Your GCSE grades contain valuable information that can help you decide where you go next.
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Combined A-level entries in French, German and Spanish rose slightly in absolute terms in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Physical activity improves cognitive function – our ability to think and process information.
Students are choosing to spend hundreds of hours studying a subject, not just a path to university.
Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.
Students may be able to choose several V-levels in different subjects or even mix and match them with A-levels.
By listening more closely to the interests and goals of young people in schools, we can start to provide the language teaching they want.
For students taking three A-levels, the most popular combination of subjects was biology, chemistry and maths.
Many courses at university include mathematical or quantitative elements but do not require A-level maths for entry.
Maths allows people to be immensely expressive in their scientific and artistic ideas.
A languages curriculum enriched with linguistics is appealing to students and teachers.
Novelty primes your brain to learn, while links with existing knowledge make memories stick.
Use stories, rhymes and acronyms that catch your imagination.
Many sixth forms and sixth form colleges require grade four or above in maths and English to study A-levels or new vocational qualifications such as T-levels.
Students complete research projects in STEM fields, produce academic reports and are offered science modules delivered in university-style lectures.
It’s possible even more young people would like to study maths but can’t find the right course.
There a persistent geographical difference in attainment in A-levels.
Changes have included a return to exam-focused assessment.
Very compressed study schedules lead to a catastrophic amount of forgetting.
It’s important to remember that you can’t ‘complete’ revision.
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