A-Level History Study Group | 2025-2026

Welcome to the A-Level History Study Group!

This is where you can chat with other students studying the same subjects as you and support each other as you head towards your exams

You can post any useful tips and resources that you come across, offer support to others, share your successes, or just have moan when it gets tough!

Just remember, it’s against the site rules to ask for or offer any copyrighted papers and to request offsite chat. Posts that break these rules will be removed.

Here are a few icebreaker questions:
What exam board are you with?
What do you enjoy most about History?
What area do you struggle with most in History?
What year are you in?
Favourite Historical Fact
AQA:
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/a-level/history-7042/specification
CCEA:
https://ccea.org.uk/downloads/docs/Specifications/GCE/GCE%20History%20%282019%29/GCE%20History%20%282019%29-specification-Standard.pdf
Edexcel:
https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-a-levels/history-2015.html
OCR:
https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/170128-specification-accredited-a-level-gce-history-a-h505.pdf
WJEC:
https://www.wjec.co.uk/media/uwlondvv/wjec-gce-history-spec-from-2015-e.pdf

(edited 1 month ago)

Reply 1

Lbland23

Hey Y1 A-level early modern here! We do AQA tudors and Louis XIV. I think what enjoy most is the way history shapes our world, how tiny actions have such major consequences. Remembering dates is a major problem for me. Probs not relevent by Les mis and Hamilton are life changes.
Luke

Reply 2

whatsthevibe

Hey Y1 A Level Historian here too! We do OCR Russia, The American Revolution and Britain 1930-1997. What I enjoy the most about History is the way events from the past parallel so many of our events in the present but also how societies that were originally so poor turned into global superpowers (Russia and China) and the twisted methods people used to do this. I'd say the thing I struggle with the most about history is remembering so much content like dates, stats and even people. I can remember what happened, but when it comes to evidence it's difficult for me to remember everything. Uh favourite fact is probably that in 1518 a mysterious dancing plague hit the city of Strasbourg where hundreds of people danced uncontrollably for days until they collapsed or even died

Reply 3

Myma08

I’min year 12 aqa history I js love everything bout history but I dnt understand the course im doing (Russia dictatorship and the Tudors)

Reply 4

shinytiger

Hi im in year 13. studying Cold War and Challenge and Transformation:Britain. I'd love a study buddy who would work with me to write Level 5 essays and fully understand these concepts. :smile:

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snowy-buff

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by Myma08

I’min year 12 aqa history I js love everything bout history but I dnt understand the course im doing (Russia dictatorship and the Tudors)

Omg me too!! I'm doing Russia Dictatorship and Tudors but im finding Russia sooo hard man, I dont understand anything and theres also no resources online for it so im scrabbling to make notes 😓

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