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