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11+ English study guide cover18-page PDF
Kids Zone

11+ English

Who sets the 11+ and how English papers differ, comprehension question types with a worked passage, vocabulary and cloze, spelling rules, KS2 grammar and punctuation, and the writing task.

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11+ Entrance Exam study guide cover17-page PDF
Kids Zone

11+ Entrance Exam

How the 11+ works in England — selective areas and test setters, the Year 5–6 admissions calendar, standardised scores and qualifying marks, offers, reviews and appeals, and preparing well.

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11+ Maths study guide cover17-page PDF
Kids Zone

11+ Maths

KS2 maths for the 11+ with checked worked examples — number and mental methods, fractions, percentages and ratio, algebra and sequences, shape and measures, averages, word problems, test formats and pacing.

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11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning study guide cover17-page PDF
Kids Zone

11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning

GL’s six NVR question types — series, matrices, odd one out, similarities, analogies and codes — plus rotation vs reflection, cube nets, hidden shapes, the six-feature checklist and test formats.

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11+ Verbal Reasoning study guide cover17-page PDF
Kids Zone

11+ Verbal Reasoning

The main 11+ verbal reasoning question families — vocabulary and analogies, hidden and compound words, letter and number codes, series and logic — with checked worked examples, pacing and vocabulary strategy.

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AAT Level 2 Accounting study guide cover15-page PDF
Finance & Accounting

AAT Level 2 Accounting

AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting — double-entry bookkeeping, bookkeeping controls, costing basics and the business environment.

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ACCA Applied Knowledge study guide cover17-page PDF
Professional

ACCA Applied Knowledge

ACCA Applied Knowledge — Business & Technology, Management Accounting and Financial Accounting, updated for IFRS 18.

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ADI Part 1 Theory Test study guide cover17-page PDF
Transport

ADI Part 1 Theory Test

ADI Part 1 format and pass marks, road procedure and stopping distances, signs and the 2022 hierarchy of road users, the learner test and the law, DVSA publications and the National Standard, hazard perception and Parts 2–3.

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AgilePM Foundation study guide cover19-page PDF
Professional

AgilePM Foundation

AgilePM Foundation (v3) — agility and the Agile Manifesto, the eight principles, Scrum inside AgilePM, the v3 roles, the six-phase lifecycle, MoSCoW, governance and risk.

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APM PMQ study guide cover22-page PDF
Professional

APM PMQ

APM PMQ (September 2024 syllabus, built on the APM Competence Framework) — life cycles, governance, planning & control, risk & quality, the business case and people, with a diagram for every big idea.

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APM Project Fundamentals (PFQ) study guide cover17-page PDF
Professional

APM Project Fundamentals (PFQ)

APM Project Fundamentals (PFQ) on the APM Body of Knowledge 8th edition — the project life cycle, governance and the core delivery topics.

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AWS Cloud Practitioner study guide cover18-page PDF
Professional

AWS Cloud Practitioner

AWS Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — cloud concepts, the shared-responsibility model, core AWS services, and billing, pricing & support.

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AWS Solutions Architect (SAA-C03) study guide cover17-page PDFFree sample
IT & Cyber Security

AWS Solutions Architect (SAA-C03)

AWS Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) — secure, resilient, high-performing and cost-optimised design on the Well-Architected Framework.

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Better Business Cases Foundation study guide cover18-page PDF
Professional

Better Business Cases Foundation

Better Business Cases Foundation — HM Treasury’s Five Case Model and the SOC → OBC → FBC development path.

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CAPM study guide cover18-page PDF
Professional

CAPM

PMI CAPM — project fundamentals & core concepts, predictive delivery, agile frameworks and business-analysis foundations.

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CeMAP — Mortgage Advice study guide cover19-page PDF
Finance & Accounting

CeMAP — Mortgage Advice

CeMAP — UK financial-services regulation, mortgage law & products, the advice process and protection (confirm the latest LIBF structure).

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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) study guide cover17-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

Certified Ethical Hacker v13 — the five hacking phases, the major attack surfaces, cryptography and AI in ethical hacking (authorised use only).

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Change Management Foundation study guide cover18-page PDF
Professional

Change Management Foundation

Change Management Foundation (APMG v3) — change & the organisation, complexity, the individual & learning, ADKAR, change leadership and stakeholder engagement.

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ChPP study guide cover15-page PDF
Professional

ChPP

APM Chartered Project Professional — the three assessment routes, the 12-competence framework, writing project overviews and competence statements, and the professional review interview.

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Cisco CCNA study guide cover19-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

Cisco CCNA

Cisco CCNA 200-301 — network fundamentals, subnetting, switching & VLANs, routing & OSPF, IP services, security and automation.

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CISM study guide cover17-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

CISM

ISACA CISM — information security governance, risk management, building the security programme and incident management, from a manager’s chair.

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CISSP study guide cover20-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

CISSP

All eight CISSP domains — risk management, asset security and architecture, cryptography and PKI, network security, identity and access, assessment and operations, and secure software development — plus the CAT exam format.

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COBIT Foundation study guide cover17-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

COBIT Foundation

COBIT 2019 Foundation — governance vs management, the principles, the 40 objectives across EDM/APO/BAI/DSS/MEA, components and capability levels.

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CompTIA A+ study guide cover18-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

CompTIA A+

Both A+ cores (220-1201/1202): hardware, networking, mobile, virtualisation & cloud, operating systems, security and the CompTIA troubleshooting method.

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CompTIA Cloud+ study guide cover18-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

CompTIA Cloud+

Cloud+ CV0-004 — cloud architecture & design, deployment, operations, security, DevOps/automation and troubleshooting.

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CompTIA CySA+ study guide cover18-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

CompTIA CySA+

CySA+ CS0-004 — security operations, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, the incident-response lifecycle and analyst reporting.

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CompTIA Network+ study guide cover17-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

CompTIA Network+

Network+ N10-009 — the OSI model, IP addressing & subnetting, routing & switching, wireless, network security and structured troubleshooting.

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CompTIA PenTest+ study guide cover18-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

CompTIA PenTest+

PenTest+ PT0-003 — engagement scoping, reconnaissance, vulnerability analysis, attacks & exploits, post-exploitation and reporting.

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CompTIA Security+ study guide cover17-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

CompTIA Security+

Security+ SY0-701 — security concepts, threats & vulnerabilities, architecture, operations and governance, with a diagram for every idea.

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CPC Driver Theory study guide cover17-page PDF
Transport

CPC Driver Theory

Driver CPC explained — the Part 2 and 4 tests, exemptions and the DQC, 35 hours of periodic training, International vs National CPC, Return to Driving, driver fitness, hours, tachographs, loads and eco-driving.

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CPPD study guide cover15-page PDF
Professional

CPPD

AIPM Certified Practising Project Director — the RegPM Part F standard, the 9 competency units, building your evidence portfolio, the reflective review and planning your 6-month assessment window.

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CREST CPSA (Practitioner Security Analyst) study guide cover20-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

CREST CPSA (Practitioner Security Analyst)

CREST CPSA — all ten syllabus areas, from the engagement lifecycle and UK law to network, Windows, Unix, web and database testing, with scan-type diagrams and worked tool-output examples.

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CSCS Health & Safety study guide cover18-page PDF
Construction

CSCS Health & Safety

The CITB HS&E Operatives test and CSCS cards — HSWA, CDM 2015 and RIDDOR, risk assessment and signs, COSHH, asbestos, noise and vibration, work at height, excavations, lifting, fire, first aid and the environment.

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DevOps Foundation study guide cover17-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

DevOps Foundation

DevOps Foundation — CALMS, the Three Ways, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, culture, value-stream thinking and the DORA metrics (four keys, now five).

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Forklift Theory Test study guide cover18-page PDF
Construction

Forklift Theory Test

HSE L117 training stages and authorisation, PUWER and LOLER duties, pre-shift checks and thorough examination, truck types and derating, stability and load centre, gradients, pedestrians, fuel, charging and overturns.

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Functional Skills English L2 study guide cover18-page PDF
Functional Skills & GCSE

Functional Skills English L2

Functional Skills English Level 2 — test rules and timings by awarding body, reading for detail and inference, persuasive techniques, letter and report formats, SPaG (40–45% of writing marks) and speaking & listening.

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Functional Skills Maths Entry Level study guide cover17-page PDF
Functional Skills & GCSE

Functional Skills Maths Entry Level

Functional Skills Maths Entry 1, 2 and 3 level by level — numbers to 20, 200 and 1,000, money and clocks, times tables and remainders, fractions and decimals, measures, simple problem solving and test timings.

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Functional Skills Maths L2 study guide cover18-page PDF
Functional Skills & GCSE

Functional Skills Maths L2

Functional Skills Maths Level 2 — test rules and timings by awarding body, ratio and proportion, percentages, VAT and interest, compound measures, must-know formulae, area and volume, grouped data and probability.

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Gas Safe ACS study guide cover18-page PDF
Gas & Plumbing

Gas Safe ACS

Gas Safe registration and the ACS scheme — CCN1 and appliance categories, GSIUR, landlord checks and RIDDOR, combustion and ventilation, the tightness test, flues and spillage, and IGEM/G/11 unsafe situations.

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GIAC GSEC (Security Essentials) study guide cover22-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

GIAC GSEC (Security Essentials)

GIAC GSEC — all 26 exam objectives, from networks, cryptography and attacks to incident handling, Linux, cloud and Windows, with worked tcpdump, Nmap, iptables and PowerShell examples and how to build your open-book index.

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IOSH Managing Safely study guide cover18-page PDF
Health & Safety

IOSH Managing Safely

IOSH Managing Safely v5.0 — assessing & controlling risks, responsibilities, hazards, incident investigation and measuring performance.

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IOSH Working Safely study guide cover17-page PDF
Health & Safety

IOSH Working Safely

IOSH Working Safely — hazards & risk, common workplace hazards, improving safety performance, and protecting the environment, for every employee.

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ITIL 4 Foundation study guide cover19-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

ITIL 4 Foundation

The ITIL 4 service value system, the four dimensions, the seven guiding principles and the most-examined practices, explained with clean visuals.

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ITIL 5 Foundation study guide cover24-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

ITIL 5 Foundation

The full ITIL 5 Foundation syllabus, mapped to its seven exam categories — DPSM, service relationships, the eight lifecycle activities, the Value System, the 6C AI Capability Model, DevOps and PRINCE2.

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KS1 SATs study guide cover18-page PDF
Kids Zone

KS1 SATs

KS1 SATs for parents — what has been optional since 2023/24 and what is still statutory, the Year 1 phonics check, the reading, GPS and maths papers, scaled scores, Year 2 worked examples and help at home.

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KS3 English study guide cover18-page PDF
Key Stage 3

KS3 English

The DfE KS3 programme of study — reading widely including two Shakespeare plays, inference and analytical paragraphs, poetry, narrative and drama terms, grammar and spelling, writing, speaking and the step to GCSE.

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Lean Six Sigma Green Belt study guide cover19-page PDF
Professional

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt — full DMAIC with Green-Belt statistics: MSA, process capability, hypothesis testing, SPC and the improvement toolkit.

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Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt study guide cover15-page PDF
Professional

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

DMAIC end to end, the seven wastes, the core statistics and the practical tools a Yellow Belt uses to run an improvement project.

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LGV / HGV Theory Test study guide cover17-page PDF
Transport

LGV / HGV Theory Test

The LGV theory test and Driver CPC tests, licence categories and ages, drivers’ hours, tachographs and working time, air brakes, walkaround checks and coupling, weights, load security, low bridges and speed limits.

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Logical & Abstract Reasoning study guide cover17-page PDF
Aptitude & Reasoning

Logical & Abstract Reasoning

Number and letter sequences, syllogisms and the three-circle method, if-then logic and Cannot Say, odd one out and logic puzzles, shape and operator questions, SHL, Aon and Saville formats and percentile scores.

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M_o_R Foundation study guide cover18-page PDF
Professional

M_o_R Foundation

M_o_R Foundation, 3rd edition (Management of Risk) — the principles, approach, process and perspectives, with threat and opportunity responses.

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Microsoft AI-901 (Azure AI Fundamentals) study guide cover17-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

Microsoft AI-901 (Azure AI Fundamentals)

Azure AI Fundamentals AI-901 — responsible AI, generative AI, language & vision workloads, and building with Microsoft Foundry and agents.

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Microsoft AZ-500 (Azure Security) study guide cover17-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

Microsoft AZ-500 (Azure Security)

Azure Security Engineer AZ-500 — identity & access, secure networking, data protection, Defender for Cloud and Sentinel (with the SC-500 transition).

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Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104) study guide cover18-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104)

Azure Administrator AZ-104 — identities & governance, storage, compute, virtual networking, and monitoring & maintenance.

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Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) study guide cover19-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Azure Fundamentals AZ-900 — cloud concepts, core Azure architecture & services, identity & security, and management & governance.

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Microsoft DP-900 (Azure Data Fundamentals) study guide cover17-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

Microsoft DP-900 (Azure Data Fundamentals)

Azure Data Fundamentals DP-900 — core data concepts, relational data, non-relational data, and analytics workloads on Azure.

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Microsoft PL-300 (Power BI) study guide cover17-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

Microsoft PL-300 (Power BI)

Power BI Data Analyst PL-300 — preparing data in Power Query, star-schema modelling and DAX, visualising & analysing, and deploying assets.

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Microsoft PL-900 (Power Platform Fundamentals) study guide cover17-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

Microsoft PL-900 (Power Platform Fundamentals)

Power Platform Fundamentals PL-900 — business value, Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Copilot Studio agents.

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MoP Foundation study guide cover17-page PDF
Professional

MoP Foundation

MoP Foundation (Management of Portfolios) — the strategic context, the five principles and the portfolio definition and delivery cycles.

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MSP Foundation study guide cover17-page PDF
Professional

MSP Foundation

MSP Foundation (Managing Successful Programmes, 5th edition) — the principles, themes, the processes of the programme lifecycle, roles and benefits management.

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MSP Practitioner study guide cover19-page PDF
Professional

MSP Practitioner

MSP Practitioner (5th edition) — application-level scenarios across the principles, themes and roles, testing judgement under pressure rather than recall.

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NEBOSH General Certificate study guide cover19-page PDF
Health & Safety

NEBOSH General Certificate

NEBOSH National General Certificate (2026 GNC1/GNC2) — managing health & safety, the UK legal framework, workplace hazards and risk assessment.

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NMC CBT (Overseas Nurses) study guide cover17-page PDF
Healthcare

NMC CBT (Overseas Nurses)

The NMC CBT format and pass marks, Part A drug calculations with worked answers, the Part B Future Nurse blueprint, the NMC Code, NEWS2, consent and capacity, the OSCE, resit rules and fees.

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P3O Foundation study guide cover17-page PDF
Professional

P3O Foundation

P3O Foundation — portfolio, programme & project office models, functions & services, tailoring and how to implement and run a PMO.

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PAT Testing Level 3 study guide cover18-page PDF
Electrical

PAT Testing Level 3

City & Guilds 2377-77 and the EAWR duty, user checks and formal visual inspection, Class I, II and III equipment, earth continuity, insulation and leakage tests with the 5th-edition pass limits, HSE suggested intervals, labels and records.

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PgMP study guide cover19-page PDF
Professional

PgMP

PMI PgMP — the five program domains (Strategic Alignment, Life Cycle, Benefits, Stakeholders, Governance) on the March 2024 ECO, built around the 44%-weighted Life Cycle domain.

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PMP study guide cover19-page PDF
Professional

PMP

The three PMP performance domains (People, Process, Business Environment), predictive vs agile vs hybrid delivery, the process groups and the formulas you must know on exam day.

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PRINCE2 Foundation study guide cover17-page PDF
Business

PRINCE2 Foundation

PRINCE2 7 from the ground up — the seven principles, seven practices (themes) and seven processes, plus the management products, mapped straight to the Foundation syllabus.

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Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) study guide cover17-page PDF
IT & Cyber Security

Professional Scrum Master (PSM I)

Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) on the 2020 Scrum Guide — empiricism, the values, the three accountabilities, five events and three artefacts.

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Scrum PSPO I study guide cover17-page PDF
Professional

Scrum PSPO I

Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I) — the PO accountability, the Product Goal, Product Backlog management, value and Evidence-Based Management.

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Situational Judgement Test (SJT) study guide cover17-page PDF
Aptitude & Reasoning

Situational Judgement Test (SJT)

The UCAT SJT and F2 Stand-alone SJT, the Civil Service Judgement Test and Success Profiles, the police national sift and CVF, rating and most/least formats, six workplace themes and a test-day routine.

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