Co-ordination Group Publications

Since 1995 CGP have been making revision guides for GCSE pupils. At last someone had recognised the need for quality revision material at a budget cost. I had the whole collection by the time my GCSE’s grew near and I don’t doubt it was them that ensured I passed all 10 of my exams. But what sets them aside from the rest? ~ ~Concept~ ~ The main idea of Richard Parsons (founder of the group and editor of practically every publication) was to create a fun to read and understand revision guide to both keep kids entertained and also help them learn. He has definitely achieved this. The books are very easy to understand and they certainly held my ...

Revision can often be boring, dull and tedious. Having to sort through endless notes and boring revision guides just adds to the problem. Let's face it, revision is boring. Right? Well I agree to a certain extent but CGP guides make revision a little easier and less dull. ~ So, what are CGP guides? ~ CGP stands for Coordination Group Publications. They are a company which produce revision guides from KS1 (aged 5-7) to A-level (aged 16-18.) They also have a range of practice papers for Scottish and Adult education. They also have Welsh revision guides. I first started using CGP books when I was in year 9. At this time we only used them in ...

Although at times I’m told I look like a 16 year old, believe it or not I’m not one. And, being a 19 year old 2nd year uni student, you might think I’d have no use for text books aimed at GCSE students… but you’d be wrong. The Co-ordination group was set up a few years ago just before I sat my GCSEs. Our Biology department bought a bunch of their books for us as additional texts, and I thought they were so good (and cheap at about £3 each) that I went out and bought the lot. Now in those days they only had Chemistry, Physics and Maths versions (plus Biology of course) but still, to get me to buy 3 new text books for exams that would ...