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My child didn’t get the predicted grades for university and is retaking in September. How do we make the most of this time?

Home › Blog › A Level My child didn’t get the predicted grades for university and is retaking in September. How do we make the most of this time? The retake window is about ten weeks, and most of it disappears into holidays. Here is how families who use it well actually spend it, week […]

A Grade 9 at GCSE, Now Struggling at A Level? Here’s Why

Home › Blog › A Level Maths A Grade 9 at GCSE Maths, Now Struggling at A Level? Here’s Why The results came back and nobody expected them, least of all your child. It is almost never about ability, and it is almost never the whole subject. Here is what actually changed, and the one […]

My child understands IB Biology but can’t get above a 4. Here’s Why

Home › Blog › IB My child understands IB Biology but can’t get above a 4. Here’s Why If your child understands IB Biology but cannot get above a 4, the problem may not be their subject knowledge. More often, marks are being lost through exam technique, unclear answers and missed details across Paper 1, […]

“Is it B?” The guessing habit costing your child a Physics Grade

Home › Blog › A Level “Is it B?” Your child is guessing in Physics and it’s costing them a grade A lucky guess and real understanding look identical on a marked paper. The difference only shows when your child has to say the thinking out loud, and that is exactly where the marks are […]

Never write “I am passionate about” in a personal statement

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience Your child opens the form, reads the first box, and types “I have always been passionate about economics”. Everything true about them now sits behind a sentence an admissions tutor has read four hundred times this month. A […]

Forgot the formula? What the 13 plus exam really rewards

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience Your child stares at a science question and says the thing every parent dreads: “I can’t remember the formula.” The question dies right there. Before you decide the 13 plus exam is a memory contest, give me five […]

Your child rushes 11 plus questions. Here is the fix

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience You sit down with the practice paper and go through it together. They knew that one. And that one. So why is the score still low? Before you book an 11 plus tutor, try something tonight that costs […]

Why a good IB English Literature essay still gets a 4

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience You have read your child’s essay. It is thoughtful. The writing is good, the quotes are there, and they clearly love the book. Then the grade comes back and it is a 4. Nobody can tell you why. […]

IB Maths HL: The questions get confusing, not harder

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience Your child was good at maths. Really good. Then Higher Level started, and now they come out of tests saying they ran out of time, or that they did not understand what the question wanted. They can still […]

The A Level Chemistry topic your child was never taught

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience Your child revises. You have watched them do it. They sit at the desk, they work through the questions, and they can talk you through a reaction mechanism over dinner. Then the paper comes back and the grade […]

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