About this revision guide

Written for the new Leaving Cert Biology specification, first examined in June 2027, with a practice paper that has the same structure and instructions as the SEC's two Higher Level sample papers: Question 1 and any five of six 50-mark questions in 2½ hours. Nine years of past Higher Level papers (2017 to 2026) are read topic by topic to show what examiners like to ask, with the topics that have left the course clearly marked.

It's an interactive PDF. Type your answers straight into the answer spaces on a computer, or write on the pages with a pen on a tablet: in GrindSpot's study viewer (it opens from My purchases and saves your work) or in any PDF app, such as GoodNotes, Notability, OneNote or Adobe Acrobat. Tick the checklist as you go and jump around with the clickable contents.

Every drill has a worked answer, and the practice paper solutions show the marks for every point, in numbers, in the style of the SEC marking schemes. Original labelled diagrams, graphs to read and plot, a drill on how science works, and Irish settings throughout: red squirrels and pine martens, cystic fibrosis screening, blood donation, raised bogs.

The book covers the written exam (60% of the grade). The Biology in Practice Investigation (40%) is not included.

Dyslexia-friendly layout: large sans-serif text (12 pt in the questions and answers), each sub-question on its own line, generous line spacing and plenty of room to write.

Original GrindSpot material written in the style of the Leaving Certificate examination. Not an official SEC paper. Every question behind the topic trends is listed at grindspot.ie/exam-trends/biology/.

What's inside

• How the new Biology exam works, and how it's marked
• What comes up: every topic in every Higher Level paper from 2017 to 2026
• A checklist of the whole Higher Level specification, with tick boxes
• 10 topic drills: 60 exam-style questions with room to answer
• A full 300-mark practice paper in the new format, with answer pages (graph paper where a question needs it)
• Worked solutions with the marks for every point
• Worked answers to every drill

Files you get

• PDF Exam Ready: LC Biology HL (interactive PDF)

How you get it

Download it straight after paying. It stays in My study materials, where you can open it, write and highlight on it, and share your answers with your tutor.