We’re excited to introduce our redesigned Learner Guides, available for examination from 2027. These updates reflect valuable feedback from teachers - they can now be downloaded to a desktop and provide a more interactive, learner-focused experience. With guidance from teachers, these guides support students in independent study and skill development.
What’s new?
Learners can now:
- make notes directly in the guide
- encourages active engagement by enabling learners to annotate key sections and write down ideas as they study
- use interactive checklists
- learners can self-assess their understanding with built-in revision checklists, to help track progress and identify areas for improvement
- access study tools offline
- once downloaded, guides are available even without internet access, making them more accessible for homework, revision or independent study
- explore exam question walkthroughs
- learners will build confidence by reviewing example questions and learning how to respond effectively using command words and structured answers
- build further study skills for success
- a dedicated section helps learners develop time management, note-taking and revision strategies that support long-term learning.
What are the Learner Guides?
Whether you're new to teaching our programmes or as a helpful reminder, these guides are available for many syllabuses and are accessible learner-friendly resources designed to support course understanding, exam preparation and development of essential study skills. They are ideal for blended learning, flipped classrooms, and revision support.
Key benefits:
They are designed to make learning clearer and more structured. They provide a roadmap through the course, helping students to:
- understand how they will be assessed
- with clear explanations of assessment objectives and exam formats
- know what they need to learn
- provides a breakdown of key topics and concepts aligned to the syllabus
- recognise the skills they need to develop
- guidance on subject-specific skills and how to apply them
- prepare for their Cambridge examinations
- includes example questions, command word explanations and tips for answering effectively.
- plan their study and revision programme
- provides tools to help learners organise their time and structure their revision
- revise using an interactive checklist
- learners are encouraged to self-assess and track their progress.
You can find our Learner Guides on the
School Support Hub through the syllabus pages, under the ‘Teaching and learning’ tab.