With regards to GCSE & A Level planning, we have seen our customers enquiring and booking earlier than in previous years. For those of you who feel it’s too early to be thinking about revision courses, it’s worth highlighting that, in our experience, the most successful students get into a good study routine early on and revise throughout… Read More »
Revision Articles and Advice
Advice and Articles
Justin Craig Now a Registered Approved Activity Provider for the D of E
If your child is involved in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Programme, then we have some good news for you! Justin Craig is now a Residential Approved Activity Provider for the DofE and our Summer Courses are suitable for students working towards their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award. So now, not only does your child enjoy all the benefits of our summer… Read More »
Summer School
“My son attended the A Level Maths Summer School and is still buzzing with the confidence it has given him” We have a range of summer courses during August for current Year 10 and 12 students to help consolidate existing knowledge and ensure they are well prepared for the challenges of the next academic year. Summer… Read More »
Best Ways to Revise
With the key revision period of the Easter holidays over, lots of students still have significant chunks of the syllabus to revise and are starting to worry that they won’t have enough time to prepare fully for their GCSE / A Level exams. Furthermore, many will have to learn new material when they return to… Read More »
How Long Should You Revise For?
Have you read Barnaby Lenon’s highly controversial blog article yet? Whilst many students and experts have branded his comments regarding Easter Revision as “traditionalist nonsense” and “unrealistic”, others such as Natasha, now in her final year at Queen Mary University of London, said that she relied on at least seven hours of study a day… Read More »
Daily Mail Revision Advice from Justin Craig
Exam revision can be a tricky subject for parents to raise with their children ahead of their GCSEs and A-levels. Some may feel their youngsters don’t do enough but don’t know how to tackle the situation. Anxiety over how and when to start exam revision is a common problem and can make children stressed. Getting into… Read More »
A Level & Career Choices at 16 – What to Look For
Subject Decisions for Career Choices While the pressure on students aged 16-18 to make career decisions has never been greater, new research undertaken by Justin Craig has revealed that most of us aren’t in the jobs we thought we wanted to do at that age. Many of us do not know what we want to do… Read More »
How to Ace Exams with Less Stress – Feb Talk Notes
We were delighted to welcome so many parents and students to Dr Weston’s talk on 5th February. It really was a full house. Dr Weston has very kindly provided the presentation notes from the talk sponsored by Justin Craig. Simply click to download the pdf: Justin Craig Talk 5th Feb 2018 (slide notes)
How to Create a Revision Timetable That Works
A Good Revision Timetable Can Make a Difference For students approaching GCSEs or A Levels, the prospect of preparing for these key exams can be daunting. Although the mocks may just be over and the exams still a few months away, it’s not too early to start preparing, particularly if you want to ace those… Read More »
Exam Survival Tips
GETTING THROUGH YOUR EXAMS – SURVIVAL TIPS FOR GCSE & A LEVEL STUDENTS Working towards exams can be very stressful for students and their families. Whilst there is rarely much choice over whether or not to do the exams, there at lots of ways to make GCSE / A Levels more manageable and help you get… Read More »