Face-to-face CPD
Success In AQA A-Level Biology
Resources and approaches to support effective revision and exam technique for AQA A-Level Biology exams in summer 2025, and exploring lessons learned from the 2024 exams.
Overview
- Format
- Face-to-face CPD
- Series
- Success In
- Duration
- 1 day (10am to 3.15pm)
- Price
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£315.00 inc VAT
- Audience
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All teachers supporting Year 13 students taking AQA A-Level Biology in summer 2025
Upcoming dates
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Friday February 7th 2025
London - The Clermont Hotel (Charing Cross)
£315.00 inc VAT
About the course
This course is focused on providing practical guidance and resources to help students maximise their exam performance in the three AQA A-Level Biology exam papers.
Drawing on the recommendations from the 2024 examiner reports and other exam board guidance, our subject experts will be on hand to guide you on areas to focus on to help plan revision and exam practice lessons during the lead up to the exams, to ensure maximum success in the 2025 series.
Success In AQA A-Level Biology will follow a paper-by-paper structure and will include support for all question types. This will also provide an excellent opportunity for networking, discussion and sharing good practice.
What we'll cover
- We'll explore the previous exam series and examiner reports, to analyse the general areas of difficulties as well as successes.
- We'll discuss insights from an in-depth analysis of the examiner reports and mark schemes and explore ideas and priorities for the run up to the exams.
- A demonstration and exploration of various strategies for teaching and assessment for learning in AQA A-Level Biology.
- A focus on the different types of question and command words and how to formulate answers that hit all mark points, with strategies that will help students improve their skills and ultimately their grade.
- A discussion of the common mistakes made and ways to improve teaching methods, to build student confidence in these areas.
- We will go through some assessment activities for the different question types to improve confidence in providing exam technique advice.
- A focus on writing and marking the essay.
The tutor2u approach to CPD
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A full day of CPD designed and delivered by experienced subject specialists
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Practical, ready-to-use resources that you can put to use and share with colleagues as soon as you return to the classroom
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A chance to have your questions answered, and teaching problems solved
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An invaluable opportunity to share ideas and experiences with colleagues from other centres and to build a network of contacts
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Refreshments throughout the day and a buffet lunch
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All attendees receive a 20% one-time discount code to use on any tutor2u print or digital resources
Your hosts
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Ellena Gilson
Ellena has an excellent teaching background as the head of Biology at a top grammar school and has over 25 years’ experience of teaching. Ellena holds senior positions for two major exam boards and runs her own tutoring business. Ellena has a decade of experience setting exam questions and revising questions for A-Level papers. She authors A-Level resources for a number of publishers.
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Tracey Williams
Tracey is an excellent A-Level Biology teacher with nearly 20 years of A-Level experience from a wide-range of schools both in the UK and abroad. Tracey is a senior examiner for two major exam boards, which involves mark scheme construction and has over 16 years of experience in assessment. Tracey runs her own A-Level tutoring business.
About Success In
Focused on exam performance. Designed to help teachers maximise their students' performance in external exams.
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