GCSE results day is set for Thursday, August 22nd. The results will be released to schools on Wednesday, August 21st, and made available to all students the following day.
From this point, you will need to make decisions about your next steps, whether this means confirming your A-level choices, app...
Read more ›Summer learning loss, also known as "summer slide," refers to the tendency for students to lose some of the academic gains they made during the previous school year over the summer break. Studies have shown that students can lose approximately one to two months of learning over the summer break, par...
Read more ›The 11+ exam, often called the "11-plus," is an entrance assessment typically undertaken at the start of Year 6, commonly in September. This exam assesses a student's aptitude for academic study and is the basis for possible acceptance into a grammar school.
Timeline for the 11+ examApril/May...
Read more ›With revision season comes a range of revision methods that go beyond note-taking. Here are five of the best that help with retention, memorisation and retrieval.
Spaced repetitionSpaced repetition is a learning technique that involves reviewing material at increasing intervals of time. The ide...
Read more ›Many parents want to help during exam periods but walk the line between encouragement and stepping back, unsure of how best to assist. It's a challenge, given that GCSEs have changed a fair bit in the last ten years.
For example, critical changes to the Maths GCSE include a greater emphasis on pro...
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