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Category: A Level

A Level Maths Revision: The Ultimate Guide
Nov 08, 2024
A Level Maths Revision: The Ultimate Guide

This guide is designed to streamline your A Level Maths revision, breaking down complex topics and offering targeted str...

How to Revise Effectively: 13 Science-Backed Tips for Exam Success
Nov 01, 2024
How to Revise Effectively: 13 Science-Backed Tips for Exam Success

The tips below are grounded in cognitive psychology research, meaning they’re not only effective but also backed by stud...

Free A Level Revision Timetable Template
Oct 11, 2024
Free A Level Revision Timetable Template

A good revision timetable will ensure you have a plan to cover all the topics you need to cover. You will have been stud...

A Level Grades Explained
Jul 05, 2024
A Level Grades Explained

Understanding A Level grades is crucial for students aiming to navigate their educational journey effectively and maximi...

How to Revise for A Levels
Jun 21, 2024
How to Revise for A Levels

Effective revision techniques are key to achieving the desired A Level grades, but some students develop bad revision ha...

What are A-levels?
May 10, 2024
What are A-levels?

Transitioning from the realm of GCSEs to the next stage —A Levels— becomes a critical milestone for UK students aspirin...

Hardest A Levels 2024
Apr 26, 2024
Hardest A Levels 2024

What makes an A Level hard may depend on individual factors such as a natural aptitude, a preference for certain subjec...

IB or A Levels: Which is the Right Choice?
Apr 19, 2024
IB or A Levels: Which is the Right Choice?

Choosing the right qualifications and subjects to study for the last two years of school can affect the choices your chi...

Exam Preparation: Say goodbye to cramming!
Mar 15, 2023
Exam Preparation: Say goodbye to cramming!

Preparing for academic examinations can be a highly stressful time for any student. But what if there was a way to prepa...

UCAS Personal Statements - Changes Taking Place In 2024 with Sarah McWatters
Feb 07, 2023
UCAS Personal Statements - Changes Taking Place In 2024 with Sarah McWatters

The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) announced on 13th January that the personal statement, a key ele...

Subject Selection for your GCSEs, A Levels and IB: advice from Dr Caroline Watkinson
Apr 22, 2021
Subject Selection for your GCSEs, A Levels and IB: advice from Dr Caroline Watkinson

Fresh from discussing UK university admissions and entrance into sixth form via the 16+, the indefatigable Caroline Watk...

Entry into Sixth Form with Dr Caroline Watkinson
Apr 15, 2021
Entry into Sixth Form with Dr Caroline Watkinson

In this, our latest webinar, Dr Caroline Watkinson joined us once more to talk about entrance into sixth form (16+ entry...

Consistency in an Age of Uncertainty: How to best Prepare for GCSEs, A Levels, and the IB
Mar 04, 2021
Consistency in an Age of Uncertainty: How to best Prepare for GCSEs, A Levels, and the IB

A few months ago, we wrote about what the 2021 lockdown meant for GCSE, A-level and IB students. Now that the picture is...

5 Ways Year 12 students can prepare to apply for university
Feb 18, 2020
5 Ways Year 12 students can prepare to apply for university

For Year 12 students, now is a good time to think properly about university applications. Some of you will still have to...