A levels: pre-reading and research materials
Here are materials for the subjects you can choose to study in the sixth form at Hartismere. They are designed to get you thinking about your subject and get ahead with some reading and tasks. Working at home can be hard, but here you will find lots of things to get you started. We will add content here all the time, so if the subject/s you're interested in are not here at the moment, keep checking back!
Check out Futurelearn courses too: there are plenty on almost every area of study!
You could also explore these Springboard videos from University of Oxford. The University of Oxford have put together a series of videos designed to introduce students to a range of topics related to A Level and Degree Level study. The idea is that they help generate an interest in looking into a topic in more depth outside of the classroom. You will need to answer a few short questions before accessing each video.
https://www.ox.ac.uk/oxfordforEE/springboard
FutureLearn Schools offers free access to online educational courses for school students 13+ to continue and expand their learning.
Use this link for free videos to assist with the transition from GCSE to A level Maths https://www.pearson.com/en-gb/schools/subject-resources/mathematics/unrivalled-support/support-from-pearson/gcse-maths-transition-to-a-level.html
Documents
- 2026 Chemistry GCSE Transition booklet (application/pdf)
- A Level booklet and assignment - Copy (pdf) Original (application/msword)
- A Welcome Message to all prospective A level art and photography students (pdf) Original (application/msword)
- Applied-Science-pre-course-work (pdf) Original (application/msword)
- AQA Fine Art ESA 2018 (application/pdf)
- AQA Photography ESA (application/pdf)
- AQA-Why choose Fine Art (application/pdf)
- AQA-Why choose photography (application/pdf)
- Big questions posed by UEA for RS (application/pdf)
- Biology A Level Course Reading List (application/pdf)
- Biology pre-A level work (application/pdf)
- bridging-the-gap-between-gcse-and-as-a-level-mathematics-a-student-guide (pdf) Original (application/msword)
- Business Challenge Pack 2026.docx (application/pdf)
- Computer Science pre A level work (pdf) Original (application/msword)
- Drama Year 12 Subject Knowledge Audit (pdf) Original (application/msword)
- Econ taster lesson 2024 with links to 'get ahead' work (application/pdf)
- English Language and Literature (pdf) Original (application/msword)
- English Literature pre A level work (application/pdf)
- Film studies pre A-level work 2022 (pdf) Original (application/msword)
- French pre A level work (application/pdf)
- Geography (pdf) Original (application/msword)
- History A level Pre-Reading (pdf) Original (application/msword)
- Maths test 1 (application/pdf)
- Maths test 2 (application/pdf)
- Maths test 3 (application/pdf)
- Maths test 4 (application/pdf)
- Maths test 5 (application/pdf)
- Maths test 6 (application/pdf)
- Maths test 7 (application/pdf)
- Maths test 8 (application/pdf)
- Maths test 9 (application/pdf)
- Maths test 10 (application/pdf)
- Maths test 11 (application/pdf)
- Maths test 12 (application/pdf)
- Music pre-A level work (pdf) Original (application/msword)
- Philosophy, ethics and religion pre-A level work (pdf) Original (application/msword)
- Physical Education Pre-A Level PE Tasks (pdf) Original (application/msword)
- Physics A level Bridging Qs 2022 (application/pdf)
- Physics Bridging Qs Mark Scheme (application/pdf)
- Preparing for Sociology A level (pdf) Original (application/msword)
- Product Design pre A level work (pdf) Original (application/msword)
- Psychology pre A level work (application/pdf)
- Subject specific vocabulary Art and Design (pdf) Original (application/msword)
- Summer picks for economists 2026 (application/pdf)
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