Find the exact GCSE English skill costing you marks.
Choose the support that matches the gap: a printed workbook for focused practice, or The Writing Lab for a full Paper 2 answer marked in about 30 seconds.
Resitting in November, or sitting for the first time in summer 2027?
If any of this sounds familiar, these resources were built for you.
You already know the basics
You’ve done GCSE English before. You don’t need it explained from scratch again.
You keep missing the same marks
You know roughly what to do — something’s just stopping the grade from matching the effort.
You want the extra marks
You want to know exactly what to change, not just be told to “practise more.”
This isn’t GCSE English from scratch
You don’t need re-teaching. You need to see exactly how marks are won and lost, and what to change to get them. That’s what precise, mark-scheme-led practice gives you.
Not generic tips
Every workbook is built from a close reading of the mark scheme — not a checklist copied from a textbook.
Built around the mark scheme
Workbooks are built around exactly what AQA rewards in an answer, so you learn to write for the marks, not just the topic.
Aimed at your grade, not the basics
The focus is moving you up — from where you are now to the grade you’re actually capable of.
Eleven workbooks, each built for a specific gap
Built for the AQA GCSE English Language (8700) specification — for students resitting in November 2026 or sitting the exam in summer 2027. Every workbook targets a specific place students lose marks, not a general topic area, and is priced by its size — £10.99, £12.99 or £14.99.
Revision Suggestions for Using Your Workbooks
A free 6-page guide: how to get the most out of each workbook, how to use AI to practise and get feedback without it doing the work for you, and how to run your own group study session with peer marking.
What you’ll learn
- How to get the most out of each workbook
- How to use AI to practise — without it doing the work for you
- How to run a group study session and mark each other’s answers
Get the free vocabulary sampler
Ambitious Vocabulary for Level 4 — The Essential Words. Twenty-six hand-picked words across two units, the same eight exercises the paid workbooks use, and a full answers section. A working slice of the series, not a teaser with the useful bits removed.
- 18 pages, free, downloads straight away
- Unit 1 aimed at Paper 2, Unit 2 at Paper 1
- Full answers and model responses included
Download it now
No email address needed and nothing to sign up for. Save it, print it, or work through it on screen.
Built around exactly how marks are won
Pass GCSE English is built by an English teacher with extensive secondary and further education teaching and leadership experience, and a deep, detailed knowledge of the AQA mark scheme. Every resource is shaped by exactly what earns marks, not by what a generic revision guide assumes a top answer looks like.
Time until the exams
November 2026 resit
Paper 1 — Tuesday 3 November 2026, 9:00am
Summer 2027 series
Paper 1 — Monday 24 May 2027, 9:00am
Paper 2 follows on 5 November 2026 and 8 June 2027. Always check the timetable your centre gives you.
Full GCSE writing practice, marked while it is still fresh
Your child chooses an exam-style AQA Paper 2 Question 5 task, writes it in the app and receives feedback in about 30 seconds. It quotes their own answer, identifies repeated errors and gives one clear target for the next piece.
Two marked tasks free. No card required. Then £11.99 a month only if they choose to continue.
Two marks, clear evidence, one next step
- AO5 content and organisation, marked out of 24
- AO6 technical accuracy, marked out of 16
- Judgements supported with quotations from their writing
- A focused target to practise next