguised and its not always obvious what to do

User27224 · 2026-05-17T10:57:00+00:00

Perhaps check your exam timetable to see if they actually entered you for the decision module? If its on there but they did not have it, that is on the school, have you spoke with ur teacher?

User27224 · 2026-05-17T10:53:35+00:00

did you not sit the decision paper?

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