I am going to start this post by admitting that when we first started home educating I NEVER liked the CGP books. I was not a big fan of them especially in primary years. But then in the secondary years I started to appreciate them and now that we have been tackling our IGCSE subjects I have started to love them. And I will admit that the CGP Revision Guides are one of my MUST have resources. Really for every subject I always check to see if there is one and then as soon as I find it, I make sure it is in my Amazon basket.

If you have never used one of the CGP Revision Books here is a quick what to expect – They are Proper Revision Books, so don’t expect detailed notes or pages of practice questions. These are summary books. But they are excellent summary books – they explain the key concepts in a very concise and easy to understand manner. Sometimes when we have read something in our main student book and we are feeling a bit unsure we turn to our revision book to see what they say and most of the time they explain whatever was bothering us in a very clear manner. They do use diagrams and pictures, which we love and they often display the information in bullet points or blocks of information. Their format is very easy to read.

I will say that some people think the pages are a bit “busy” or “crowded”. And that was one of the reasons why we were not a fan of the CGP books in the primary years. But now that my kids are older they are not that fussed by the busy pages and have actually gotten used to the format. In fact when my daughter was revising for her Biology mocks and final exams her Biology Revision Notes never left her side, she honestly used it a LOT and never once complained about it.

In my opinion as brilliant as these books are they do not take the place of your student book but rather the two work together hand-in-hand. The student book has more detailed reading and examples which are needed whereas the revision guides really do focus on the key stuff. And although they do include a few pages of questions they are NOT an exercise book – please do not think you can buy this and ignore getting an practice/ exercise book. Practically speaking I would say you need a Student book, a Practice Workbook and then the Revision Book.

I bought all of the CGP Books myself and based on how much we used them and how how I appreciate their explanations they have all been excellent value for money. If I had to do all of this over again I would 100% re-buy these books.

I bought our Revision guides from Amazon so I am going to share the Amazon links for the three that we have.

Edexcel International GCSE Physics Revision Book

Edexcel International GCSE Biology Revision Book

Edexcel International GCSE Maths Revision Book

For anyone who wants to see extra photos of what the books look like before you buy I do have posts here – The Biology Revision Guide and the Physics Revision Guide

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