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Error log, 20 minutes. Four columns: the question, what you wrote, what was right, why you lost the marks.

Label each one: didn't know it, wrong method, misread, ran out of time. The biggest label tells you where to spend your next three evenings. #Revision

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What does your child do in the 24 hours after a disappointing mock result? A walk? A favourite meal?

Teachers: what do you do the morning after results go home? The best replies go into a post later this month. #MockExams

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Adaptive platforms: what is being adapted? EEF rates individualised instruction at +4 months on average, evidence limited.

Ask what changes for each pupil, and what happens when one stays stuck. We're building BrainStrata, so this applies to us. Link below 👇 #EdTech

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A year since the Curriculum and Assessment Review's final report. It recommended at least 10% less GCSE exam time and Year 8 diagnostic tests in English and maths.

Leaders: where do Year 8 gaps live in your trust? Could a Year 9 teacher find them fast? #EdLeadership

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The November GCSE series is running now (2 to 11 Nov). Results arrive on 14 January 2027, more than two months away.

For a resit student: write down how each paper felt within a day, keep 20 minutes of maths going most days, and agree now what happens after the result. #GCSEs

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5/ Step 6: two weeks after relearning a topic, retest it with the notes closed. Step 7: keep a half-day each weekend free of revision.

6/ Tonight, ask your child: "Which pile lost you the most marks?" That answer is the first line of the plan. What would you add? #GCSEs

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1/ A mock result is a set of instructions, and most families only read the grade. Thread: seven steps for the weeks before Christmas. #MockExams

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4/ Step 4: list the topics that cost the most marks on one sheet. Step 5: email the teacher one specific question: "Which two topics would earn me the most marks before the next assessment?"

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3/ Step 3: sort lost marks into four piles: did not know it, wrong method, misread the question, ran out of time. Each pile has a different fix.

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2/ Step 1: wait an hour before anyone asks about it. Step 2: ask to see the marked script. A grade 5 from two strong papers and one weak one needs a different plan from a grade 5 where marks leaked everywhere.

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Mock results coming home soon? Before the grade takes over the evening, look at the paper together. Which topics cost the most marks? Did time run out? Those two answers give a Year 11 a far clearer plan for the rest of their #GCSE year than “revise more” ever will. #Parenting

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Picture a Year 9 student, a composite, who rereads her notes, highlights key terms, tells her dad "I get it." Next day: blank page, can't start.

Dunlosky's review rated rereading low, practice testing high. Familiar isn't the same as understood. #StudyTips

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AI can answer most homework questions in seconds. The real question: is it doing the thinking, or helping your child do it?

DfE expects ed AI not to hand over full solutions by default. Attempt first, ask for a hint, explain it back. Same rules work at home. #AIinEducation

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If your child's eligible for free school meals: schools must publish a pupil premium strategy statement by 31 December, explaining spend and outcomes.

Worth asking: what challenge, what evidence, does it include attendance, how will they know it worked? #PupilPremium

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Half-term's a week away. Before booking a trip that adds a Friday or Monday: since Aug 2024, schools must consider a penalty notice at 10 unauthorised sessions in 10 weeks, usually 5 days.

£80 within 21 days, £160 by day 28. Not legal advice. #HalfTerm

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Practice testing is one of 2 techniques the Dunlosky review rated high utility. A 5-min starter: 3-5 questions, no notes, mixing last lesson, last week and earlier in the term. Pupils mark their own.

Try the same at home in 5 minutes. #RetrievalPractice

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Most GCSE Lit exams are closed-book, so quotations have to come from memory.

A 3-box system: Box 1 tested daily, Box 2 every 3-4 days, Box 3 weekly. A right answer moves a card up a box, a wrong one sends it back. #GCSEEnglish

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A pilot is easier to trust when the measures are agreed before it starts. EEF's implementation guidance: explore, prepare, deliver, sustain.

We're early-access and would rather agree the measures first. If piloting in this space, message us. Link below 👇 #EdTech