Your timetable depends on which board's structure you're sitting
International A-Level revision planning genuinely differs by provider, more than it does for UK domestic A-Levels. So the first step is getting clear on your own board's structure before you build a schedule around it.
If you're sitting Pearson Edexcel IAL
Edexcel's International A-Level is modular. Units are sat across January, May/June and October series, and you can spread them across multiple sittings rather than taking everything in one summer. Build your timetable around your specific entered units and their actual sitting dates, not a generic "revise everything by June" plan, since some of your units may already be banked from an earlier series.
If you're sitting CAIE International A-Level
CAIE follows a more fixed AS-then-A2 progression, typically sat across two years with AS content examined first. A CAIE timetable usually benefits from drawing a clear line between consolidating AS content, if you're now in the A2 year, and tackling new A2 content, rather than treating the whole two years as one undifferentiated pool to revise.
Building the timetable itself
List your actual units or papers, with real dates
Write down exactly which units or papers you're sitting and when, not a generic subject-level overview, since modular and AS/A2 structures mean "Maths" can hide several genuinely different exam dates.
Work backwards from the earliest date
Whichever unit or paper comes first on the calendar sets your real deadline. Plan backwards from that, not from your final exam date, or you'll be under-prepared for whatever's sat earliest.
Interleave revision across subjects, not within one unit only
Mixing topics and subjects in each session, rather than blocking one unit at a time, measurably improves retention. See our guide to active recall and spaced repetition for why.
Build in revisit weeks, not just first-pass weeks
Schedule a second pass over earlier topics roughly a month after first covering them, rather than treating revision as one single sweep through the syllabus.
Don't forget banked units
If you're carrying forward a result from an earlier sitting under Edexcel's modular system, don't let that unit's content go completely cold. A light, periodic refresh is far less work than relearning it from scratch if a retake later turns out to be worth it.
Revising with ExamPass.ai
ExamPass.ai generates International A-Level exam papers and exam questions matched to your specific board and unit structure, so your practice schedule can mirror your actual entered units rather than a generic "International A-Level" content list.