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If It Worked Last Year, Keep It. If It Didn’t, This Is the Week to Change It.

If It Worked Last Year, Keep It. If It Didn’t, This Is the Week to Change It.

This week's reflections A familiar story students tell themselves over the summer is that Year 13 will be the year...

July 26, 2026
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Whose A Level Is It Anyway? Why the Separation of Tasks Matters

Whose A Level Is It Anyway? Why the Separation of Tasks Matters

This week's reflections A parent tells me they were up until midnight worrying about their son’s Chemistry mock. The son...

July 18, 2026
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Why Two Students Revise for the Same Six Hours and Get Different Grades

Why Two Students Revise for the Same Six Hours and Get Different Grades

This week's reflections Two students sit down on a Sunday and both do six hours of Biology. Both work hard,...

July 12, 2026
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Starting A Levels: What Every Year 12 Student Needs to Know

Starting A Levels: What Every Year 12 Student Needs to Know

This week's reflections GCSEs are done. Whatever they were: a slog, a breeze, better or worse than you hoped; they’re...

July 5, 2026
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The Summer After Year 12: How to Make Year 13 Easier

The Summer After Year 12: How to Make Year 13 Easier

This week’s reflections Year 12 is nearly done, mocks completed and the long stretch of summer is ahead of you....

June 21, 2026
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A Level Biology – You don’t know your grade yet. Stop trying to calculate it.

A Level Biology – You don’t know your grade yet. Stop trying to calculate it.

For biology students, by the time you read this, Paper 2 will be over. One more to go! On my...

June 14, 2026
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