AQA GCSE French · Foundation & Higher · Years 10 & 11

Your child has
10 weeks until
their French exam.

A structured, topic-by-topic revision course built by an experienced French educator — with exam-style reading, grammar, speaking practice, and writing tasks for every single week. Foundation and Higher. Full corrections included. No tutor required.

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10 weeks of content

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AQA spec 8658 aligned

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Instant digital access

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Full model answers

The problem

Unfocused revision won't move the grade.

If your child is working at D or E, re-reading notes or watching YouTube videos won't get them to C or B. What moves a grade is practising the actual exam tasks — under realistic conditions, with real feedback on what went wrong and why.

Most revision resources for AQA AS French are either too general, too easy, or not aligned to what the exam actually tests. This course was built to fill that gap.

3→7

The grade jump this course is designed for, in 10 focused weeks.

Most students at grade 3/4 lose marks on writing — not because they don't know French, but because adjective agreements and tense choices are inconsistent.

Reading comprehension marks are left on the table through poor exam strategy — not reading carefully enough, or missing inference questions.

Speaking role-plays at grade 3/4 are too short and too vague — two well-developed details per bullet point is the difference between a 4 and a 7.

Course content

Ten weeks. Ten topics.
Everything in one place.

Each week is built around one AQA specification theme, with a full set of practice materials from vocabulary to writing — Foundation first, Higher as a clearly marked extension.

Ma famille

Identity & Culture

La technologie

Social media & screens

Les loisirs

Free time & hobbies

La vie saine

Sport & healthy living

L'école

School & studies

Les métiers

Jobs & work

L'avenir

Future plans

L'environnement

Local & Global

Les problèmes sociaux

Poverty & exclusion

Révision finale

Voyages & consolidation

Every week includes five sections:

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Vocabulary bank

15 topic-specific words with a built-in self-testing feature — click to reveal translations.

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Mini-lesson & strategy tip

Written by a specialist educator — not a textbook. Focused on what the exam actually tests.

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Reading comprehension

Foundation and Higher passages, exam-style questions with mark allocations and full model answers.

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AQA-style role-play

Structured speaking practice built on the exact AQA format — 5 prompts, one unprepared response, one candidate question — with model answers.

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Writing task

Foundation (~90 words) and Higher (~150 words) tasks with full model answers, mark scheme commentary, and agreement notes.

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Paraphrasing & essay paragraph

Résumé en français plus an exam-style essay paragraph, both with model answers and marking criteria.

Is this right for you?

Built for one specific situation.

This course is not for everyone. Here is exactly who it will and won't work for.

✓ This is for your child if…

They are in Year 10 or 11, sitting AQA GCSE French this June. They are currently working at grade 3–5 and want to reach grade 6–7. They are willing to put in 30–45 minutes of focused work per week, independently. They want to understand why they are losing marks, not just what the right answer is.

— This may not be the right fit if…

Your child is sitting a different exam board (Edexcel, OCR, WJEC), or is already comfortably at grade 7+ and wants stretch material. This course is specifically designed for the AQA GCSE specification (8658). It is not a substitute for regular classroom teaching.

Sandra

French educator & founder, French Made Simple

Who made this

Built by an educator,
not an algorithm.

I'm Sandra, a native French speaker with 18 years of classroom experience across independent schools, international online education, and private tuition. I hold a Master's in Teaching French as a Foreign Language from the University of Artois.

I built this GCSE course because the materials I wanted for my own students didn't exist: genuinely exam-focused, cognitively well-structured, and built on the same Cognitive Staircase framework I use in all my teaching. Every exercise, model answer, and grammar explanation in this course has been written by me — informed by years of watching exactly where students lose marks, and why.

French Made Simple is my research-informed approach to language learning: sound-first, sequenced carefully, and designed around how memory actually works — not how textbooks are organised.

18 years' teaching experience

MA, Teaching French as a Foreign Language — University of Artois

Former Head of MFL, Eaton Square School

Published author, Association for Language Learning

Presenter — ALL, University of Kent, Linguascope

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AQA GCSE French — 10-Week Revision

Full digital access · Foundation & Higher · Specification 8658

£ 49

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10 weeks covering all three AQA GCSE themes
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Foundation AND Higher tasks every week
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Full model answers with AQA mark scheme commentary
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AQA role-play practice — exact exam format
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Vocabulary self-testing — 150 topic-specific words
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Adjective & agreement spotlight every week
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Works on any device — no app, no account needed

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Questions

Frequently asked.

How is this delivered? Does my child need to install anything?

The course is a single interactive HTML file — it works in any modern browser on any device. There is nothing to install, no account to create, and no app to download. After purchase you receive a download link immediately.

Is this suitable for Year 10 as well as Year 11?

Yes — the course works for both year groups. Year 11 students will use it as direct exam preparation. Year 10 students can work through it to build solid foundations ahead of their final year. The Foundation and Higher split within each week means it adapts naturally to different stages.

My child's school uses a different exam board. Will this work?

The course is aligned to AQA GCSE specifically (specification 8658). If your child is sitting Edexcel, OCR, or WJEC, the topic content will overlap but the exam formats and mark scheme conventions differ. I would only recommend this course if your child is sitting AQA GCSE French.

How much time should my child spend on this each week?

Each week is designed to take approximately 2–3 hours in total: one focused session for the lesson, grammar, and vocabulary (around 45 minutes), and one or two sessions for the exercises (around 30–40 minutes each). It is designed to complement, not replace, any existing tuition or school preparation.

Can I use this alongside a private tutor?

Absolutely — it works very well alongside tuition. The exercises make excellent structured homework tasks. Tutors can use the role-play scenarios directly in sessions, and the model answers with mark scheme commentary make debriefing straightforward.

Your child has10 weeks untiltheir French exam.