AIPolish
GCSE & A-level Polish
Your child speaks Polish at home. GCSE and A-level Polish turn that gift into grades — a top mark on their certificate, UCAS points for university, and an official reason to keep the family language alive. We prepare teenagers for both exams, online, one-to-one.
“They speak it at home — surely they’ll pass?”
Almost — and that’s the trap. Home Polish is listening-and-speaking Polish. The exam also wants everything home never teaches: spelling that separates ó from u and rz from ż, formal register, structured essays, translation in both directions. Every year, confident heritage speakers drop grades not because their Polish is weak, but because exam Polish is a different skill.
The good news: for a teenager who prepares properly, Polish is often the strongest grade on their results sheet — and one of the most efficient ways to add a top grade next to maths and English.
What the exams look like
GCSE Polish (AQA 8688)
Four papers — listening, speaking, reading, writing — worth 25% each, at Foundation or Higher tier, graded 9–1. The speaking test runs in an April–May window: a role-play, a photo card, and a conversation. GCSE Polish counts as a modern foreign language, so it can fill the languages slot in the EBacc. Many heritage students sit it early — in Year 10, sometimes Year 9.
A-level Polish (AQA 7687)
Three papers — and no speaking exam. Instead: essays on Polish literature and film, translation into and out of Polish, and listening and reading on social and cultural topics. An A* is worth 56 UCAS points. The step up from GCSE is real — this is an exam about thinking in Polish, not just using it.
How we prepare them
Lessons built for teenagers
One-to-one online lessons that respect their intelligence — no childish games, no dusty textbook drills. We start from the Polish they already have and build the exam skills on top.
Real past papers, real mark schemes
We train on actual AQA papers and mark the way examiners mark, so nothing in the exam hall comes as a surprise. Between lessons, AI-generated practice matched to the syllabus keeps the repetitions going.
Writing that earns marks
Spelling, formal register, essay structure, translation technique — the exact skills home Polish never needed. Written work corrected every week, with patterns explained, not just crossed out.
Speaking rehearsal for GCSE
Role-plays and photo cards rehearsed until the real exam feels routine. Speaking tests are conversations — and conversations can be rehearsed.
When to start
For GCSE, the autumn of Year 10 is comfortable and Year 11 is still workable. For A-level, start at the beginning of Year 12. Speaking Polish at home is a head start, not a plan — a school year of structured preparation is what turns it into a top grade.
Turn home Polish into a qualification
Online lessons for teenagers, planned around school life. Book a free trial lesson — parents are welcome to join it — and see how your child responds.