International GCSE Teaching Hubs
Unlock teaching and learning excellence with the International GCSE Teaching Hubs
Teaching International GCSEs in a UK school?
Get in touch with our UK Customer Services team via the Contact button at the link below if you would like to buy Teaching Hubs for your UK-delivered International GCSEs.
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Log into your ActiveHub account to access the Teaching Hubs you have already purchased.
Why choose Teaching Hubs?
Built-in excellence
Created by the experts at Pearson, the lesson plans in each Teaching Hub cover the full curriculum, including appropriate and timely assessment preparation and practice.
Consistent
With Teaching Hubs, your educators all work from the same framework and lessons, which ensures a unified and high standard of education across your international school.
Engaging
The rich teaching and learning resources in each Teaching Hub help deliver effective and engaging lessons, and include quizzes, videos, animations plus interactive questions and worksheets.
Convenient
Every Teaching Hub contains all the teaching content you need in one place, and on one easy-to-use digital platform.
Which International Teaching Hubs are available?
Subjects available now
English Language A
English as a Second Language
Biology
Business
Chemistry
Maths A
Physics
Science Single Award
Science Double Award
Placing a digital subscription order?
To place your Teaching Hubs, ActiveLearn and ActiveBook digital subscription orders follow the steps below*.
Step 1: Identify which tier your school size matches:
Small school is fewer than 100 pupils, Medium school is 101–300 pupils, Large school is 301–500 pupils, Extra Large school is 501–999 pupils, Super school is 1000+ pupils.
Step 2: Select the ISBNs you want access to. These can be found on our price list page
Step 3: Download and complete the International digital subscription order form. Send this with your order via your usual ordering method.
Complete our international digital subscription order form
*Non UK schools only.
Exam insights in action: Maths and English unpacked
Watch our International GCSE Teaching Hubs walkthroughs
Tackle International GCSE Maths misconceptions
With Teaching Hubs author Dr Naomi Norman
In this video, author Naomi Norman explores a Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Maths Examiner Report, uncovers student misconceptions, and demonstrates how Teaching Hubs can help teachers correct them.
Explore International GCSE English Language A
With Teaching Hubs author David Grant
Watch as David Grant explores Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Language A Examiner Reports, uncovers student misconceptions, and demonstrates how Teaching Hubs can help teachers correct them in this video.
Delivering real results: voices from the classroom
Sha Tin College’s Teaching Hubs journey
Empowering consistent teaching and learning
“The course is robust, fits well within an international setting and provides a great mix of practical and theoretical knowledge.” Marc Curran
Sha Tin College in Hong Kong adopted Teaching Hubs to streamline lesson planning and support new teachers delivering Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Science. The result? Reduced workload, improved consistency, and better student preparation for assessments.
Epsom College, Malaysia
Invaluable support for International GCSE qualification delivery
“As a teacher new to the Pearson Edexcel IG Chemistry course, I have found that Teaching Hubs have been a valuable resource for teachers to facilitate learning activities in class that remain consistent across multiple sets of the subject in the same year group, and for students to be able to see standardisation in classroom experiences across these groups too. The International GCSE Chemistry Teaching Hub has a mixture of animations, self-directed activities, worksheets and core practical guidance that has been invaluable to teachers in our department.
For induction of new staff, it provides an organised and self-sufficient resource that can help in planning of daily lessons. Students have shown higher levels of involvement and enthusiasm in their own efforts due to the richness and variety available. I am truly indebted to the school for having provided teachers with access to this resource."
Mahesh Warrier, Head of Chemistry at Epsom College in Malaysia
Baleares International College, Spain
A comprehensive resource for IG Business Success
"As an educator delivering the Pearson Edexcel IG Business course, I have found the Pearson Teaching Hub to be an invaluable tool for supporting both teaching and learning. Its well-structured design facilitates the planning and delivery of lessons, ensuring consistency in pedagogy across different sets and year groups.
The platform offers a wealth of differentiated resources, including case studies, worksheets, and real-world examples, which effectively bridge the gap between theoretical concepts and practical applications. These examples not only enrich the curriculum but also enhance student engagement by fostering critical thinking and contextual understanding.
Additionally, the Teaching Hub has proven to be an excellent resource for the induction and professional development of new staff, providing a comprehensive, self-sufficient toolkit to aid in lesson planning and delivery. I highly recommend the Pearson Teaching Hub to any educator seeking a robust, versatile, and pedagogically sound resource to enhance their teaching practice and student outcomes."
Gordon Brown, Head of 6th Form at Baleares International College, Mallorca, Spain
Meet our Teaching Hubs authors
The International GCSE Teaching Hubs content and activities have been written and developed by subject specialists with experience of working on world-leading GCSE and International GCSE resources.
Mathematics lead author
Dr Naomi Norman
Dr Naomi Norman is an education consultant with a mathematics PhD from Oxford University. She has worked with the UK Government’s Department for Education and researched and led on numerous preeminent mathematics programmes across the world.
Biology lead author
Mark Levesley
Mark Levesley has a PhD in molecular genetics and trained as a research scientist before moving into teaching. A former Head of Science, over the past 20 years he has authored and edited science textbooks and digital resources that are in use worldwide.
Chemistry
sole author
John Kavanagh
John Kavanagh is a current Head of Science and is the author of several leading textbooks and digital resources for GCSE, International GCSE and A level.
Physics lead author
Darren Forbes
Darren Forbes is a former Head of Science who now works as a full-time Physics consultant and author. He has worked on prominent GCSE, International GCSE and A level resources and is an experienced teaching and learning coach, providing mentoring and training for UK school science departments.
English
sole author
David Grant
David Grant is a former Head of English, and now writes and consults on a range of English textbooks and resources for primary and secondary years.
Business
sole author
Julian King
Julian King is a former Head of Business now working as a consultant and author. He has created resources for a number of GCSE and A level specifications. He is also aa senior examiner and writes assessment materials for UK and International examinations in Business and Economics.
ESL lead author
Annie Altamirano
Annie Altamirano is an international speaker, author and trainer with a MA in ELT and Applied Linguistics from the University of London. Her main interests are assessment for learning, differentiated instruction and the use of literature to develop language skills and creativity and raise awareness of social issues.
*Subjects available from 31st March 2023: English Language A, Maths A, Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
Business coming end of September 2023.
First year content for English Language A, Maths A, Biology, Chemistry and Physics available by end of September 2023 and second year content coming in January 2024.
English as a Second Language available in November 2023.