A printable revision checklist to RAG rate my topics
List your topics down the left, then rate each one red, amber or green on three separate dates. One rating is an opinion; three is a trend. The topics that stay red are obvious, but the useful discovery is usually the amber that never turns green, because those are the ones you keep half-revising and never finish.
Last updated 20 August 2026 · Written and checked by the GCSEwiz team
What is on the sheet
- Twenty-four topic rows, blank so it works for any subject or board
- Three dated confidence columns, so you can see movement
- A "last practised" column that exposes the topics you keep avoiding
1 sheet · A4 portrait · black and white
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Topic confidence checklist
One subject per sheet, topics from the specification. Write a date and R, A or G in each pass column. Green means you could answer an exam question on it today, closed book, for most of the marks.
| Topic | Pass 1 | Pass 2 | Pass 3 | Last practised |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Get the topic list from the specification
Your board publishes the full content list free, and it is the only complete version. Revision guides summarise, class notes have gaps where you were away, and your own memory quietly omits the topics you dislike.
Check the specification code on your statement of entry before you download anything. Boards run more than one specification with similar names, and a topic list from the wrong one is worse than none.
What green has to mean
The whole sheet turns on the honesty of one word. If green means "I have looked at this", you will finish with a page of green and a disappointing result, because recognising material and being able to produce it under pressure are different skills that feel identical when you are reading.
Set the bar at an exam question, closed book, most of the marks. Rate after you have tried one, not before.
Three passes, spaced out
Do the first pass early, the second around mocks, the third a month before the exams. What you are looking for is movement. A red that turns amber is progress worth noticing on a day when nothing feels like progress.
The stubborn ambers deserve a plan of their own. They usually mean the topic is being revised in small, comfortable doses that never reach the hard part of it.