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WJEC AS Government and Politics, memorised in year one.

Everything the AS examines and nothing from the second year. Drill the 13 topics you are actually sitting in Wales this summer.

  • AS of 603-1979-3
  • 13 topics
  • 139 subtopics

What WJEC AS Government and Politics covers, and what it leaves out

WJEC AS Government and Politics is the first year of the 603-1979-3 course and a qualification in its own right, examined in 2 units, AS Unit 1 and AS Unit 2. This page holds only what the AS examines: 13 topics across 139 subtopics, 1,931 active recall questions, starting with The British Constitution, The Judiciary and the Supreme Court and The UK Executive. The 11 topics kept back for the second year are not shown, so nothing here is content you have not been taught yet.

Starting the second year? The full WJEC A-Level Government and Politics page adds the A2 topics on top of everything here.

WJEC GCE AS and A Level Government and Politics (Wales), qualification number 603/1979/3, first teaching 2017. Read the WJEC specification ↗

How it is assessed

AS Unit 1

Government in Wales and the United Kingdom

  • The British Constitution
  • The Judiciary and the Supreme Court
  • The UK Executive
  • Parliament and the Accountability of Government
  • Government and the Senedd in Wales
  • Devolution and the United Kingdom

1 hour 30 minutes80 marks20%

AS Unit 2

Living and participating in a democracy

  • Citizenship and Rights
  • The Protection of Human Rights
  • Democracy and Participation
  • Electoral Systems in the UK
  • Voting Behaviour in the UK
  • Political Parties in Wales and the UK
  • Pressure Groups and Social Movements

1 hour 30 minutes80 marks20%

The full specification

13 topics, 139 subtopics. Open any topic to see what is inside it.

01The British Constitution11 subtopics
02The Judiciary and the Supreme Court9 subtopics
03The UK Executive10 subtopics
04Parliament and the Accountability of Government12 subtopics
05Government and the Senedd in Wales12 subtopics
06Devolution and the United Kingdom10 subtopics

How you work through it

Pick the mode that fits the time you have.

Try three questions

No account needed. Answer from memory first.

Your recallNot started
Key term

Set out the division between the head of state and the head of government, and Bagehot's account of it.

Numbers

Set out the United Kingdom's standing in the United Nations and how it makes treaties.

Key term

Why is it misleading to call the British constitution unwritten?

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.

The British Constitution
The Judiciary and the Supreme Court
The UK Executive
Parliament and the Accountability of Government

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.

AAccess is bought rather than earned.
BWealthy interests are heard disproportionately.
CMuch of it happens where the public cannot see it.

Build It gets the exam shape right

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

Statute law is enacted by the legislature.
TrueFalse

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.

Government and Politics revision questions

Common questions about revising WJEC AS-Level Government and Politics. Tap any to open it.

What is on WJEC AS Government and Politics?

13 topics across 139 subtopics, examined in AS Unit 1 and AS Unit 2. They are all listed on this page, and each one opens to the subtopics inside it. The full topic list is The British Constitution, The Judiciary and the Supreme Court, The UK Executive, Parliament and the Accountability of Government, Government and the Senedd in Wales, Devolution and the United Kingdom and more.

Does AS Government and Politics count towards the full A level?

Yes. In Wales the AS units are marked as a standalone AS qualification and also carry forward into the full WJEC A level, which is why the first year matters more here than it does in England. Check the current weighting on the 603-1979-3 specification, as it is set by the board rather than by us.

What is the difference between AS and A level Government and Politics?

AS is the first-year units only. The A level adds 11 further topics, among them Liberalism, Conservatism, Socialism and Communism, and expects you to connect them back to the AS material. Work the AS content here, then move up to the full A level page when you start the second year.

When do you sit WJEC AS Government and Politics?

Normally at the end of Year 12, in the summer series. That gives you one year to memorise 1,931 questions' worth of material, which is roughly 10 questions a day across an academic year if you start in September.

How should you revise for AS Government and Politics?

By retrieval, not rereading. Cover the answer, pull it from memory, then check. Levo runs that loop across all 13 AS topics and brings each question back on a spaced schedule, so what you learn in September is still there in June.

Is it worth revising AS content again for the A level?

Yes, and it is the mistake most students make. The second-year papers assume the first year, and in Wales the AS marks usually count towards the final grade as well. Keeping the AS material on a spaced schedule through Year 13 costs far less time than relearning it.

How many questions are there for WJEC AS Government and Politics?

1,931, written from the 603-1979-3 subject content and grouped into 139 subtopics so you can work one small area at a time rather than a whole topic at once.

Can you use Levo for just the AS year?

Yes. Pick your subject, choose the AS topics on the topic screen, and every mode — the 3-step method, Cram, Blank Blitz, Build It and Test It — works only that material. Add the second-year topics when you get to them.

Every question in Government and Politics, 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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