wjec spanish

Weekly GCSE Spanish revision schedule covering vocabulary, listening, speaking and writing

The Ultimate GCSE Spanish Revision Plan

by Kelly Thornhill
March 18, 2025July 27, 2026
Spanish Learning Journey (Beginner → GCSE)

I still remember the first time I had to order food entirely in Spanish, years ago, travelling in South America. My grammar wasn’t perfect — nowhere close, honestly — and I definitely got a few verb endings wrong. But I got the food, and I realised something that’s shaped how I teach ever since: communication matters more than perfection. That’s exactly the mindset that separates students who cram vocabulary lists and still freeze in the exam from students who actually improve.

Home-educated student studying for GCSE Spanish exam boards including AQA and Edexcel

GCSE Spanish Exam Boards Explained: AQA vs Edexcel vs iGCSE

by Kelly Thornhill
January 11, 2024July 27, 2026
Spanish Learning Journey (Beginner → GCSE)

A few years ago I had a lovely home-ed family come to me halfway through Year 10, panicking slightly, because they’d registered their daughter for an exam centre that only offered AQA — and she’d already done a term and a half of work built around Edexcel’s topics. Nobody’s fault, really. Nobody had told them the exam boards weren’t interchangeable. We got her sorted (it meant a slightly rushed few weeks filling gaps in the AQA-specific topics), but I remember thinking: this is exactly the kind of thing that should be sorted out before you start, not three-quarters of the way through.

So let’s actually get into it — properly, not just “here are three logos and a summary.”