GCSE Maths · Foundation and Higher · all boards
Eighteen topics. One a day. Forty-five minutes. Four weeks.
Revision fails in two ways: doing the topics you already like, and reading instead of doing. The programme removes both. Every topic gets a day, in an order that builds, and every day is spent answering questions and marking them against fully worked solutions.
Every Saturday, a timed online test tells you whether the week stuck. Sunday is off — a programme with no rest day gets abandoned in week two.
The daily routine
- 0–5 minRead the topic's methods on the front of the Question paper. Not the answers.
- 5–30 minAnswer the questions for your tier in exam conditions — pen, paper, calculator, nothing else.
- 30–40 minMark yourself against the Answer paper. For every dropped mark, write one line on why.
- 40–45 minLog the score and the error types in the tracker. Circle anything to redo in week four.
The four weeks
Week 1 · Number
Number and calculation; fractions, ratios and percentages; indices, standard form, surds and accuracy; proportion and compound measures.
Week 2 · Algebra
Algebraic manipulation; equations, inequalities and simultaneous equations; sequences; linear graphs; quadratics.
Week 3 · Geometry
Angles, polygons and bearings; Pythagoras, trigonometry and similarity; mensuration; circle geometry; transformations, constructions and loci.
Week 4 · Data and the rest
Statistics; probability; vectors; graphs, rates of change, functions and iteration — then the retakes.
Fridays and Saturdays also carry the workbook, two sections a week, so the technique is learned alongside the maths rather than after it.
Every topic, with what it covers
- Number and Calculation
Integer and decimal calculation, factors primes HCF and LCM, estimation and rounding, negative numbers, problem solving with number.
- Fractions, Ratios and Percentages
Fraction arithmetic, ratio sharing, percentage change, reverse percentages, best buys.
- Sequences
Term to term rules, linear nth terms, quadratic sequences, special sequences, proof from sequence rules.
- Statistics and Data
Averages and spread, frequency tables, scatter diagrams, cumulative frequency and box plots, histograms and sampling.
- Angles, Polygons and Bearings
Angle facts, parallel lines, interior and exterior angles, bearings, geometric reasoning.
- Transformations, Constructions and Loci
Reflections rotations and translations, enlargements, combined transformations, ruler and compass constructions, loci and plans.
- Mensuration
Perimeter and area, circles sectors and arcs, prisms cylinders cones and spheres, surface area and volume, similar shapes.
- Linear Graphs and Coordinates
Plotting straight lines, gradient and intercept, equations of lines, parallel and perpendicular lines, graphical simultaneous equations.
- Pythagoras, Trigonometry and Similarity
Pythagoras in two and three dimensions, right angled trigonometry, sine and cosine rules, area of a triangle, similarity and bearings.
- Probability
Sample spaces, mutually exclusive events, venn diagrams, tree diagrams, independent and conditional probability.
- Algebraic Manipulation and Formulae
Expanding and factorising, algebraic fractions, changing the subject, identities, proof with algebra.
- Equations, Inequalities and Simultaneous Equations
Linear equations, simultaneous equations, linear inequalities, graphical regions, forming equations from contexts.
- Quadratic Equations and Graphs
Factorising quadratics, quadratic formula, completing the square, quadratic graphs, quadratic inequalities and intersections.
- Indices, Standard Form, Surds and Accuracy
Index laws, standard form, surds, upper and lower bounds, error intervals.
- Proportion, Variation and Compound Measures
Direct proportion, inverse proportion, compound measures, compound growth and decay, unit conversion.
- Circle Geometry
Circle theorems, cyclic quadrilaterals, tangents and chords, alternate segment theorem, equations of circles.
- Graphs, Rates of Change, Functions and Iteration
Distance time and velocity time graphs, areas under graphs, rates of change, functions and composites, iteration and graph transformations.
- Vector Geometry
Column vectors, vector arithmetic, position vectors, geometric proofs, ratios on lines.
Each topic is also sold on its own at £2.50 a paper — click any of them to see a sample.
Questions, answered plainly
- Who is this for?
- A student with a maths exam at 14–16 coming up who needs a plan rather than a pile of topics: GCSE Foundation or Higher in the UK, IGCSE abroad, or grades 9–10 in the US and Canada. It is built for the student who revises the topics they already like, or reads notes instead of doing questions — and for the parent who wants something concrete to hand over. Forty-five minutes a day, six days a week, for four weeks; no tutor needed, and the answers are worked in full so the student marks themselves.
- Foundation or Higher?
- Both. Thirteen of the eighteen Question papers are tiered from Exercise A (Foundation) to Exercise D (Examination Practice), and the plan says which exercises each tier does. The other five — statistics, angles and bearings, mensuration, Pythagoras and trigonometry, and circle geometry — are set out one skill per exercise, with every question drawn.
- Which exam board?
- The questions are original and written to the GCSE specification that AQA, Edexcel and OCR share, so they fit all three.
- I am not in the UK — is this for me?
- GCSE is the exam UK students sit at 16 (roughly US grades 10–11), and the same syllabus is taken as IGCSE in many countries. The eighteen topics — number, algebra, ratio, geometry, trigonometry, probability, statistics, vectors — are the standard maths curriculum at that age anywhere, and every question is original rather than tied to a UK board. The programme works wherever you are.
- What are GCSE and A-Level in US or Canadian terms?
- GCSE Maths is what UK students take at 14–16 — about US grades 9–10 or Canadian grades 9–10: number, Algebra I, Geometry, the start of Algebra II, probability and statistics. A-Level Maths is the two years after that (US grades 11–12 / Ontario grades 11–12): Pre-Calculus and AP Calculus AB, plus statistics and mechanics. Further Maths is beyond that — AP Calculus BC and first-year university topics. If a student is in grade 9 or 10 and wants solid practice with fully worked answers, this GCSE material is the right level.
- Can I pay in dollars or euros?
- Prices are in pounds sterling. Stripe takes cards from anywhere and your bank converts at its own rate — £49 is roughly $65 or €57, depending on the day.
- How long does it take?
- Forty-five minutes a day, six days a week, for four weeks. It fits a school term, a half-term with the weekends, or the four weeks before the paper.
- What exactly do I get?
- 38 PDFs: the plan, the workbook, and a Question and an Answer paper for each of the eighteen topics. All download links are on the page after payment and in your email.
- Are the answers just answers?
- No. Every question is fully worked — the method, the steps and the checks — which is what makes marking yourself possible.
- Are the online tests included?
- They are free for everyone. The plan builds them in: each Saturday you test the week's topics and log the score.
- I already have the workbook — do I pay for it twice?
- No. If you bought it here, the page after your workbook payment offered the programme for £30. If you missed that, contact us with your order reference.
- Can I start on any day?
- Yes. The plan is Monday to Saturday, but week one begins whenever you do — just keep the day order.
- What if I miss a day?
- Do it the next day and shift everything along. Do not double up; one topic a day is the point.
- Do I need to print all 38 files?
- No. Print the plan and the tracker; the papers can be read on a screen and worked on your own paper. Print any topic you want to write on.
- Can two children in the same family use it?
- The papers are licensed to one purchaser for personal use. For a sibling, contact us — we will sort something fair.
- Do the download links expire?
- No, the links keep working — but save the PDFs somewhere you will find them anyway.
- Can it be done in two weeks?
- Two topics a day if you must, but the Saturday tests and Sunday off are what make it stick. Four weeks is the design.
- What if it is not what I expected?
- If a file is wrong, will not open, or is not what is described here, contact us and we will refund it.
Four weeks from now
Eighteen topics done, marked and logged; eighteen test scores; a list of exactly which errors you make and the workbook section that fixes each. That is what a student walks into the exam with. £49.00.