KS4 & KS5 Book List

Subject	GCSE/ A Level	Text Books/Revision Guides/ Recommended Reading	ISBN
Art	GCSE & A Level	N/A	N/A
Computer Science	GCSE	CGP Python Programming Guide for GCSE Computer Science	978-178908 862 5
		CGP GCSE Computer Science OCR Complete Revision & Practice	978-178908 558 7
		CGP GCSE Computer Science OCR Exam Practice Workbook	978-1789085570
		OCR GCSE Computer Science Textbook (digital copy)	N/A
	A Level	OCR A Level Computer Science Textbook (digital copy)	N/A
		Python Crash Course by Eric Matthes	978-1593279288
		Algorithms Unlocked by Thomas H. Cormen	978-0262033848
Drama	GCSE and A Level	BOOKS ABOUT ACTING: The Actor and the Target by Declan Donnellan An Actor Prepares by Constantin Stanislavski Building A Character by Constantin Stanislavski Creating A Role by Constantin Stanislavski
	GCSE	SET TEXT: DNA by Dennis Kelly TEXTBOOK: Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Drama
	A Level	SET TEXT: Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo A Study Guide for Dario Fo's 'Accidental Death of an Anarchist', Cengage Learning Gale Commedia Dell'Arte: An Actor's Handbook by John Rudlin SET TEXT: Antigone by Sophocles (Translated by Don Taylor) A Guide to Greek Theatre and Drama by Kenneth McLeish Greek Theatre Performance: An Introduction by David Wiles Rebel Women: Staging Ancient Greek Drama Today edited by John Dillon and Stephen Wilmer DRAMATIC THEORY Modern Drama in Theory and Practice Vol.1: Realism and Naturalism Modern Drama in Theory and Practice Vol.2: Symbolism, Surrealism and the Absurd Modern Drama in Theory and Practice Vol.3: Expressionism and Epic Theatre BOOKS ABOUT THEATRE PRACTITIONERS The Complete Brecht Toolkit by Stephen Unwin The Complete Stanislavsky Toolkit by Bella Merlin Theatre in Practice by Nick O'Brien Stanislavski in Practice: Exercises for Students by Nick O'Brien Books about Devising Brecht On Theatre (Bloomsbury Revelations) The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising by Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett Impro: Improvisation by Keith Johnstone Complicite Plays: 1: 1: Street of Crocodiles; Mnemonic; The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol: v. 1 (Contemporary Dramatists) The Theatre and Its Double by Antonin Artaud
DT	GCSE	CGP GCSE D&T Resistant Materials	978-1847623539
		AQA GCSE Design and Technology Graphic Products	978-1408502747
		CGP GCSE AQA Design & Technology Revision Guide	978-1782947523
	A Level	Edexcel A Level Design and Technology: Product Design – Resistant Materials	978-0435757786
	A Level	Edexcel A Level Design & Technology: Product Design – Graphic Products	978-0435757793
French	GCSE	Year 11, 2024/25: Studio Edexcel GCSE French Higher Student	978-1292117836
French	GCSE	Year 10, 2024/25: Pearson Edexcel GCSE French Higher Student Book	978-1292734675
Geography	GCSE	Year 10: AQA GCSE 9–1 Geography, Second Edition, Hodder Education	978-1510477513
	GCSE	Year 11: CGP GCSE AQA Geography. Complete Revision and Practice	978-1782946137
	GCSE & A Level	Revision guides: Many students find the CGP guides most useful but others are available. The best have examples of exam questions and answers.	N/A
	A Level	AQA Geography for A-level, Fifth Edition, Hodder Education	978-1398312548
Geology	GCSE	Understanding Geology by David Webster, Oliver and Boyd	0-05-003664-5
History	GCSE	(Paper 1) Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History Crime and Punishment through time, c1000–present and Whitechapel, c1870–c1900: crime, policing and the inner city (Thematic study and historic environment)	978-1292127361
		(Paper 2) Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c.1060–1088 (British depth study)	978-1292127231
		(Paper 2) Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91 (Period study)	978-1292127279
		(Paper 3) Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–1939 (Modern depth study)	978-1292127347
		My Revision Notes: Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000-present and Whitechapel, c1870-c1900	978-1510403239
		My Revision Notes: Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060–88	978-1510403222
		My Revision Notes: Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91	978-1510403253
		My Revision Notes: Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39	978-1510403277
	A Level	My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History Russia 1917–91: From Lenin to Yeltsin	978-1471876370
		My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History The British Experience of Warfare, c1790–1918	978-1510418134
		Communist states in the 20th century	978-1447985273
		Paper 1 & 2: Communist states in the twentieth century	978-1471837913
		Paper 3: The British experience of warfare c1790–1918	978-1447985440
		Further reading lists can be accessed by TWGSB students here: British experience of warfare wider reading.docx USSR and GDR reading lists.docx
Media Studies	GCSE	WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Media Studies Student Book Revised Edition by Hayley Sheard	978-1913963255
	GCSE	WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Media Studies Revision Guide Revised Edition by Hayley Sheard	978-1911208891
	A Level	Media Theory for A Level: The Essential Revision Guide Revised Edition by Mark Dixon	978-1032421025
Music	GCSE	WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Music Revision Guide – Revised Edition	978-1912820788
	GCSE	GCSE Music WJEC/Eduqas Complete Revision & Practice	978-1837740055
	A Level	Edexcel A Level Music Technology Revision Guide	978-1785586347
		Edexcel AS & A Level Music Technology Study Guide	978-1785586026
		Music Technology from Scratch	978-1906178864
PE	A Level	AQA A Level (Year 1 and Year 2) by Carl Atherton, Symond Burrows, Sue Young, Ross Howitt	978-1510473300
		My Revision Notes: AQA A-level PE Second Edition by Sue Young, Symond Burrows, Michaela Byrne	978-1398360594
		Need to Know: AQA A-level PE by Kirk Bizley and Ross Howitt	978-1510428577
	Wider reading	PE Review magazine – available via a student subscription or available to borrow from the PE Department, PE Review features articles written by examiners and approved authors and relates directly to topics covered by the examination boards	N/A
		The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein	978-1617230127
		Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise by Peter McGinnis	978-0736079662
		Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck	978-0345472328
		Sport, Culture and Society: An Introduction by Grant Jarvie	978-1138911265
		The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown	978-0143125471
		Peak: The New Science of Athletic Performance That is Revolutionizing Sports by Marc Bubbs	978-1603588096
Politics	A Level	(Paper 1 and 2) AQA A-level Politics: Government and Politics of the UK, Government and Politics of the USA and Comparative Politics	978-1398311329
		(Paper 3) Political ideas for A Level: Liberalism, Socialism, Conservatism, Feminism, Anarchism	978-1398369177
		My Revision Notes: AQA A-level Politics UK Politics	978-1398355309
		My Revision Notes: AQA A-level Politics US and Comparative Politics	978-1398355293
		My Revision Notes: AQA A-level Politics Political Ideas	978-1398385504
Psychology	A Level	AQA Psychology for A Level Year 1 & AS Student Book – 2nd Edition by Flanagan, Jarvis & Liddle	978-1912820429
Psychology	A Level	AQA Psychology for A Level Year 2 Student Book – 2nd Edition by Flanagan, Jarvis & Liddle	978-1912820467
Religion and Philosophy	GCSE	GCSE Religious Studies for AQA A: Christianity 2016 by Marianne Fleming (Author), Peter Smith (Author), David Worden (Author), Cynthia Bartlett (Series Editor)	978-0198370338
	GCSE	GCSE Religious Studies for AQA A: Hinduism 2016 by Mary Horsley (Author), Cynthia Bartlett (Series Editor)	978-0198370352
	A Level	AQA A-level Philosophy for Year 1 and AS: Epistemology and Moral Philosophy 2017 by Jeremy Hayward (Author), Gerald Jones (Author), Dan Cardinal (Author)	978-1510400252
	A Level	AQA A-level Philosophy Year 2: Metaphysics of God and metaphysics of mind 2018 by Jeremy Hayward (Author), Gerald Jones (Author), Dan Cardinal (Author)	978-1510400269
Sociology	A Level	CGP revision guide is online	N/A
Spanish	GCSE	Year 11, 2024/25: Viva! Edexcel GCSE Spanish Higher	978-1292118987
Spanish	GCSE	Year 10, 2024/25: Pearson Edexcel GCSE Spanish Higher	978-1292734699