Spec library 路 Lesson Studio

Plan every lesson from your exam specification

Upload the GCSE or A level specification you teach once. It is split into its numbered points and kept in your private spec library. Tick the points a lesson covers and the plan is written in your exam board's own words, then the slides, worksheet and teacher notes are built to match.

The spec library is part of the Super plan, coming soon.

A Year 10 Computer Science lesson plan with four specification points ticked, 3.3.2a, 3.3.2b, 3.3.2c and 3.3.1c, and the learning objectives drafted in the same words as those points
馃搫 Your specification, uploaded once 馃敘 Split into numbered points 馃幆 Lessons in the spec's own words 馃敀 PDF never leaves your device 馃搵 See our AI transparency page

Why spec-aligned planning matters

Your pupils are examined on the specification, word for word.

Every GCSE and A level course is defined by its specification. Exam questions are written to its points, mark schemes use its language, and a lesson that drifts from it is time your class does not get back. Yet most planning tools, AI or not, know nothing about the specification you teach, so checking a lesson against it is left to you, every time.

The spec library puts your specification inside your planning. Once it is uploaded, every lesson can be tagged with the exact points it covers, and the AI drafts the plan from those points rather than from a general idea of the topic. The result is a lesson whose objectives you could put next to the specification and see the same words.

How the spec library works

Real screenshots, using a sample Computer Science specification.

Add a specification dialog with a PDF chosen, offering to read the whole specification from page 2 to page 3, which it has found to be the subject content
Step 1 路 Upload

Add the specification you teach from

Choose the PDF from your exam board's website. It is read in your browser, never uploaded, and the subject content pages are found for you. Read the whole specification in one go, or just the section you are about to teach.

Review step listing the specification points found, 3.3.1a to 3.3.2b and more, each with its heading and full wording, ticked to keep
Step 2 路 Check

Points matched word for word

The specification is split into its numbered points, each checked against the text of your PDF so the wording is the board's, not a paraphrase. Untick anything you do not teach from, then save.

Lesson plan with Add spec points open, suggesting the specification points that match the lesson's topic, with four ticked and shown as tags
Step 3 路 Tag

Tick the points each lesson covers

Open a lesson and the points that match its topic are suggested first. Tick them, or search your whole specification by topic or code. The lesson keeps its points, so you can see what it was planned to cover.

Objectives slide whose four objectives repeat the wording of the ticked specification points
Step 4 路 Build

Plans and resources in the specification's words

Draft the lesson and its objectives come straight from the points you ticked. Build the lesson pack and the slides, the worksheet and the teacher notes are all made from that plan, so every resource is aligned to the same specification content.

What spec-aligned means here

Plainly, so you know what you are getting.

One lesson, followed from the spec library to the classroom.

Your specification stays yours

The PDF is read in your browser and never uploaded. Only the text of the pages you choose is sent to be split into points, and only the points you keep are saved, privately to your account. Your points are for your own planning and are never shared with other users.

When you build a lesson, the points you ticked are sent with the plan so the AI can write to them. Pupil names are replaced before anything is sent, and your data is never used to train AI models. Every detail is on our AI & Data transparency page.

Frequently asked questions

Which exam boards does it work with?
Any. The spec library works from the PDF you upload rather than a built-in list, so it works with the specification you teach from, whichever exam board publishes it, for GCSE, A level and other qualifications with numbered specification points.
Are the lessons really aligned to my specification?
Lessons are planned from the specification points you tick, and their objectives are drafted in those points' own wording. The slides, worksheet and teacher notes are then built from that plan. You stay in charge of what each lesson covers and can edit everything.
Is my specification PDF uploaded?
No. The PDF is read in your browser. Only the text of the pages you choose is sent to be split into points, and only the points you keep are stored, privately to your account.
What about lessons with no specification, like KS3?
For a lesson with no formal specification, such as a KS3 topic or PSHE, you can add the pages that lesson should cover instead, and the plan and resources are built from those.
Do I need to upload the whole specification?
No. Read the whole subject content in one go, or one section at a time as you come to teach it, and add more later. Re-read a section any time the board updates it.
Which plan includes the spec library?
The spec library is part of Lesson Studio on the Super plan, which is coming soon. The lesson planner it builds on is available on Pro now.

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