Expert Insights
Advice and support for parents and students
Category: A Level
A Level exams return this summer: what can parents do to help?
Exams return this summer for the first time in two years, with all their attendant anxieties. In this Expert Insight, we...
Why the last year has proved the value of one-to-one tuition
With the recent announcement of Covid-19 easing in the UK and the approach of the end of another school year, now feels ...
Academic Mentoring for teenagers: what is it and how can it help you?
Our latest webinar - expertly delivered by Dr Caroline Watkinson - discussed the value of academic mentoring, especially...
Subject Selection for your GCSEs, A Levels and IB: webinar with 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
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
A few months ago, we wrote about what the 2021 lockdown meant for GCSE, A-level and IB students. Now that the picture is...
What the 2021 lockdown means for GCSE and A-Level students: Expert Insight with Camilla Smiley
As England enters another national lockdown and with summer exams for GCSE and A-Level students cancelled, we thought it...
5 ways to spice up your home learning
With many schools running online lessons and tutors moving their work onto Zoom et al, it might be easy to think that l...
How GCSE & A-level students can think positively and plan ahead
In this blog we look at how students in years 11 and 13 can handle the cancellation of their exams. We outline the rece...
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...
Replying to UCAS University Offers
Now that the main UCAS deadline has passed, we spoke with our brilliant university entrance consultant, Camilla Smiley, ...
Study skills for 2020: how to work in the New Year
For this blog aimed at older students (from 13+ through to A-Level), our fantastic schools consultant Jeremy Edwards tal...
Summer reading suggestions
Whether it be by the beach, on the plane, to while away long afternoons at home, or as a gap-filler between museums and ...
