A LEVEL BIOLOGY
SEP 26 - JUNE 28
If you decide to JUST TAKE THE AS LEVEL INSTEAD (A QUALIFICATION WORTH HALF THE A LEVEL) THEN switch to that timetable WHEN YOU HAVE DECIDED.
07/09/2026 Carbohydrates (term 1 lesson 1)
14/09/2026 Lipids & proteins (lesson 2)
21/09/2026 Enzymes & factors that affect them (lesson 3)
28/09/2026 Enzyme inhibition (lesson 4)
05/09/2026 RNA, DNA & DNA replication (lesson 5)
12/10/2026 ATP & water (lesson 6)
19/10/2026 Studying cells & microscopy (lesson 7)
HALF TERM - MARKED ASSESSMENT 1 'homework'
02/11/2026 Eukaryotic cells (lesson 8)
09/11/2026 Prokaryotic cells (lesson 9)
16/11/2026 Mitosis (lesson 10)
23/11/2026 Membranes & diffusion (lesson 11)
30/11/2026 Osmosis & active transport (lesson 12)
07/12/2026 T cells & phagocytes (lesson 13)
14/12/2026 B cells (lesson 14)
HOLIDAY
04/01/2027 MARKED ASSESSMENT 2
11/01/2027 Gas exchange in various organisms (term 2 lesson 1)
18/01/2027 Gas exchange in plants and limiting water loss (lesson 2)
25/01/2027 Ventilation (lesson 3)
01/02/2027 Enzymes, digestion & absorption (lesson 4)
08/02/2027 Circulatory systems (lesson 5)
HALF TERM
22/02/2027 Cardiac cycle (lesson 6)
01/03/2027 Transport in plants (lesson 7)
08/03/2027 MARKED ASSESSMENT 3
15/03/2027 Mutations & meiosis (lesson 9)
22/03/2027 Natural selection & taxonomy (lesson 10)
29/03/2027 Diversity (lesson 11)
HOLIDAY
12/04/2027 Statistical tests (lesson 12) and MARKED ASSESSMENT 4
26/04/2027 Complete OPEN BOOK MARKED MOCK PAPER 1 in the AS course.
03/05/2027 Complete OPEN BOOK MARKED MOCK PAPER 2 in the AS course.
10/05/2027 A LEVEL CONTENT BEGINS - Light dependant reaction (term 1 lesson 1)
17/05/2027 Light independent reaction (lesson 2)
24/05/2027 Glycolysis, link reaction & Krebs cycle (lesson 3)
HALF TERM
07/06/2027 Oxidative phosphorylation (lesson 4)
14/06/2027 Anaerobic respiration (lesson 5)
21/06/2027 Energy transfer & food chains (lesson 6)
28/06/2027 Nutrient cycles (lesson 7)
05/07/2027 Plant growth hormones (lesson 8)
12/07/2027 MARKED ASSESSMENT 5
19/07/2027 Reflexes (lesson 9)
HOLIDAY
06/09/2027 Nerve cells (lesson 10)
13/09/2027 Synapses (lesson 11)
20/09/2027 Skeletal muscle (lesson 12)
27/09/2027 Blood glucose control (lesson 13)
04/10/2027 Kidneys (lesson 14)
11/10/2027 Monohybrid inheritance (lesson 15)
18/10/2027 MARKED ASSESSMENT 6
HALF TERM
01/11/2027 Dihybrid inheritance & codominance (term 2 lesson 1)
08/11/2027 Sex & autosomal linkage (lesson 2)
15/11/2027 Epistasis & chi squared (lesson 3)
22/11/2027 Population genetics & natural selection (lesson 4)
29/11/2027 Evolution, isolation & speciation (lesson 5)
06/12/2027 Populations & ecosystems (lesson 6)
13/12/2027 Investigating populations (lesson 7)
HOLIDAY
03/01/2028 Mutations & stem cells (lesson 8)
10/01/2028 MARKED ASSESSMENT 7
17/01/2028 Transcription & translation (lesson 9)
24/01/2028 Gene expression & epigenetics (lesson 10)
31/01/2028 Recombinant DNA (lesson 11)
07/02/2028 Gene counselling & fingerprinting (lesson 12)
HALF TERM
21/02/2028 MARKED ASSESSMENT 8
28/02/2028 Paper 2 practice
06/03/2028 Paper 2 practice
13/03/2028 Full past paper
20/03/2028 MARKED PAPER 2 MOCK
27/03/2028 Paper 3 essay prep
03/04/2028 Paper 3 essay prep
10/04/2028 Paper 3 practice
17/04/2028 Paper 3 practice
24/04/2028 MARKED PAPER 3 MOCK
This leaves APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH for your own revision and to fill in gaps. You can use this to spend time on certain lessons if you wish.
EXAM SEASON BEGINS! Please find exam dates as they are released here.
Colleges have at least 4.5 hours of lessons a week (with additional homework). Don't expect to understand everything after an hour!
The jump from content to exam is high. We practice exam questions during each marked assessment, but we still want to leave at least one month for full mock exams at the end!
