CSE & A-level Accelerator

The Accelerator – a prime coaching course with a Mentor

A stand-alone course that is designed to teach the fundamental concepts in a chosen set of topics/modules/units, and build the student’s skills in tackling exam questions. It contains the following elements:

1. D & A – Diagnostic and Alignment
2. Teaching
3. Question Practice – Under Supervision
4. Marking of Work and Feedback
5. Tests and Progress Report
6. A Mentor is appointed to work with the student
7. Grade Guarantee – Conditions Apply

Key benefits

• Teaching of the fundamental concepts
• Helps to gain a deeper understanding and boost confidence
• Plenty of question practice and feedback
• Application of knowledge to answering exam questions
• Mastery of examination skills and technique
• Flexibility to depart from the plan and receive help on unrelated topics
• Other stand-alone courses can be integrated
• A three-stage course with the flexibility do just part of the course
• A Mentor is appointed to encourage and monitor the student's progress
• Grade guarantee for the full course

Structure

90 hours of lesson – including 45 hours of teacher contact time, teacher marking and assessment and 45 hours of question practice, part of which is supervised. Questions set in the lesson are done shortly after each lesson. They are done under supervision and handed in straight away, and the teacher reviews the work and spends the first part of the following lesson to go through the questions.

For online lessons

Our online procedures and terms and conditions apply in full. The features of our online lessons have made them very effective.

This includes

• Despite lessons being online on live video camera, work set is in handwriting, as this reflects how the real exams are still done. The student is allowed to type if they have special permission to type in the exam, and the parents sanction this. It is advantageous if the student can use a digital pen to handwrite
• Camera must be turned on by both the teacher and student during lessons. Same is for question practice, as the lesson is being supervised
• The student is allowed to turn off the camera briefly for privacy, and when taking a break, but the camera must be turned back on as soon as the student resumes working
• The work must be scanned, or a picture taken and sent as a pdf attachment in an e-mail straight after question practice. Alternatively, the student may download the work into a shared Google Drive
• Most lessons are recorded – for transparency and monitoring and quality control. It is important that the student is on task all the time
• The student is expected to dress in a way that is decent and presentable as lessons are recorded – casual but presentable
• Mobile phones must be turned off during the lesson and cannot be allowed to be used as a calculator. The student should have a scientific calculator – and that cannot be on the mobile phone

How the course works after enrolment 

The Diagnostic

• Test(s) taken;
• Test is marked
• An Interview of the student by the subject teacher and the mentor. It is recommended that parent(s) attend
• A written report is received – with test result and recommendations
• Brief plans on the first few lessons are made in the first session;  teaching starts for Stage 1
• 10 more lessons in Stage 1
• Regular meeting with the mentor
• Report for the first stage
• At the end of each stage, a decision will be made whether to carry on to the second stage or stop

Additional information

90 hours of study

Number of lessons: 1 Subject at A-level and 2 subjects at GCSE

It can begin as one-to-one and then the student joins the Saturday classes

One-to-one additional lessons can be provided to make up the 45 hours of teacher contact and another 45 hours of study supervision (question practice)

Incentive – a Tablet that is configured for the lesson is supplied ifa. student enrols for 2 A-level subjects or 4 GCSE subjects

Stage 1 – Foundation

Teaching of the fundamental tools – usually Topic/Module/Unit 1 and other salient aspects to master before being able to pass the module

Basic skills

Testing of the basics

Stage 2 – Progress

Cementation of understanding of the fundamental knowledge and the skills that are needed to progress on the course

Application of knowledge and skills to answer questions in a way that will allow marks to be awarded in the exam

Stage 3 – Mastery

Having gained a thorough understanding of the concepts, emphasis is now on developing the mastery to apply knowledge and skills to answer exam questions

Developing the skills to answer the more challenging questions in the exam