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Category Archives: GCSE
GCSE Revision: Easy Active Learning Hacks to Help You Revise
GCSE revision is tough. You may feel stressed and swamped by a seemingly endless amount of facts to be memorised and concepts to be grasped. You’re willing to put in the time, but do you know how to use it … Continue reading
Pi Day 2018
14th March is Pi Day. Every year, the mathematically-minded get all ‘irrational’ over pi – or 33.14. Representing the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, pi is a fundamental element of geometric calculation. Physicist Peter Trueb recently calculated … Continue reading
GCSE Maths Tuition: 8-Week Grade Booster
Is your Year 11 child struggling to get to grips with the new GCSE Maths syllabus? As the date of the examinations draws nearer, many students are finding that higher expectations, combined with a broader range of questions add up … Continue reading
Posted in GCSE, Key Stage 4, Maths
Tagged GCSE Maths Grade Booster, GCSE MATHS TUITION, maths tuition
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Multiple GCSE resits: do we need a change?
“Almost 80% of pupils in England who do not achieve a C grade in GCSE maths or English fail to attain this mark during their resits. It is leaving hundreds of thousands of students stuck in a cycle of exams.” … Continue reading
Posted in English, GCSE, Key Stage 4, Maths, Opinion
Tagged GCSE resits, new GCSEs 2017
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How to survive GCSEs: a guide for parents
GCSE season is drawing near and it won’t be long before Year 11 students embark upon the most significant examinations of their lives to date. Supporting your child through GCSE examinations takes time, energy and patience, but it isn’t rocket … Continue reading
New GCSE Grades Explained in Brief
Many parents I speak to admit to a certain amount of confusion about numerical GCSE grades, which are being phased in from this August. With this in mind, I have prepared a very short summary of the changes:- Summary Lettered … Continue reading