Subject
Sociology
Sociology teaching and study resources, organised by level and topic.
Subject overview
The Sociology hub gathers the topics, study guides and practice material for this subject in one place. Content is added topic by topic rather than published as empty pages.
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Sociology is taught by Marlbridge today, for each qualification below — these are distinct qualifications with different syllabuses and assessments. Pick the one your school enters you for.
Study resources
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Study Guides
AQA A-Level Sociology: Crime and Deviance (7192)
The content areas of AQA A-Level Sociology (7192) Paper 3's Crime and Deviance sub-topic -- social order and control, the social distribution of crime, globalisation, media, green and state crime, and criminal justice -- against the course's two core themes.
Sociology · AQA · A LEVELS
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Study Guides
AQA A-Level Sociology: The Role of Education and Differential Achievement (7192)
Sociological explanations of the role and functions of education, and differential educational achievement by class, gender and ethnicity -- two of the four content strands of 3.1.1 Education, AQA A-Level Sociology (7192).
Sociology · AQA · A LEVELS
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Study Guides
Cambridge A-Level Sociology: Socialisation, Identity and Methods of Research (9699)
Socialisation and the creation of social identity, and methods of sociological research -- the full content of Paper 1 for Cambridge International AS & A Level Sociology (9699).
Sociology · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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Study Guides
OxfordAQA International A-Level Sociology: Introducing Sociology (9690)
Families, and research methods -- the full content of Unit 1 for OxfordAQA International A-Level Sociology (9690).
Sociology · OxfordAQA · AS LEVEL
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Subject Guides
AQA A Level Sociology: Course Structure and Study Approach
How AQA A Level Sociology (7192) is structured — its three components, the 'methods in context' question, and how to approach study.
Sociology · AQA · A LEVELS
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Revision Notes
Methods in Context: Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on how to answer AQA A Level Sociology's distinctive 'methods in context' question (7192).
Sociology · AQA · A LEVELS
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Revision Notes
A Level Sociology: Socialisation, Identity and Research Methods — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on socialisation, structure versus action, the main perspectives and research methods for Cambridge AS & A Level Sociology 9699.
Sociology · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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Study Guides
AQA GCSE Sociology: Families and Education (8192)
The sociological approach, social structures and processes, families, education, and sociological research methods -- the full content of Paper 1 for AQA GCSE Sociology (8192).
Sociology · AQA · GCSE
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Revision Notes
AQA GCSE Sociology: Families and Education — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on family types and functions, perspectives, educational achievement and research methods for AQA GCSE Sociology 8192.
Sociology · AQA · GCSE
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Study Guides
OxfordAQA International GCSE Sociology: Introducing Sociology (9292)
Families, education, and research methods -- the full content of Paper 1 Introducing Sociology for OxfordAQA International GCSE Sociology (9292).
Sociology · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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Revision Notes
OxfordAQA IGCSE Sociology: Introducing Sociology — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on culture, socialisation, identity, research methods and social inequality for International GCSE Sociology.
Sociology · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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Study Guides
OxfordAQA IGCSE Sociology: Socialisation (9292)
Primary and secondary socialisation, agencies of socialisation, and the functionalist, Marxist, feminist and social action perspectives on it -- 3.2.2.2 within Socialisation and Social Control, OxfordAQA International GCSE Sociology (9292).
Sociology · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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Revision Notes
OxfordAQA IGCSE Sociology: Socialisation — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on types and agencies of socialisation and the four sociological perspectives for OxfordAQA International GCSE Sociology 3.2.2.2 (9292).
Sociology · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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Revision Notes
IGCSE Sociology: Research Methods, Identity and Inequality — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on research methods, sociological perspectives, socialisation, identity, and social class, gender and ethnic inequality for Cambridge IGCSE Sociology 0495.
Sociology · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Study Guides
IGCSE Sociology: Research Methods, Identity and Inequality (Cambridge 0495)
Research methods, identity (self and society), and social stratification and inequality -- the full content of Paper 1 for Cambridge IGCSE Sociology 0495, 2025-2027 series.
Sociology · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Revision Notes
O Level Sociology: Research Methods, Identity and Inequality — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on research methods, culture and socialisation, and social class, gender and ethnic inequality for Cambridge O Level Sociology 2251.
Sociology · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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Study Guides
O Level Sociology: Research Methods, Identity and Inequality (Cambridge 2251)
Research methods, identity (self and society), and social stratification and inequality -- the full content of Paper 1 for Cambridge O Level Sociology 2251, 2025-2027 series. Identical structure to Cambridge IGCSE Sociology 0495.
Sociology · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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Revision Notes
OxfordAQA A Level Sociology: Introducing Sociology — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on perspectives, socialisation, structure and action, research methods and social inequality for International A Level Sociology.
Sociology · OxfordAQA · AS LEVEL
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Revision Notes
AQA A-Level Sociology: Crime and Deviance — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on the content areas, core themes and theory-to-explanation map for AQA A-Level Sociology (7192) Paper 3, Crime and Deviance.
Sociology · AQA · A LEVELS
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Study Guides
Cambridge A-Level Sociology: Globalisation, Media and Religion (9699)
Globalisation, media, and religion -- the full content of Paper 4 for Cambridge International A Level Sociology (9699), an A Level-only paper.
Sociology · Cambridge · A LEVEL
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Study Guides
Cambridge A-Level Sociology: The Family (9699)
Functionalist, Marxist and feminist perspectives on the family, family diversity and social change, and gender and age within family life -- the full content of Paper 2 for Cambridge AS & A Level Sociology (9699).
Sociology · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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Study Guides
OxfordAQA International A-Level Sociology: Exploring Sociology (9690)
Socialisation and social control, and research methods and theory -- the full content of Unit 2 for OxfordAQA International A-Level Sociology (9690), the second and final unit of the International AS.
Sociology · OxfordAQA · AS LEVEL
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Revision Notes
Cambridge A-Level Sociology: The Family — Revision Notes (9699)
Condensed revision notes on perspectives on the family, diversity and social change, and gender and age within family life for Cambridge AS & A Level Sociology Paper 2 (9699).
Sociology · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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Study Guides
AQA A-Level Sociology: Methods in Context (7192)
How AQA A-Level Sociology's distinctive 20-mark methods-in-context question works -- applying sociological research methods to the study of education -- for Paper 1 of AQA A-Level Sociology (7192).
Sociology · AQA · A LEVELS
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Revision Notes
AQA A-Level Sociology: The Role of Education and Differential Achievement — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on functionalist and Marxist views of education, and class, gender and ethnicity explanations for differential achievement, for AQA A-Level Sociology (7192).
Sociology · AQA · A LEVELS
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Study Guides
AQA GCSE Sociology: Crime, Deviance and Social Stratification (8192)
Crime, deviance, social control, and the theories of social stratification -- the full content of Paper 2 for AQA GCSE Sociology (8192), covering sections 3.5 and 3.6 of the specification.
Sociology · AQA · GCSE
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Study Guides
Cambridge IGCSE Sociology: Family, Education and Crime (0495)
Family structures and functions, the roles of education, and crime, deviance and social control -- the full content of Paper 2 for Cambridge IGCSE Sociology 0495, 2025-2027 series.
Sociology · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Study Guides
O Level Sociology: Family, Education and Crime (Cambridge 2251)
Family, education, and crime, deviance and social control -- the full content of Paper 2 for Cambridge O Level Sociology 2251, 2025-2027 series.
Sociology · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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Revision Notes
Cambridge O Level Sociology: Family, Education and Crime — Revision Notes (2251)
Condensed recall notes on family structures and theory, the roles of education, and crime, deviance and social control for Cambridge O Level Sociology (2251), 2025-2027 series.
Sociology · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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Revision Notes
Cambridge IGCSE Sociology: Family, Education and Crime — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on family structures, the functionalist/Marxist/feminist perspectives, education's roles, and crime and deviance for Paper 2, Cambridge IGCSE Sociology (0495), 2025-2027 series.
Sociology · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Revision Notes
Cambridge A-Level Sociology: Globalisation, Media and Religion — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on Paper 4's three sections and how to link substantive content back to research methods, for Cambridge International A Level Sociology (9699).
Sociology · Cambridge · A LEVEL
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Revision Notes
AQA GCSE Sociology: Crime, Deviance and Social Stratification — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on the four sociological perspectives applied to crime, deviance and social stratification for AQA GCSE Sociology (8192) Paper 2.
Sociology · AQA · GCSE
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Revision Notes
OxfordAQA A-Level Sociology: Exploring Sociology — Revision Notes
Condensed recall notes on agencies of socialisation, formal and informal social control, and positivist vs interpretivist method choice for OxfordAQA A-Level Sociology (9690) Unit 2.
Sociology · OxfordAQA · AS LEVEL
Practice resources
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Practice Questions
Methods in Context: Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on AQA A Level Sociology's methods in context question (7192).
Sociology · AQA · A LEVELS
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Practice Questions
A Level Sociology: Socialisation, Identity and Research Methods — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on socialisation, perspectives and research methods for Cambridge AS & A Level Sociology 9699.
Sociology · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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Practice Questions
AQA GCSE Sociology: Families and Education — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on family types, family functions, education and differential achievement.
Sociology · AQA · GCSE
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Practice Questions
AQA GCSE Sociology: Crime, Deviance and Social Stratification — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on crime and deviance, social control, and social stratification for AQA GCSE Sociology (8192).
Sociology · AQA · GCSE
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Practice Questions
OxfordAQA IGCSE Sociology: Introducing Sociology — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on culture, socialisation, identity, research methods and social structures.
Sociology · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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Practice Questions
OxfordAQA IGCSE Sociology: Socialisation — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on types and agencies of socialisation and the functionalist, Marxist, feminist and social action perspectives, covering OxfordAQA International GCSE Sociology 3.2.2.2 (9292).
Sociology · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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IGCSE Sociology: Research Methods and Inequality — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on research methods, sampling, social class, gender and ethnic inequality.
Sociology · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Practice Questions
O Level Sociology: Research Methods, Identity and Inequality — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on research methods, socialisation, culture and social inequality.
Sociology · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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Practice Questions
OxfordAQA A Level Sociology: Introducing Sociology — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on sociological theory, methods, positivism, interpretivism and stratification.
Sociology · OxfordAQA · AS LEVEL
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Practice Questions
Sociology Research Methods: Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on methods, sampling, reliability, validity, ethics and official statistics.
Sociology · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Practice Questions
Cambridge A-Level Sociology: The Family — Practice Questions (9699)
Original practice questions with full worked answers covering perspectives on the family, diversity and social change, and gender and age within family life, for Cambridge AS & A Level Sociology Paper 2 (9699).
Sociology · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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IGCSE Sociology: Family, Education and Crime — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on family diversity, the hidden curriculum, achievement differences, and crime and social control.
Sociology · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Practice Questions
O Level Sociology: Family, Education and Crime — Practice Questions (Cambridge 2251)
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on family, education and crime, deviance and social control for Cambridge O Level Sociology Paper 2 (2251).
Sociology · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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Practice Questions
AQA A-Level Sociology: Crime and Deviance — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on the content areas, core themes and theoretical explanations of crime and deviance, for AQA A-Level Sociology (7192) Paper 3.
Sociology · AQA · A LEVELS
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Practice Questions
AQA A-Level Sociology: Role of Education and Differential Achievement — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on functionalist and Marxist views of education, and class, gender and ethnicity explanations for differential achievement, for AQA A-Level Sociology (7192).
Sociology · AQA · A LEVELS
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Practice Questions
Cambridge A-Level Sociology: Globalisation, Media and Religion — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on globalisation, media and religion, and how to link substantive content back to research methods, for Cambridge International A Level Sociology (9699) Paper 4.
Sociology · Cambridge · A LEVEL
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Practice Questions
OxfordAQA A-Level Sociology: Exploring Sociology — Practice Questions
Original exam-style practice questions with full worked answers on socialisation, social control, and research methods and theory for OxfordAQA A-Level Sociology (9690) Unit 2.
Sociology · OxfordAQA · AS LEVEL
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What does the Sociology hub cover?
Cambridge O Level, IGCSE and A Level Sociology, and AQA GCSE and A Level Sociology (specification 7192), organised by topic. More levels and specifications are added as material is written.
Are Marlbridge's Sociology study guides free to use?
Yes. Study material on Marlbridge is free to read for anyone preparing for an exam, and free for schools and teachers to use with their classes — no licence, account or attribution required.
Which exam boards does this follow?
Cambridge Assessment International Education, AQA and OxfordAQA.
Does Marlbridge teach Sociology?
Yes, at IGCSE, O Level, GCSE and A Level. Marlbridge teaches Cambridge O Level, IGCSE and A Level Sociology, AQA GCSE and A Level Sociology, and OxfordAQA International GCSE (9292) and International A-level (9690) Sociology — both newly launched by OxfordAQA for 2026.
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