About
About Ink Learning
Ink Learning publishes three free A-level libraries at this address: physics, maths and biology. They are written to one standard and built from one set of tools, and none of them asks you for anything to read it.
The three libraries
- InkPhysics: AQA, OCR A, Edexcel and Cambridge International. All 71 core topics, the twelve required practicals, and the option units.
- InkMaths: Edexcel 9MA0 and 9FM0, including every Further Maths option paper.
- InkBiology Beta: 70 lessons published across twenty-one units, with 416 questions and flashcards. Exam-board mapping is in progress.
Each library has its own front door, its own search, its own revision tools and its own About page, because a physics student and a biology student are not looking for the same thing and should not have to share a menu. What they share is the method below, the shell around the pages and the company behind them.
The method
Every topic is a written explainer rather than a slide or a video transcript, with figures drawn for the point being made rather than borrowed to fill a space. Worked examples hand the working over gradually instead of presenting a finished answer. Every topic ends with something to attempt, and the revision tools, the flashcards, the checklist and the question practice all run in your own browser so that using them is not conditional on signing in to anything.
Three kinds of check stand behind the material, and they catch different things. Automated checks run on every build: they verify internal links, question numbering and equation tags against the boards' own booklets, and the figures are generated from code that asserts the relationships it draws. Those checks enforce consistency and cannot judge whether the idea behind a page is the right one, because code will faithfully validate a wrong idea. That is what subject review is for: material is written and revised against the official specification documents. And because neither layer is infallible, reader corrections are part of the process rather than an embarrassment.
What differs between them
Physics and maths offer an optional account that carries your progress between devices, and an Android app each. Biology has neither yet: it runs in the browser only, and its progress stays on the device it was made on. Exam-board mapping is published for physics and maths and is still being done for biology. What the three do with your data differs accordingly, and the privacy notice says which library does what rather than giving one answer for all three.
Who runs it
The libraries and the apps are published by Ink Learning Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales under number 17382113. Its registered office is at 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ, and the address for anything about any of the three is support@inkphysics.co.uk. There is a YouTube channel alongside the libraries at Ink Learning.
Independence
Ink Learning is independent. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by AQA, OCR, Pearson Edexcel, Cambridge International or any other awarding body. Every question in every library is original; none is taken from a past paper. Board names appear only to describe where material sits in each specification.
What these libraries are for
They support taught lessons and revision; they do not replace a teacher or a classroom. The practical pages describe method and analysis for revision purposes, and no online guide replaces supervised practical work: always follow your school's risk assessments and your teacher's instructions in the lab.
Spotted a mistake?
Corrections are welcome and taken seriously. Write to support@inkphysics.co.uk, naming the page and the sentence or question, and it will be checked against the sources and fixed.