If you were disappointed by your Year-12 exam results, you’re not alone. Many A-level Biology students have a bit of a shock at this point, but you still have the opportunity to turn things around.

Reading pop-science books is enjoyable and also supports your studies. Here are eight books that I recommend, all of which are written to be interesting and entertaining for non-specialists. They bring biology to life and will change the way you think about these topics forever.

Why do some students excel while others struggle? There are factors far beyond the idea that ‘they are smarter’. Learn how to approach A-level Biology like a top-grade student and boost your grades.

We provide a wide selection of self-marking, multiple-choice quizzes by topic for OCR A and CIE. But how can you use them to best effect?

Here’s a quick guide.

Notes are really important. There’s a lot of chatter online about the best methods for taking notes, but there are also a lot of harmful myths.

The simplest, last-minute exam tip of all time

Make the question simpler for yourself. Hide everything that isn’t on the spec. You will need these words later when writing the answer out, but you do NOT need them getting in the way while you work out what the question is really about.

What can you best do over the summer to help transition to A level Biology? (It's probably not what you're thinking.)

A simple but effective trick to boost your learning and revision. You just need a little buddy.

You need to know some maths for A level Biology, including to work out whether an experiment can be said to have shown an effect or not. Master this early on and it will not help you with exam questions, but also make it easier for you to learn the bits of the course that are explained using these statistical methods.

Self-marking multiple choice quiz for Photosynthesis. Using OCR A past paper exam questions.

Self-marking multiple choice quiz for Proteins. Using OCR A past paper exam questions.

Self-marking multiple choice quiz for Food Tests and Chromatography. Using OCR A past paper exam questions.

Self-marking multiple choice quiz for Phospholipids, Lipids, and Cholesterol. Using OCR A past paper exam questions.

Self-marking multiple choice quiz for Carbohydrates, Ions and Elements. Using OCR A past paper exam questions.

Weekly Group Masterclasses for OCR A Y13

Raise your exam grade with question focused masterclasses from a highly experienced A level Biology teacher.

Every week we go through a different topic from the specification and look at how to apply the content to OCR A exam questions. I show how to understand commonly occurring questions and how to answer them.

Self-marking multiple choice quiz for Cell Ultrastructure, Ions, and Elements. Using OCR A past paper exam questions.

Weekly Group classes - for AQA Y13 A level BIology

Raise your exam grade with question focused masterclasses from a highly experienced A level Biology teacher.

Every week we go through a different topic from the specification and look at how to apply the content to exam questions. I show how to understand commonly occurring questions and how to answer them.

Command words are important! Step by step guide to how to approach and answer “Suggest” questions for top marks in AQA A level Biology.