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For AQA A level Psychology students, teachers and parents, our outstanding resources cover the latest specification in immense detail and depth for the entire course.
In short, there are no resource packs with as much detail on this subject than what we have created.
Available online as digital PDF downloads and accessible instantly (no waiting for delivery), we've covered every chapter and answered every question across all the topics.
These resource packs are perfect for teachers and classroom learning or for student books to improve their understanding as they cover the entire course and are written by our highly experienced teachers with examining experience.
We've included practice application based questions across each topic at the end of every textbook to help students improve their understanding.
Is A-level Psychology hard?
The short answer is yes, psychology at A-level is hard but not for the reasons you think it is.
One main reason AQA Psychology for A level is hard is because of the sheer amount of information you are required to learn and retain for up to 2 years. This involves learning essay answers for almost every topic as it can come up as a possible essay question within the exam across all 3 papers.
The problem is after studying year 1, you not only have to remember all this information you've been taught across two exam papers (papers 1+2), you also have to study huge amounts of information for paper 3 which involves picking 3 topics and learning about them in incredible depth too.
The exams for paper 3 are also mostly essay based across the 3 chosen topics. Each topic has usually up to about 15 or more possible essay questions you could be asked. This means you need to learn potentially up to 45 essays going into paper 3 alone while also remembering all the information you learnt for papers 1 and 2 (which can also ask you essay questions).
Therefore, the main reason AQA A level psychology is hard is primarily due to the huge amounts of information you need to retain and keep refreshed in your memory throughout your course over 2 years (for A level-students) - it is really information overload.
We've broken down the best way to practice and revise A-level psychology in our blog post here.
What topics do you study for AQA A level psychology?
Which topics you learn for AQA A-level psychology depends if you are doing the full A level or whether you are only doing AS.
AS requires you to learn topics only over paper 1 and paper 2 while A-level requires you to learn more content over paper 1, paper 2 and also sit paper 3.
The topics can all be found on our A level psychology revision page here but to confirm, they are:
- Social Influence
- Memory
- Attachment
- Psychopathology
- Research Methods
- Approaches in psychology
- Biopsychology
- Issues and debates
- Relationships
- Gender
- Cognition and Development
- Schizophrenia
- Eating behaviour
- Stress
- Aggression
- Forensic psychology
- Addiction
Our textbooks and resources cover all these topics for students, teachers and parents in immense depth with model essay answers. They are available online as PDF downloads and completely free for schools and teachers.
What are the AQA Psychology A level grade boundaries?
You can find the latest grade boundaries for AQA A-level psychology here. They will vary every year across each threshold usually by up to 5 marks on average.Â
Historical overview of the grade boundaries for AQA A-level Psychology to date (2024)
Year
Paper
Max Mark
A*
A
B
C
D
E
2024
1
96
tbc
tbc
tbc
tbc
tbc
tbc
2024
2
96
tbc
tbc
tbc
tbc
tbc
tbc
2024
3
96
tbc
tbc
tbc
tbc
tbc
tbc
2023
1
96
70 (+3)
61 (+2)
50 (+1)
39
28 (-1)
17 (-2)
2023
2
96
73 (+6)
65 (+6)
54 (+7)
43 (+8)
32 (+9)
21 (+9)
2023
3
96
75 (+8)
68 (+9)
55 (+7)
42 (+7)
30 (+7)
18 (+7)
2022
1
96
67 (+4)
59 (+5)
49 (+4)
39 (+3)
29 (+2)
19 (+1)
2022
2
96
67 (+4)
59 (+5)
47 (+2)
35 (-1)
23 (-4)
12 (-6)
2022
3
96
67 (+5)
59 (+6)
47 (+4)
35 (+2)
23
11 (-2)
2021
1
96
63 (-2)
54 (-2)
45 (-2)
36 (-2)
27 (-2)
18 (-2)
2021
2
96
63 (-3)
54 (-3)
45 (-3)
36 (-3)
27 (-3)
18 (-3)
2021
3
96
62 (-2)
53 (-1)
43 (-1)
33 (-1)
23 (-1)
13 (-2)
2020
1
96
65 (-5)
56 (-6)
47 (-5)
38 (-5)
29 (-5)
20 (-5)
2020
2
96
66 (-4)
57 (-5)
48 (-4)
39 (-4)
30 (-4)
21 (-4)
2020
3
96
64 (-2)
54 (-3)
44 (-3)
34 (-3)
24 (-3)
15 (-2)
2019
1
96
70
62
52
43
34
25
2019
2
96
70
62
52
43
34
25
2019
3
96
66
57
47
37
27
17
When are the AQA A Level Psychology exams?
A level psychology exams usually begin in May and roll over into June for paper 3. The latest exam dates are as follows for 2024:
- AQA AS Psychology Paper 1: 13/05/24Â PM Exam
- AQA AS Psychology Paper 2: 21/05/24Â PM Exam
- AQA A Level Psychology Exam Paper 1: 17/05/24Â AM Exam
- AQA A Level Psychology Exam Paper 2: 22/05/24 AM Exam
- AQA A Level Psychology Exam Paper 3: 03/06/24Â PM Exam
You can find a full list of exam dates across all 3 major exam boards (AQA, Edexcel and OCR) here.
Florence C (verified owner) –
The model essays are really good for AO1 and AO3 points and cover the topics better than textbooks.
Ciaran K (verified owner) –
Our class are using printed copies of these packs in preparation for the May/June exams and they have proven really helpful. As a school we got them free but they are worth the money and work out cheaper than all the students having to buy a textbook which are £25-£30. Much better value and they cover everything you need to know
Heather Moore (verified owner) –
Helpful practice questions at the end. They really helped me improve my exam technique. You will need to download the mark schemes from AQA but otherwise, really good resource pack. I would just ask the mark scheme answers are included at the end for the practice questions as this would help us compare responses and saves us printing them. The content is brilliant though, better than the textbooks.
Lydia W (verified owner) –
Bought for my daughters A level course as she was struggling with one of the topics and she says its really helped her.
Thomas B (verified owner) –
Highly recommended. Me and my mates have been using your essays for our exam prep and I've jumped up from C to an A in my essay writing.
Susan Wells (verified owner) –
These have proven really useful for our students, particularly with generating evaluation points for their AO3.
Alisha P (verified owner) –
This booklet is fantastic! The essays and evaluation points helped me get an A* this year and into my university! thank you so much, the practice questions at the end really helped!
Jane G (verified owner) –
This is really great, thank you so much!
Jessica Small (verified owner) –
Was struggling to get higher than a grade B in my mocks but your essays managed to help me get an A, thank you so much
Charanjit Bhamra (verified owner) –
Covers the whole topic well and nicely broken down.
Isabel M (verified owner) –
Well detailed, more info than the textbooks. Evaluation points are good for the bigger 16+ markers
Krishna Mahavi (verified owner) –
These packs have been pretty handy for creating model essay answers. I was struggling to get higher than a B for AS and these have helped to add some more AO1 and AO3 points at A-level. I've got my first A when I had my tutor mark my recent essay.
Mark Overton (verified owner) –
Thank you, these are all really well broken down - when are the rest going to be released?
Luke Shaw (verified owner) –
The practice questions at the end are brilliant for learning the topics as they are based on all the previous questions that have come up in all the exams to date.
Maryam Begum (verified owner) –
Revising for mocks and this is perfect.