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By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience A Level Physics is one of the most respected A Levels available, and the A* is the grade that separates students who can apply physics under pressure from those who understand it in theory. The distinction matters because […]

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience Most students wondering how to get a 9 in GCSE Biology assume they need to learn more content. That’s rarely the issue. The mark scheme rewards precise terminology, clearly structured extended responses, and the ability to apply understanding […]

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience A Level Chemistry is one of the most demanding A Levels available. The A* is the grade that separates students who understand chemistry from those who can perform under exam conditions. However, the gap between an A and […]

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience A predicted B with a university offer conditional on an A is one of the most common and most stressful positions a Year 13 student can be in. It means the current trajectory is not enough and that […]

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience Mock results come back and a significant number of parents discover their child is further behind than they thought. Some are disappointed by a single subject. Others are looking at results across the board that do not reflect […]

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience The 11 plus exam has not changed. The number of places at grammar and selective independent schools has not changed. What has changed is the number of families competing for those places, and that shift has made the […]

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience Thirty days before GCSE exams is not the time to start from scratch. It is the time to stop revising everything and start revising strategically. The students who gain the most ground in the final month are not […]

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience A Level exams sit at the end of two years of work. The final month is not the place to cover new ground, it is the place to convert everything already learned into the specific, well-structured answers that […]

By Russell Greenhill Founder & CEO @ Greenhill Academics Oxford Master’s Graduate • 8+ Years Tutoring Experience The 11 plus is sat in September of Year 6, the results arrive in October, and the school allocation follows in March. Most families who succeed start preparing seriously in Year 5. Most families who are disappointed started […]