Last Updated on August 6, 2026 by Karl Thompson
Discover essential A Level Sociology revision resources for papers 1, 2, and 3. These resources cover key topics like education, research methods, and crime.
This site also provides exam help for the AQA A-level sociology specification, papers 1, 2 and 3. You will find several model 20 mark and 30 mark essays. There are also answers to those tricky outline and explain and analyze 10 markers.
Intro, Revision and Exam Help
An introduction to A-level sociology
What sociology is, the main perspectives, and how the A-level is structured. Start here if you’re new to the subject.
Exam and revision advice
Advice on all three AQA A-level sociology papers. Model answers for both types of 10 mark questions and essay questions.
Revision Bundles for sale!
200+ pages of revision notes, 60 mind maps and 50 exemplar answers covering all three AQA papers. £19.99.
Education, Families and Households, Research Methods
Families and Households
Perspectives, marriage and divorce, family change and diversity, childhood, family policies, demography.
Research Methods for Sociology
Qualitative and quantitative, primary and secondary: surveys, interviews, participant observation, experiments, official statistics.
Beliefs in Society, Crime and Deviance, Social Theories
Beliefs in Society
Religion, science, ideology, social change, cults and sects, secularisation, globalisation and fundamentalism.
Crime and Deviance
Functionalist, Marxist, labelling and realist theories of crime; class, gender and ethnicity; punishment and social control; global, green and state crime.
Social Theories (with methods)
Functionalism, Marxism, Feminisms, Social Action Theories, Post and Late Modernism. Positivism and Interpretivism and social policy.
Other A level Sociology Topics
The Media
Ownership and control, who makes the news? Theories of audience effects, representations, and new media.
Culture and Identity
Different types of culture, the self and socialisation, consumption and identity, age, disability, ethnicity, sexuality, social class and identity.
Globalisation and Global Development
Theories of development, globalisation, aid and trade, NGOs, urbanisation and industrialisation, war and conflict, the environment and development.
Sociology Revision Resources for Sale
My comprehensive A level sociology revision mega bundle covers all three exam papers for the AQA A-level sociology specification. It costs £19.99
The bundle covers these three papers and topics:
- Paper 1 (SCLY2/1): Education, including Methods in Context and Theory and Methods
- For Paper 2 (SCLY2/2): Families and Households, Beliefs, and Media.
- Paper 3 (SCL2/3): Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods.
Overall the bundle contains:
- over 200 pages of revision notes
- 60 mind maps in pdf and png formats
- 50 short answer exam practice questions and exemplar answers
- Covers the entire A-level sociology syllabus, AQA focus