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By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience What the examiner reports tell parents A Level Maths mistakes are predictable. If your child is sitting A Level Maths and the grade is not matching the effort, the answer is usually in the examiner reports, which the […]

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience What the examiner reports tell parents If your child is sitting A Level Chemistry, you need to know what the most common exam mistakes are and how they can avoid them. You may have looked at their past […]

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience A Level Economics essays reward a specific type of thinking: structured argument, supported by evidence, critically evaluated. Students who write everything they know about a topic rarely score well. Students who select the most relevant points, develop them […]

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience IB Chemistry is one of the most demanding science courses available at pre-university level. Whether your child is sitting SL or HL, the gap between a 5 or 6 and a 7 is almost never about knowing more […]

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience A Level Biology examiners publish a report after every exam series. Year after year, the same mistakes appear. This post covers the most common errors that cost A Level Biology students marks. Specifically, it draws from examiner reports […]

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience GCSE Chemistry is one of the most precise subjects for GCSE candidates. The mark scheme is demanding: the right answer written in the wrong way still loses marks. Students who understand the chemistry but express it loosely, or […]

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience Most families weighing up IB vs A Levels in Year 9 or Year 10 ask the wrong question first. They ask which qualification is better. Universities worldwide respect both, and both lead to strong outcomes. The real question […]

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience GCSE Physics rewards two things above all others: mathematical precision and the ability to explain physical concepts in the specific language the mark scheme expects. Students who understand the physics but cannot express it clearly, or who understand […]

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience GCSE options feel like a significant decision, and in some respects they are, but most families approaching them in Year 9 treat them as more consequential than they need to be. The choices your child makes now will […]