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OCR A-Level Economics, memorised fast.

Long notes are boring. Brain-hack the whole H460 specification with active recall and actually remember it.

  • Spec H460
  • 12 topics
  • 105 subtopics

What OCR A-Level Economics covers

OCR A-Level Economics (specification H460) is sat as three equally weighted papers of two hours each. Component 01 is microeconomics, component 02 macroeconomics, and component 03 is fully synoptic, drawing on both. Every student sits all three papers, choosing each extended response in components 01 and 02 from a pair, and the quantitative skills are applied throughout rather than examined on their own.

Cambridge OCR Level 3 Advanced GCE in Economics, specification H460, version 3.0. Read the OCR specification ↗

How it is assessed

Component 01

Microeconomics

  • The economic problem, the allocation of resources and opportunity cost
  • Markets: demand, supply, elasticity, market failure and government intervention
  • Business objectives, costs and revenue, market structures and the labour market
  • Data response questions, then two extended responses, each chosen from a pair: one pair requires a quantitative answer and the other does not

2 hours80 marks33.33%

Component 02

Macroeconomics

  • Aggregate demand and aggregate supply, and the circular flow of income
  • The policy objectives of growth, employment, price stability and the balance of payments
  • Fiscal, monetary and supply side policy, the global context and the financial sector
  • The same format as component 01, focused on macroeconomics

2 hours80 marks33.33%

Component 03

Themes in economics

  • Fully synoptic: draws on both the microeconomic and the macroeconomic content
  • No content is prescribed for this paper beyond components 01 and 02
  • 30 multiple choice questions, then 50 marks of questions applying economics to an unseen theme and reaching a judgement

2 hours80 marks33.33%

The full specification

12 topics, 105 subtopics. Open any topic to see what is inside it.

01Introduction to Microeconomics7 subtopics
02Microeconomics: The Role of Markets22 subtopics
03Microeconomics: Business Objectives6 subtopics
04Microeconomics: Market Structures10 subtopics
05Microeconomics: The Labour Market7 subtopics
06Macroeconomics: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply10 subtopics

How you work through it

Pick the mode that fits the time you have.

Try three questions

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Is the claim that the government ought to spend more on health than on defence positive or normative?

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Why can an incentive produce the opposite of the behaviour intended?

Spaced Repetition Schedule

How reviews are timed

Levo will automatically distribute all of your progress into a spaced repetition calendar. Once you’ve answered, it’s scheduled for you on the next day in the spaced repetition schedule. Over time, the gaps between your recall get bigger, from a day to three years, reinforcing memorisation over a long period of time.

Interval sequence

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What is inside Levo

Six ways to work the same material

1Closed book
2Open book
3Closed book

The 3-step method, run for you

Answer cold, learn it, then prove it stuck. Levo tracks the jump between your first attempt and your last.

Introduction to Microeconomics
Microeconomics: The Role of Markets
Microeconomics: Business Objectives
Microeconomics: Market Structures

Cram a whole paper in one sitting

Sort every topic into what you know and what you do not, then drill only the weak ones.

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Blank Blitz makes facts automatic

Rapid timed gap-fills on the terms and numbers you need to recall without thinking.

AAt 0% nothing is levied at all.
BAt 100% there is no reward left for the taxed activity.
CThe activity ceases and there is nothing to tax.

Build It gets the exam shape right

Assemble a full-mark answer from its marking points, in the order an examiner wants them.

Economic growth means an increase in real output over a period.
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Test It catches misconceptions

Spot the fault in a statement. The traps are the mistakes students actually make.

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Brain Breaks between sessions

Short focus games to reset attention, so the next set lands better than the last.

Economics revision questions

Common questions about revising OCR A-Level Economics. Tap any to open it.

How do you memorise OCR A-Level Economics?

By testing yourself, not rereading. Active recall, pulling each answer from memory then checking it, builds far stronger memory than highlighting notes. Levo runs the method for you across all 12 Economics topics and brings each one back on a spaced schedule so it stays memorised.

What is the fastest way to revise Economics for OCR?

Skip the long notes and go straight to retrieval. Levo turns the H460 specification into short questions you drill with rapid recall, cram whole papers in one sitting, and a readiness score tells you exactly what is left to learn.

What topics are on OCR A-Level Economics (H460)?

There are 12 topics, split across 105 subtopics, from Introduction to Microeconomics, Microeconomics: The Role of Markets, Microeconomics: Business Objectives and more. Every topic is listed above, and each one opens to the subtopics inside it.

What do you get inside Levo for Economics?

Six ways to work the same material. The 3-step method for learning a set, Cram for sorting a whole paper into what you know and what you do not, Blank Blitz for making key facts automatic, Build It for assembling full-mark answers, Test It for catching misconceptions, and Brain Breaks between sessions. A readiness score tracks how much of the subject you have memorised.

Is active recall better than rereading your notes for Economics?

Consistently, yes. Rereading feels productive but fades quickly. Retrieving an answer from memory, the way Levo tests you, is what actually forms durable memory, and it shows you honestly what you do and do not know.

Does Levo cover the whole OCR Economics specification?

Every topic on the H460 specification is covered, written from the published subject content. The full list is above, and each topic opens to its subtopics so you can see exactly what is there before you subscribe.

How can you encourage your teenager to revise?

Make it short, structured and low-pressure. Levo gives a clear daily plan, quick sessions rather than marathon ones, streaks that reward showing up, and an honest readiness score, so revision feels like progress instead of a chore. Parents can add an account and follow along.

Can you revise Economics the night before an exam?

Yes. Cram mode is built for exactly that: fly through a whole paper, sort every topic into red, amber and green, then drill just the reds and ambers you do not know yet. It is the honest version of a last-minute session.

Every question in Economics, on a schedule.

Attempt a question from memory, write the correct version, then attempt it again. Levo records the jump between your first attempt and your last, and brings each question back on the day you are due to forget it.

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