Exam board playbooks
GCSE and A Level Assessment Objectives by Exam Board
For teachers, heads of department and SLT · Exam support, not a student revision guide
How your exam board actually marks your subject. A separate book for every subject and every exam board — AQA, OCR and Pearson Edexcel, usually just called Edexcel. What each assessment objective is really worth, how the mark scheme levels work, what lifts an answer from the middle to the top, and where students quietly lose marks. Quoted word for word from your board’s own specification, and the opening pages of each open here so you can read a real part before you buy.
The dates, grades and results rules for this year’s exams, every one sourced: GCSE exams 2027
GCSE
9 subjects · AQA, OCR and Pearson Edexcel
A Level
7 subjects · AQA, OCR and Pearson Edexcel
48 books in all. A4 PDF, 21–49 pages depending on the subject. Every A Level Science book carries biology, chemistry and physics together. If your board or subject is not here yet, say which and it moves up the list.
Questions
Is this a student revision guide?
No. The examination playbooks are written for teachers, heads of department and senior leaders: how the assessment objectives are weighted and what the marks are for.
Do I need the one for my exam board?
Yes. There is one per subject per board, written from that board’s own current specification. The objectives are worded alike across boards and weighted differently, which is the thing that catches departments out.
What format do I get?
A PDF, typeset for A4 and ready to print. It downloads immediately after payment, and the link stays valid so you can come back to it.
Can I share it with my department?
Yes. Every resource is free to reproduce inside the school that buys it. Print it, copy it, hand it round a department. The licence covers one school.
Can I see it before I buy?
Yes. The opening pages of every paid title are readable in the browser, free and without signing up. The behaviour playbook is free in full for a name and an email.
Is it a subscription?
No. One payment, and the file is yours. There is nothing to cancel.
What if it is not what I expected?
If the file is broken, wrong, or never arrived, you get a refund. Email info@empowereducators.co.uk with the receipt number.