How to prepare your child for Cambridge IGCSEs

“How can I prepare my child for their IGCSEs” is one of the most common searches a parent runs the first time round — because it isn't obvious yet what's genuine revision help, what's a subscription dressed up as a study aid, and what's worth paying for at all. Here's what actually moves the needle, and where Glide fits in.

What actually helps before the exam

• Notes built to the syllabus, not the textbook. Cambridge examines a defined, published syllabus per subject, and a textbook usually covers more ground than that syllabus requires. Content that follows the syllabus topic-by-topic tells your child exactly what's in scope and what isn't.
• Recall, not re-reading. Re-reading notes feels productive but tests almost nothing. What sticks is the material a student is made to retrieve without looking — a checklist, a cover-and-test, a past-paper question attempted cold.
• Exam technique on top of content. Knowing the chemistry and being able to answer an “explain” or “evaluate” question on it are different skills, and mark schemes reward them separately. See our command words guide for how much this costs students who skip it.

What to check before you pay for any resource

Search results for revision notes turn up a mix of general sites, past-paper archives, and subject-specific pages, and they are not interchangeable. Before trusting one with your child's time or your money, check for:

• Checked against the current syllabus, not an old or generic one.
• Written and QA'd against an authoritative source — not a repackaged set of one student's personal notes.
• Free to actually read, not locked behind a sign-up wall before you can judge it.
• A one-time cost you can see upfront, not a recurring charge you have to remember to cancel.

One payment. No surprises.

Glide is built for exactly this: Cambridge IGCSE Chemistry, Physics, Business Studies, and Mathematics, priced and structured so a parent knows exactly what they're paying for.

• Pay once, keep it. No subscription, no auto-renewal to remember to cancel — a single $10 unlock per subject, forever.
• Checked, not just written. Every chapter is cross-checked against the Cambridge syllabus and a second authoritative source before it's published. These aren't a student's summary notes with a nice cover.
• Cheaper than one tutoring hour. $10 covers an entire subject.
• See it before you pay. The notes are free to read online first — you and your child can judge the quality before any money changes hands.

What's inside

• Chemistry (0620) — all 12 topics, states of matter through organic chemistry, with past papers and mark schemes for practice.
• Physics (0625) — all 6 topics, motion and energy through nuclear and space physics, with past papers and mark schemes for practice.
• Business Studies (0450) — the full syllabus, built for its final examined series before Cambridge retires it for 0264, with past papers and mark schemes for practice.
• Mathematics (0580 Extended) — the full Extended tier, in syllabus order, with past papers and mark schemes for practice.

Each subject is a single $10 PDF once your child has read it online and you're both satisfied it's worth having offline.

More than one subject needs work?

Mix and match instead of paying for each one separately: $18 total for two subjects, $24 total for three — still one-time payments, no account required. See the full pricing and bundle options.

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