Free interactive resources that test and secure the skills required to succeed in A Level chemistry. Written by an experienced A level teacher and examiner.
16 questions · 10 minutes · instant skill breakdown. Find your gaps first, then work only the modules you actually need.
Starting in September — or already there? These modules act as first-term foundations: every Year 12 topic assumes the skills they drill.
The 16-question diagnostic: maths, formulae, moles, practical skills and atomic structure — with a per-skill verdict at the end.
Take the diagnostic →Standard form, significant figures, units and prefixes, rearranging equations and calculator habits — the maths that has to be automatic.
The ions you must know, three levels of formula-writing drills, and picking correct balanced equations from words.
Relative formula mass, the moles ↔ mass ↔ particles ladder — and the Mole Maze: six conversions between you and the exit.
c = n ÷ V with the volume conversion built into the habit — the equation your first titration stands on.
Percentage yield, percentage error, atom economy, and why two readings double the uncertainty — the habits practical work expects.
The assessed vocabulary, random vs systematic error, results-table conventions, and reading a rate from a tangent.
Shells split into sub-shells: build electron configurations in arrows-and-boxes, then meet ionisation energy — the actual first week.
Bridging work finds the gaps — one-to-one tuition closes them. I keep my A-Level student numbers deliberately small, and September places go first. Free, no-obligation chat to see if we're a good fit.
Enquire about A-Level tuitionIt's a genuine step up in pace and depth, and it's normal to feel it at first. Even students who scored grade 8s and 9s at GCSE often find the opening weeks challenging — the course assumes your GCSE calculation skills are already automatic, and it moves quickly. That isn't a sign you're not cut out for it. The students who settle fastest are the ones who build a strong foundation and good study habits from day one, which is exactly what this course and those first weeks are for. Fix the GCSE gaps before September and the step up is very manageable.
No — but a few topics were “Chemistry only” at GCSE, meaning they were on the Triple course but not Combined Science. Because most of a Year 12 class will have done Triple, teachers can move through these quickly, assuming everyone has met them. The ones worth reviewing before September are:
Modules 3–5 of this course drill the calculation skills these depend on — give them a little extra time.