Preparing for the Exam

Successful revision

The final three months before taking your GCSE examination are very important in achieving your best grade.

• Go through the list of topics in your Examination Board’s specification and identify those that you feel you need to concentrate on.
• Try not to spend valuable time on topics you already know. It makes you feel good but does not move you forward.
• Study each topic carefully. Mark up the text by underlining, highlighting or making notes.
• Ask questions: Why? How? What happened next? You will get ideas for these questions from past examination papers.
• Then make your own revision note summary of the main points. Use bullet points, mind maps and patterned notes.
• Keep your revision notes organised.
• One of the best ways to revise is to answer the type of questions you will get in the examination. These will require you to use what you know – this helps you to memorise things better.