Overview

• Available in core subjects: Mathematics, English and Triple Science
• Content tailored to the post mocks, Spring term, early stages of revision.
• Focusing on skills allows students to access school-taught content at a greater depth.
• Students will finish the course with a clear outline of how to structure their revision.
• Personalised feedback on mock performance and revision strategies.

Why is this the right course for your child?

Reflecting: what can be learned from mock exam results

February half term is a great opportunity to reflect on the results of the winter mock exams and set personal goals for improvement. Our group classes offer a friendly environment to discuss with peers how to improve time management, favourite revision techniques and general tips for staying motivated.

Refining skills: harnessing school-taught skills and levelling up

Students will have the chance to get ahead by dedicating time to specific skills, and identifying the gaps, through targeted group teaching that consolidates and improves the skills taught in school.

Looking ahead: making a proactive revision plan

We offer a specific focus on creating a revision plan for February until the beginning of exam season, using our bespoke templates. Our scaffolded support within the course, means that students will finish the course with a clear plan for how to continue to manage their revision independently.

Our Expert Tutors

Our courses have been designed to ensure students can sit their exams shortly after with confidence and refined examination technique.

We are supported by our wonderful team of GCSE Specialists -
click here to find out who they are and what they do.

If you are unsure whether this course is right for your child, please submit an enquiry, and our Family Education Team will be able to discuss the contents of this course in further detail.

Subjects Offered

English

This course will focus on supporting students in the skills required for the English examinations, relevant across all exam boards. Students will identify and develop transferable skills through the reading and analysis of Unseen texts as well as real exam questions, to meet the Assessment Objectives required. No specific text knowledge will be required for this course. Feedback will be available by email for writing tasks set relevant to individual exam boards.

This course will cover the following topics:

1. Unseen non-fiction texts: how to analyse and explore two linked sources from different time periods and genres in order to consider how each presents a perspective or viewpoint to influence the reader. Students will focus on how to craft a response under examined conditions.

2. Descriptive/Narrative writing: how to plan and create impactful texts in response to a stimulus with a close focus on accuracy, purpose, audience, and form under examined conditions.

3. Transactional writing: how to plan and create impactful texts with a close focus on accuracy, purpose, audience, and form under examined conditions.

4. Unseen poetry: understanding assessment objectives, difference between language and structure, identifying poetic techniques in an unseen poem, structuring and writing a comparative paragraph to peer review.

5. Shakespeare: how to revise efficiently and strategically, including key themes and features of Shakespearean language and style; how to analyse a passage to unpack different aspects of the text such as characters, tension and imagery; how to structure a paragraph to achieve the assessment objectives.

6. 19^th & 20^th Century fiction texts: establish a toolkit of useful essay openers, formal words and structural devices; how to talk about structure and tension in drama; focussing on how to structure an answer that fulfils the assessment criteria through peer marking; how to write introductions and conclusions that convince the examiner you know your stuff!