Mar 30, 2021 | A Levels, Exams, GCSE, Mock Exams, Revision, Study Tips
The days are getting longer, we have sunshine and warm weather and the lockdown is gradually easing. It’s the Easter holidays, which translates as two weeks of endless social possibilities if you are a teenager who has been cooped up all winter, not allowed to see...
Nov 19, 2020 | A Levels, Exams, GCSE, Mentoring, Mock Exams, Revision, Study Tips
Academic coaching benefits students by enabling them to achieve their full potential through the teaching of revision, study and exam techniques, that work to their strengths and learning styles. These can then be put into practice to make for effective revision and...
Sep 22, 2020 | A Levels, Exams, GCSE, Homeschooling, Mock Exams, Revision
I have three boys returning to school running this month, two of whom, like many children, haven’t been to school since March 23rd of this year. One son, in Year 13, returned for occasional days for four weeks before the summer holidays. They are all excited to be...
Apr 17, 2020 | GCSE, Homeschooling, Mentoring
Our fourth part in our series looks at supporting your children with homeschooling in KS4, the GCSE years of secondary school, from the ages of fourteen to sixteen. Students from KS4 fall into two halves. Those in Year 11 who have had GCSE examinations cancelled, and...
Mar 23, 2020 | A Levels, GCSE, Homeschooling, Mentoring, Study Tips
How to study at home for secondary students? In these uncertain times of coronavirus, with schools partially closed and families and young people self-isolating, this is the big question. At first, the prospect of an indefinite school holiday might sound exciting and...
Jan 28, 2020 | A Levels, GCSE, Mentoring
I am often asked, what are the benefits of mentoring for GCSE and A’level students. Educating teenagers for over twenty years has taught me three universal truths about achievement: The first is that young people begin to flourish when they realise, and then...
