Art
Recommended revision websites:
Biology
Main textbooks used:
Recommended revision guides:
- KS3: CGP KS3 Biology Study & Question Book – Foundation (CGP KS3 Science)
- KS3 Biology Study & Question Book – Higher (CGP KS3 Science)
- KS4: Grade 9-1 GCSE Biology AQA Complete Revision & Practice with Online Edition
- (CGP GCSE Biology 9-1 Revision)
- KS4: Grade 9-1 GCSE Biology: AQA Revision Guide with Online Edition – Higher
- (CGP GCSE Biology 9-1 Revision)
- KS4: New Grade 9-1 GCSE Biology: AQA Exam Practice Workbook (with answers) –
- Higher (CGP GCSE Biology 9-1 Revision)
- KS5: A-Level Biology for AQA: Year 1 & 2 Student Book with Online Edition (CGP A-Level Biology)
Recommended revision websites:
- KS3: BBC bitesize
- KS4: Kerboodle online / http://ahammondbiology.weebly.com/
- KS5: SNAP revise
Business Studies
Main textbooks used:
- KS4: Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Business Student Book
- KS5: Anforme Marketing and People Theme 1 for Edexcel Business AS and A Level
- KS5: Anforme Managing Business Activities Theme 2 for Edexcel Business AS and A Level
Recommended revision guides:
- KS4: Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Business Revision Guide
- KS5: Anforme Revision Guide to AS and A Level Business Themes 1 and 2 of Edexcel’s Business
Recommended revision websites:
Chemistry
Main textbooks used:
- KS3: Activate Chemistry Textbook
- KS4: Kerboodle – students will receive their logins for this from their science teachers
- KS4: CGP Textbooks – these are provided for all three science disciplines by the school. A small deposit is required for the 3-year loan of the books. Please see the Chemistry textbook here .
- KS5: Kerboodle – students will receive their logins for this from their Chemistry teachers
Recommended revision guides:
- KS3: CGP KS3 Science Revision Question Cards
- KS3: KS3 Science Complete Revision & Practice – Foundation
- KS3: KS3 Science Complete Revision & Practice – Higher
- KS4: GCSE Chemistry AQA Complete Revision & Practice
- KS4: GCSE Chemistry AQA Exam Practice Workbook – Higher
- KS4: Grade 9-1 GCSE Chemistry: AQA Workbook – Higher
- KS4: Grade 9-1 GCSE Chemistry: AQA 10-Minute Tests
- KS4: GCSE Chemistry: AQA Required Practicals 10-Minute Tests
- KS4: 9-1 GCSE Chemistry AQA Revision Question Cards
- KS5:A-Level Chemistry: AQA Year 1 & 2 Complete Revision & Practice
- KS5: A-Level Chemistry AQA Revision Question Cards
Recommended revision websites:
- KS3: BBC Bitesize
- KS4: KS4 AQA Chemistry BBC Bitesize
- KS4: KS4 AQA Chemistry savemyexams
- KS4: KS4 AQA Chemistry A Hammond Biology
- KS4/KS5: Physics and Maths Tutor
- KS4/KS5: SNAP Revise
- KS5: KS5 AQA Chemistry savemyexams
Extended Reading for KS5
- The disappearing spoon by Sam Kean
- Uncle Tungsten – memories of a chemical boyhood by Oliver Sacks
- Periodic tales: The curious lives of the elements by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
- Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World by Mark Miodownik
- CHEMISTRY – A Very Short Introduction by Peter Atkins
Computer Science
Main textbooks used
Key Stage 4 (GCSE – OCR J277 Specification)
- OCR GCSE (9-1) Computer Science J277 – S. Robson and P.M. Heathcote – ISBN: 978-1-910523-21-6
- OCR GCSE (9-1) Computer Science J277 – David Waller and Ann Weidmann – ISBN: 978-1108812542
- Learning to Program in Python – P.M. Heathcote – ISBN: 978-1-910523-11-7
Key Stage 5 (A-Level – OCR H446 Specification)
- OCR AS and A Level Computer Science – P.M. Heathcote and R.S.U. Heathcote – ISBN: 978-1-910523-05-6
- OCR AS and A Level Computer Science – Alistair Surrall and Adam Hamflett – ISBN: 978-1108412742
- OCR AS and A Level Computer Science – Laura Dixon – ISBN: 978-1-107465-50-3
Recommended revision guides:
Key Stage 4 (GCSE – OCR J277 Specification)
Key Stage 5 (A-Level – OCR H446 Specification)
Recommended revision websites:
Key Stage 3
- BBC Bitesize Computer Science – BBC Bitesize
- CSNews – CSNews
Key Stage 4 (GCSE – OCR J277 Specification)
- BBC Bitesize – BBC Bitesize
- Seneca Learning – Seneca
- GCSE Guru – GCSE Guru
- Craig ‘n’ Dave (OCR J277 Videos) – Craig ‘n’ Dave
- CSNews – CSNews
Key Stage 5 (A-Level – OCR H446 Specification)
- Craig ‘n’ Dave (A-Level Videos) – YouTube – Craig ‘n’ Dave
- Memrise – Memrise
- ISAAC Computer Science – ISAAC Computer Science
- Physics & Maths Tutor (A-Level OCR Computer Science) – Physics & Maths Tutor
Drama
Main textbooks used:
- KS3:
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Doctor Fautus by Christopher Marlowe - KS4:
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Recommended revision guides:
Recommended revision websites:
Economics
Main textbooks used:
- KS4: AQA GCSE (9-1) Economics Topic Companion – How Markets Work
- KS5: Anforme Microeconomics for A Level Year 1/2
Recommended revision guides:
- KS4: AQA GCSE (9-1) Economics Knowledge Book
- KS5: Edexcel A Level Economics Knowledge Book – Theme 1,
- KS5: Edexcel A Level Economics Knowledge Book – Theme 2
- KS5: Edexcel A Level Economics Diagram Practice Book
Recommended revision websites:
English
Main textbooks used:
- KS4: ‘An Inspector Calls’ J.B.Priestley, ‘Macbeth’ William Shakespeare, ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ R.L.Stevenson & Eduqas Anthology (given by the exam board)
- KS5: ‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare, Collected Works of Christina Rossetti, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood, ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley, Forward Anthology of 21st Century Poetry, ‘Importance of Being Earnest’ by Oscar Wilde
Recommended revision guides:
KS4:
- An Inspector Calls: York Notes for GCSE (9-1) Study Book (Revise + Test Books available)
- ISBN-13: 978-1447982166
- Globe Education Shakespeare: Macbeth for WJEC Eduqas GCSE English Literature
- ISBN-13: 978-1471851551
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: York Notes for GCSE Study Book (Revise + Test Books available)
- ISBN-13: 978-1447982180
- New GCSE English Literature WJEC Eduqas Anthology Poetry Guide – for the Grade 9-1 Course (CGP GCSE English 9-1 Revision) ISBN-13: 978-1782943631
- New Grade 9-1 GCSE English Literature WJEC Eduqas Unseen Poetry Guide (CGP GCSE English 9-1 Revision) ISBN-13: 978-1782943655
KS5:
- Edexcel Critical Anthology for Shakespeare, ‘1599’ by James Shapiro; ZigZag education guides (Rossetti, Earnest, The Handmaid’s Tale, Frankenstein); York Notes (Frankenstein, Handmaid’s Tale); ‘The Art of Poetry Volume 8’ (21st Century Poetry); PIXl Anatomy of Extended Writing
Recommended revision websites:
- KS3: KS3 Bitesize, No Fear Shakespeare
- KS4: GCSE Bitesize, No Fear Shakespeare, Spark Notes,
Past Papers and Student Queries on
https://www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/english-language-gcse/#tab_pastpapers
KS5: Microsoft Teams; emagazine; Gresham College online lectures; British Library; Bradford University and Anglia Ruskin university academic study skills sites
Geography
Main textbooks used:
- KS3: Geography Heading towards AQA GCSE
- KS4: AQA GCSE (9-1) Geography (Hodder text book)
- GCSE Geography For AQA Student Book (Cambridge textbook)
- KS5: Edexcel AS/A level Book 1 and 2 (Pearson)
- Geography For Edexcel A level Year 1 and AS (Oxford edition
- Geography For Edexcel A level Year 2 (Oxford edition
- Edexcel A Level Third Edition (Book 1 and 2)
Recommended revision guides:
- KS3: New KS3 Geography Complete Revision & Practice (with Online Edition) (CGP KS3 Humanities)
- KS4: GCSE AQA Geography (for the Grade 9-1 course
GCSE AQA Geography (for the Grade 9-1 course) Exam Practice Workbook
KS5: Edexcel Student guide (1,2,3 and 4)
- Geography For Edexcel A level Year 1 and AS Revision Guide (Oxford edition)
- Geography For Edexcel A level Year 2 Revision Guide (Oxford edition)
- Geography For Edexcel A level Year 2 Exam Practice and skills (Oxford edition)
Recommended revision websites:
Politics
Main textbooks used:
- Pearson Edexcel A Level UK Government and Politics Sixth Edition (Year 12)
- Political ideas for A Level: Liberalism, Conservatism, Socialism, Nationalism, Multiculturalism, Ecologism (Year 12 and 13)
- Global Politics for A-level (Year 13)
Recommended revision guides:
- Various revision guides can be found at
- REVISE-Edexcel-Politics-Revision-Workbook
Recommended revision websites:
- Study Rocket – https://studyrocket.co.uk/revision/a-level-politics-edexcel
- Tutor2u – https://www.tutor2u.net/politics
Health and Social Care
Main textbooks used:
- KS4: BTEC Tech Award Health and Social Care Student Book
- KS5: BTEC National Health and Social Care Student Book 1: For the 2016 specifications (BTEC Nationals Health and Social Care 2016)
- KS5: BTEC National Health and Social Care Student Book 2: For the 2016 specifications (BTEC Nationals Health and Social Care)
Recommended revision guides:
History
Main textbooks used:
- KS4:Oxford AQA GCSE History: Conflict and Tension between East and West 1945-1972 Student Book
AQA GCSE History: Elizabethan England, c1568-1603
AQA GCSE History: Migration, Empires and the People
Oxford AQA GCSE History: America 1920-1973: Opportunity and Inequality Student Book - KS5: Oxford AQA History Democracy and Nazism 1918 – 45
Recommended revision guides:
- KS3: KS3 Revision History Book GCP
- KS4:
Oxford AQA GCSE History: Elizabethan England c1568-1603 Revision Guide (9-1)
Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1): Conflict and Tension between East and West 1945-1972 Revision Guide
Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1): America 1920-1973: Opportunity and Inequality Revision Guide - KS5: Oxford AQA History for A Level: Democracy and Nazism: Germany 1918-1945 Revision Guide
- REVISE Edexcel AS/A Level Politics Revision Guide & Workbook
Recommended revision websites:
Latin
Main textbooks used:
- KS4: Cambridge Latin Course Book One Two Three , John Taylor Latin to GCSE,
Latin Stories: A GCSE Reader by Henry Cullen and John Taylor - KS5:
OCR Classical Civilisation AS and A Level Component 11: The World of the Hero
The Aeneid (Penguin Classics)
The Odyssey (Penguin Classics)
The Three Theban Plays: ‘Antigone’, ‘Oedipus the King’, ‘Oedipus at Colonus’ (Penguin Classics)
Euripides: Bacchae ISBN:9780521653725
Aristophanes: Frogs ISBN:9780521172578
Recommended revision guides:
- KS4: Galore Park Latin for Common Entrance for levels 1-3 by R.C.bass, https://www.exams.cambridgescp.com/Array/eduqas-gcse-9-1-2018-onwards
Recommended revision websites:
- KS4: Quizlet, https://www.cambridgescp.com
- KS5: Oliver Taplin, Tragedy in Action
Mathematics
Main textbooks:
At KS3 & KS4 we use a variety of resources. There is no need to purchase any of the following books.
KS3: Discovering Mathematics Student Book:
Year 7
Year 8
KS4: Exam board – Pearson/Edexcel
- Mastering Mathematics for Edexcel GCSE: Foundation 1 by Heather Davis
ISBN 9781471839818 - Mastering Mathematics for Edexcel GCSE: Foundation 2/Higher 1 by Gareth Cole
ISBN 9781471839894 - Mastering Mathematics for Edexcel GCSE: Higher 2 by Gareth Cole
ISBN 9781471839948
KS5:
Year 12 – Edexcel AS Level Mathematics (Pearson)
- Y1/AS – Pure Mathematics – ISBN 9781292183398
- Y1 /AS – Statistics and Mechanics – ISBN 9781292183398
Year 13 – Edexcel A Level Mathematics (Pearson)
Recommended revision guides:
KS3:
- Maths Complete Study & Practice – Foundation ISBN: 978-1789082449
- KS3 Maths Complete Revision & Practice – Higher (includes Online Edition,
Videos & Quizzes): for Years 7, 8 and 9 (CGP KS3 Revision & Practice)
KS4:
- Higher:
- REVISE Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Mathematics Higher Revision Guide ISBN 9781447988090
- Revise Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Mathematics Higher Revision Workbook ISBN 9781292210889
- Foundation:
- REVISE Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Mathematics Foundation Revision Guide ISBN 9781447988045
- REVISE Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Mathematics Foundation Revision Workbook ISBN 9781447987925
KS5:
Recommended revision websites:
KS3:
KS4:
- www.sparxmaths.uk
- Maths Genie – https://www.mathsgenie.co.uk/newalevel.html
- https://corbettmaths.com/
- https://mathsbot.com/
KS5:
- Dr Frost – https://www.drfrostmaths.com
- Maths Genie – https://www.mathsgenie.co.uk/newalevel.html
- Maths Centre – http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/
- Khan academy – https://www.khanacademy.org/
- https://naikermaths.com/
Modern Foreign Languages
Main textbooks used:
French
- Dynamo 1 Pupil Book (Key Stage 3 French)
- Dynamo 2 Pupil Book (Key Stage 3 French)
- Pearson – AQA GCSE French – Foundation Student Book
- Pearson – AQA GCSE French – Higher Student Book
- CGP – GCSE AQA French for exams in 2026 and beyond – Complete revision and Practice
Spanish
- Viva! Second Edition Pupil Book 1 (Key Stage 3 Spanish)
- Viva! Second Edition Pupil Book 2 (Key Stage 3 Spanish)
- Pearson – AQA GCSE Spanish – Foundation Student Book
- Pearson – AQA GCSE Spanish – Higher Student Book
- CGP – GCSE AQA Spanish for exams in 2026 and beyond – Complete revision and Practice
- KS5: OUP AQA A Level Spanish for 2016+
Recommended revision guides:
- KS4: CGP New GCSE AQA Complete Revision & Practice
(with Audio CD- for the Grade 9-1 Course)
German French Spanish - KS5: AQA A-level Spanish Revision and Practice Workbook: Themes 1 to 2
- KS5: AQA A-level Spanish Revision and Practice Workbook: Themes 3 to 4
Recommended revision websites:
Music
Main textbooks used:
- KS4: A Composer’s Guide to Game Music (MIT Press) (The MIT Press)
- KS4: The Composer’s Handbook: 2
- KS4: The Composer’s Handbook – Vol. 1
Recommended revision guides:
Recommended revision websites:
Physics
Main textbooks used:
- KS4: Text book – AQA GCSE Physics Student Book – Jim Breithaupt
- KS5: Edexcel AS/A level Physics Student Book 1 – Miles Hudson
- KS5: Edexcel AS/A level Physics Student Book 2 – Miles Hudson
- Edexcel A Level Physics Student Book – Mike Benn
Recommended revision guides:
- KS4: CGP – Grade 9-1 GCSE Physics: AQA Revision Guide
- Pearson – Revise AQA GCSE (9-1) Physics Revision Guide
- CGP 9-1 GCSE Physics AQA Revision Question Cards
- KS5: Pearson – Revise Edexcel AS/A Level Physics Revision Workbook
CGP – A-level Physics Exam Board – Edexcel Revision Guide
Recommended revision websites:
KS4:
- Kerboodle online
- http://ahammondbiology.weebly.com/
- https://www.senecalearning.com/
- https://www.gcsephysicsonline.com
- https://23equations.com/
- https://www.my-gcsescience.com/
KS5:
Philosophy & Religious Studies
Main textbooks used:
The KS3 topics are below with their attached textbooks. Parents can encourage students to read books from the reading list below. All the books on these lists are available in the library.
Year 7:
- The Philosophy of Learning – no text book
- What is Religion? – no text book
- Ancient Egyptian Religion – Ancient Egypt, DK Eyewitness Project Book
- Judaism – no text book
- Christianity – no text book
- Islam – The Muslim Experience by Jan Thompson
Year 8:
- The If Odyssey – The If Odyssey by Peter Worley
- The Philosophy of Religion – Looking For Proof of God by Robert Kirkwood
- Hinduism – The Hindu Experience by Liz Aylett
- Buddhism – The Buddhist Experience by Mel Thompson
- Sikhism – The Sikh Experience by Phillip Emmett
KS4: The main text books for GCSE Religious Studies AQA A are listed below. These are available already for all students online via KERBOODLE. Students in Year 10 and 11 should already have accounts and know their usernames and passwords. Students in Year 9 username and password are the 4 digits that begin their Bentley Wood e-mails. The institution code is Pro9. https://www.kerboodle.com/users/login Any problems the student should see I.T.
- AQA Religious Studies A Buddhism by Kevin James and Nagapriya. Series editor: Cynthia Bartlett (Oxford)
- AQA Religious Studies A Christianity by Marianne Fleming, Peter Smith and David Worden. Series editor: Cynthia Bartlett (Oxford)
- Additional textbook we sometimes use: AQA GCSE Religious Studies Specification A by Lesley Parry, Jan Hayes and Shelia Butler (Hodder Education)
KS5: It is compulsory for 6th form students to purchase the AS level and A-level text books.
Year 12: AQA A-level Philosophy Year 1 and AS: Epistemology and Moral Philosophy Paperback by
Jeremy Hayward, Gerald Jones, Dan Cardinal
Year 13: AQA A-level Philosophy Year 2: Metaphysics of God and metaphysics of mind Paperback by
Jeremy Hayward, Gerald Jones, Dan Cardinal
Recommended revision guides
At Key Stage 4 and 5 we provide revision guides for all topics to the students. The books below can be helpful but should be used in addition to the notes made in class.
KS4: AQA GCSE Religious Studies A: Christianity and Buddhism Revision Guide Paperback by Marianne Fleming, Nagapriya, and Peter Smith
KS5:
Year 12: My Revision Notes: AQA A-level Philosophy Paper 1 Epistemology and Moral Philosophy Paperback by Dan Cardinal, Gerald Jones, Jeremy Hayward
Year 13: My Revision Notes: AQA A-level Philosophy Paper 2 Metaphysics of God and Metaphysics of mind by Dan Cardinal, Gerald Jones, Jeremy Hayward series My Revision Notes
Recommended revision websites:
- KS3:
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zh3rkqt
- KS4:
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/guide/
- http://www.request.org.uk/issues/atoz.htm
- http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/
- https://thebibleproject.com/
- KS5:
- http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/
- https://philosophynow.org/
- https://thebibleproject.com/
- In Our Time (Radio 4)
Psychology
Main textbooks used:
- KS4: Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Psychology Student Book Book by Anna Cave, Christine Brain, and Karren Smith
- KS5 AQA Psychology for A Level Year 1 & AS – Student Book Book by Cara Flanagan, Michael Griffin, and Rob Liddle
- KS5 A2: AQA Psychology for A Level Year 2 – Student Book Book by Cara Flanagan, Michael Griffin, and Rob Liddle
Recommended revision guides:
- KS5 AS: AQA Psychology for A Level Year 1 & AS – Revision Guide Book by Cara Flanagan, Michael Griffin, and Rob Liddle
- KS5 A2: AQA Psychology for A Level Year 2 & A2 – Revision Guide Book by Cara Flanagan, Michael Griffin, and Rob Liddle
Recommended revision websites:
- KS4: Tuxfordpsychology
- KS5: Seneca, Tutor2u,
Sociology
Main textbooks used:
- KS5: Ken Browne- Sociology for AQA, Vol. 1: AS and 1st-Year A Level
- KS5: Ken Browne- Sociology for AQA, Vol. 2: 2nd-Year A Level
Recommended revision guides:
- Sociology for AQA Revision Guide 1: AS and 1st-Year A Level
- Sociology for AQA Revision Guide 2: 2nd-Year A Level
Recommended revision websites:
Technology
Technology Food and Nutrition
Main textbooks
AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition: Student Book – SBN-13 : 978-1908682789
Recommended revision guides:
AQA GCSE Food Preparation & Nutrition: Revision Guide – ISBN-13 : 978-1908682802
GCSE Food Preparation & Nutrition AQA Revision Question Cards: for the 2025 and 2026 exams
(CGP AQA GCSE Food Prep) – ISBN-13 : 978-1789084498