Aiming Higher

Grade boundary by grade boundary strategies for every subject Rockwood offers at GCSE or Level 1/2. Pick your subject below, then look for the grade move that applies to you.

Using this guide

Each subject page is broken into the grade boundaries that matter most: moving from a Grade 3 to a solid Grade 4, from a Grade 4 to a solid Grade 5, and what it takes to reach the very highest grades. Vocational subjects use their own Pass, Merit and Distinction boundaries instead.

Work out which boundary you are closest to from your most recent assessment, then focus your revision time on that section first.

Want a topic by topic checklist to tick off alongside this? Use the Topic Checklist tool for a year group by year group breakdown with a built in revision timetable.

Rockwood subjects

ArtArt BusBusiness Studies CSComputer Science DITDigital Information Technology Eng LangEnglish Language Eng LitEnglish Literature FreFrench GeoGeography H&SCHealth and Social Care HisHistory H&CHospitality & Catering MthMaths SptOCR Sports Studies REReligious Education SciScience - Combined BioScience - Biology ChemScience - Chemistry PhyScience - Physics SpaSpanish