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The Non-Specialist Survival Pack, five complete lessons you could teach on Monday, with full answers.

GCSE + A-Level  ·  AQA + Edexcel  ·  Free PDF + slides · No sign-up
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Non-Specialist-Survival-Pack.pdf

21 pages · A4, grayscale-safe · photocopiable worksheets included

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Non-Specialist-Survival-Pack-Slides.pptx

12 projectable slides · PowerPoint · edit and remix for your own classes

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What's inside

The course at a glance

AQA 7132 (outgoing, last exams 2027; new Year 12 groups are on 7138), Edexcel 9BS0 and GCSE 8132 laid out plainly: units, papers, and the question tariffs that actually decide grades.

Five complete first lessons

Minute-by-minute plans, photocopiable worksheets and full teacher answers. No subject background needed to teach them.

The seven traps

The misconceptions students bring in week one ("revenue is profit"), plus a 40-term glossary written at examiner register rather than textbook register.

Your first month, week by week

Including five questions to ask your HOD without looking lost, and four scripts for the moment every non-specialist fears: when a student asks something you don't know.

Who it's for

Written for the teacher the timetable surprised, the geographer, the maths teacher, the cover specialist who found Business on their allocation in August. It assumes no prior subject knowledge and gets you to a confident first week.

Spec coverage

A-Level: AQA 7132 and Edexcel 9BS0, unit structure, paper format and mark tariffs.

GCSE: AQA 8132, unit structure and command word demands.

How to use this pack


Made by Sakari Laajoki at TBS Education Ltd Oy (company number 3614159-3, Finland).
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