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From AS to A2: Improving A-Level Predicted Grades with Optimism
If you have just received your AS level result, take stock and reflect on your achievements. Be aware of what lies ahead, as it is important for you to appreciate the importance of A-level. If you can help it, do your best to include the most useful A-level subjects in your choice of the subjects that you study for the full two years. Try and include at least two of the following in your choice of A-level: English Maths Further […]
Congratulations! What to do After A-Level Results Day
For those students who are receiving the results of their A-level today, it is a significant moment in their lives – probably the most important event so far. It is possible that there will be other events in the future that may well be just as important or even more so, but the significance of the A-level results cannot be over emphasised, as they are likely to shape the future for all the young people involved. I would argue that […]
The Gold Standard: Why the Benefits of A-Level Maths are Unrivalled
This is the conclusion of a four-part blog post in which I discuss issues associated with the decline in the uptake of A-level Maths by young people. In this final part, I will be continuing my argument as to why young people should not give up on Maths too easily and that we must do more to encourage more people to study Mathematics to at least A-level. One may think, “What’s the point of the population being so numerate or […]
A-Level Maths: Should I or Should I Not? Making the Figures Add Up
In my last couple of blog posts, I looked at changes in the Maths curriculum and also highlighted the fact that there has been a significant fall in the number of students who are taking up A-level Maths. The reasons attributed to these are: the harder GCSE Maths, which has made more young people less confident about taking A-level Maths; the decoupling of AS Maths and, finally, the reduction in the number of A-levels that students are allowed to take […]
The End of the Modular Era: AS and A-Level Difference Explained
In my last blog post, the first of a four-series discussion about the changes that are happening to both GCSE and A-level Maths, I explained the key changes to GCSE Maths and why young people and teachers are concerned. Today, I will first of all look at the changes that have been implemented in the A-level curriculum as a whole and then provide a summary of the differences between the old and the new A-level Maths specifically. What is decoupling […]
The Maths Dilemma: Is A-Level Maths a Tragedy or a Blessing for Your Child?
It was recently reported in the TES (Times Educational Supplements), among other media, that there has been a significant reduction in the number of young people taking A-level Maths. The TES report showed a table comparing the number of students applying to take A-level Maths in September 2016 to those who are applying to study the subject in September 2017. Whilst there has been a slight increase in some schools, overall, there is a significant fall in the number for […]
The Summer Advantage: 7 Ways to Make the Most of Your Holidays
As the final few weeks of the school term pass by, and the exam period finishes for those in GCSE and A level, many students and parents are turning their thoughts to the summer break ahead. The summer holidays allow us time to rest and get some perspective on our progress in life, but they also provide us the time to tackle things that we often don’t have time to do during term time. Here’s a list of a few […]
Aim for the Elite: Why You Must Focus on Getting the Best A-Level Grades Possible
With places at the very top universities becoming more and more difficult to get, the pressure on young people to achieve high grades continues. At this critical stage of the exam preparation, it’s important for the young person to focus on what they need to do in order to secure as high a grade as they can in all the A-level subjects they are taking in this summer’s examination. One key point, which some may see as a slight relief […]
Cutting Through the Noise: The GCSE Grade 9 to 1 System Explained
There is yet more confusion about the new GCSE grade 9 to 1, with the government saying that there will be a different yardstick to measure the success of a school from that used to measure the success of a particular student, based on the new grading system that takes effect this summer. From this summer 2017, GCSE students will be awarded pass grades as high as 9 or as low as 1 in English and Maths. Over the next […]
The Final Stretch: Success Tips for the Summer Exam Countdown
We are now at that critical stage of the academic year when many teenagers are in the final stages of preparing for the all important summer examinations. Irrespective of how well the young person has prepared by studying and revising, what they do in the final weeks and the way they do those things can still make a significant difference to their examination result. It would be incorrect to say that success in the examination is due to just doing […]
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