October 2025 Updates & Notices
Dear InThinking IGCSE Economics subscribers
Welcome to the October Newsletter!
We hope you are finding the updated resources for the new IGCSE Economics syllabus beneficial for your teaching. As a reminder, these resources are specifically designed to support both you and your students as you navigate the new specification, with exams starting in 2027. This includes:
- An updated e-book to match the new specifications
- Engaging lesson activities
- Assessment guidance, including top tips and common mistakes to avoid in the IGCSE Economics exams
- Worked examples for both Paper 1 and Paper 2
- Interactive Quizlets to support students with their own revision
- Exam-style questions with accompanying mark schemes.
New content is being added each week, throughout the year.
You can find details of all changes to the new syllabus here.
Check the latest resources updated for the new syllabus (first teaching 2025) here.
Other updates
Updates to the website for the new syllabus now feature an expanding collection of interactive Quizlet activities. Students can select their preferred Quiz format from the dropdown menu, including Flashcards, Match, Learn, Test, and Spell, allowing them to revise in fun and engaging ways.
The Quizlet for Topic 3.3.3 (Reasons for differences in wages) can be accessed here.
The Quizlet for Topic 6.2.4 (Methods of protection) can be accessed here.
A new set of Paper 2 exam practice questions based on the recent cut in interest rates by the US Federal Reserve here. The stimulus focuses on the impact of tariffs on the US economy (inflation, output, and jobs) and hence interest rates as a policy measure to deal with these macroeconomic issues.
InThinking welcomes Ethiopia
In late September, we were thrilled to welcome Ethiopia 🇪🇹 as the 31st country to join the InThinking IGCSE Economics community! Many thanks everyone for your ongoing support - it is highly appreciated.
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At the time of writing, we have reached another new milestone with 155 registered teachers and 1024 students (who have free access).
Did you know that your students can have completely free access to the InThinking IGCSE Economics website by you simply activating Student Access? You can also register other teachers in your school to gain access to the website, which is updated every week, 52 weeks a year. Content on the website now exceeds 630 000 words. To put this into context, the 320-page Cambridge-endorsed IGCSE Economics textbook (3rd edition), published by Hachette Learning, contains approximately 150 500 words. The annual subscription therefore represents extremely good value for money and will save you hundreds of hours of planning.
| Currency | Annual | Per week | Per day |
| USD | 270 | 5.19 | 0.74 |
| EUR | 220 | 4.23 | 0.60 |
| GBP | 210 | 4.04 | 0.58 |
Key features of the InThinking IGCSE Economics website:
- Comprehensive e-book covering all topics in the IGCSE 0455 Economics course.
- Lesson resources that promote engaging learning while offering flexibility and choice for teachers.
- Diverse case studies covering all topics in the course, drawn from international contexts.
- Embedded videos, with lesson activities and resources to enhance understanding.
- Interactive smart quizzes for independent student revision, directly linked to the teacher’s grade book.
- Glossary of key terms for every topic of the syllabus.
- Exam practice questions for thorough preparation across all topics.
- Assessment guidance for both examination papers.
- Over 630 000 words of content (and growing by the week).
- Hundreds of printable PDF resources and activities to facilitate learning.
- A wide range of diagrams, images, and photos to enhance student engagement.
- Weekly updates to ensure the content remains current.
- Free 30-day trial for new users to explore the resources.
Social media engagement
At the time of writing, there are 314 teachers in our InThinking IGCSE Economics WhatsApp group, with members asking questions and sharing ideas and resources on a regular basis. What we ask for is that all members check their WhatsApp privacy settings to ensure their full name and a suitable profile picture are on display - this is simply so that we all know who we are communicating with.
We have 433 teachers in our Facebook group. Feel free to join these groups as we transition to teaching the new IGCSE Economics syllabus. You can also access all discussions and resources shared in the Facebook group after joining.
Finally, we know at InThinking that the strength and growth of the community of teachers using our sites rely on word of mouth. If you are enjoying the website, please share your insights through your own social networks. We are certainly keen on hearing from you, guiding the site's future developments. Testimonials for the InThinking IGCSE Economics website can be found here.
In addition to IGCSE Economics, there are existing InThinking IGCSE websites for:
Geography - authored by Paul Christmas
History - authored by Jo Thomas and Keely Rogers
Business - authored by Mark Johnson
These site authors are all outstanding educators and experts in their respective subjects. Please share the details with your colleagues if your school offers any of these IGCSE subjects.
Wishing you all the best for a productive month ahead.
Paul Hoang
