What a good study week actually looks like
Four sessions a week per subject beats one long panic session. Here's the shape of it.
Session 1 · Learn
One new chapter. Notes, video, and your own one-page summary. No questions yet.
Session 2 · Practise
Build a topical booklet on that chapter, 2022–2025. Solve it with your notes open.
Session 3 · Mark & fix
Mark against the scheme, write down why each mark was lost, clear the doubts with the tutor.
Session 4 · Test
Timed mock test covering this chapter plus two older ones. Mark scheme stays shut until you're done.
Counting down to the exam
The same tools, used differently depending on how much time is left.
6+ months out
Build the base
- Map all chapters in Progress Tracker
- Learn + topical-practise one chapter at a time
- Widest year range — depth over speed
- Don't touch full papers yet
2–6 months out
Close the gaps
- Target every chapter still on Learning
- Weekly timed mock tests by mark target
- Mixed-chapter booklets, not single chapters
- First full paper, untimed, to see the shape
Final 6–8 weeks
Exam conditions
- One full timed paper per subject per week
- Every mistake becomes a same-week topical
- Save the two newest years for the last fortnight
- Re-read your own one-page summaries daily
Questions students actually ask
The ones that come up in almost every first lesson.
I only see some subjects — where are the rest?
The dashboard and progress tracker show only the subjects for the
qualification on your profile — O Level, IGCSE or A Level. That's
deliberate: it stops you building a booklet from the wrong syllabus. If
you're sitting a different board, or a mix, open
your profile, change the qualification and save.
The whole site re-filters straight away, and nothing you've already tracked
is lost.
Topical booklets or full past papers — which should I do?
Topical until most of your chapters are Confident, then full papers. Doing
whole papers early feels productive but teaches you very little: you meet
each chapter once, in a random order, and half the paper is on things you
haven't learned yet. Topical practice is what builds the pattern
recognition; full papers train stamina and timing at the end.
How many years should I include in a booklet?
Start with the most recent three or four years — they match the current
syllabus and the current examiner style. Once you've cleared those and want
more volume, widen the range. If your syllabus changed recently, be careful
with older papers: some questions cover topics that have since been removed.
Do I have to print the booklets?
You don't have to, but you should. The exam is handwritten under time
pressure, and solving on a screen quietly hides how slow your working is and
how much you rely on scrolling back. Print it, use a pen, mark in a second
colour.
What's the difference between a topical booklet and a mock test?
A topical booklet gives you every question on your chosen
chapters with the mark scheme right there — it's for learning. A
mock test takes a random subset to a mark target and puts
the mark scheme in a separate file — it's for testing. Use the first while
you're building the skill, the second to prove you have it.
How do I know if I'm actually improving?
Two signals. Your dashboard rings show what
share of each syllabus you've moved to Confident — that's coverage. Your
mock test scores over time show whether it's holding up under pressure —
that's retention. You want both climbing; if coverage climbs and scores
don't, you're marking yourself too generously.