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Hardest A Levels 2024
What makes an A Level hard may depend on individual factors such as a natural aptitude, a preference for certain subjec...
IB or A Levels: Which is the Right Choice?
Choosing the right qualifications and subjects to study for the last two years of school can affect the choices your chi...
Choosing the Best 11 Plus Tutor for Your Child
All parents want their child to have the best chance of success in the 11 Plus exams. Choosing the right tutor to work ...
GCSE Maths Exams Explained
Along with English and Science, GCSE maths remains a compulsory exam for all students in England and Wales. A strong per...
How to Revise for English Literature GCSE
There’s no sugar-coating that the English literature GCSE is going to require a lot of revision. You’re going to need to...
How to Revise GCSE Maths
GCSE Maths is an important qualification that is required for university and many jobs beyond. As such it demands thorou...
The Ultimate Guide to GCSE Revision
The Ultimate Guide to GCSE Revision GCSEs are a pivotal moment for students as they enter a new phase of academic challe...
How to Get All 9s in your GCSEs?
How to Get All 9s in your GCSEs? Achieving all 9s in your GCSEs is an exceptionally impressive achievement. It demonstr...
The 11 Plus (11+) Guide: Everything You Need to Know
The 11 Plus (11+) Guide: Everything You Need to Know If you're navigating the educational path of your child, you've lik...
Next Steps for your Next Schools, by Charlotte Faber
As the school year approaches, our educational consultant Charlotte Faber, former headmistress of Garden House Upper Gir...
How to prepare for the 11+ Grammar School GL (Granada Learning) Exam
The 11 Plus Grammar School exam is a vital assessment taken by many children in the UK as they prepare to enter a select...
What are the differences between the GL and CEM 11+ Grammar School Admissions Exams?
The 11+ Grammar School Admissions Exam is a test taken by primary school students in the UK to determine their eligibili...
Exam Preparation: Say goodbye to cramming!
Preparing for academic examinations can be a highly stressful time for any student. But what if there was a way to prepa...
5 key considerations when applying to US universities
There are a number of key differences to bear in mind when applying to university in the US as opposed to the UK. We hav...
Consistency in an Age of Uncertainty: How to best Prepare for GCSEs, A Levels, and the IB
A few months ago, we wrote about what the 2021 lockdown meant for GCSE, A-level and IB students. Now that the picture is...
Should I enter a fifth choice? Advice for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine university applicants
Continuing our recent theme of offering specific and timely university admissions advice - thanks to the input of our wo...
SEN and Extenuating Circumstances in University Applications
As more and more students will be putting together UCAS applications for university, we approached our brilliant univers...
UKiset- UK Independent Schools' Entry Test
The UKiset is an assessment international students take when applying to independent schools in the UK. This assessment ...
What is the ISEB Common Pre-Test?
ISEB Common Pre-Tests As many schools shift to the ISEB Common Pre-test rather than the 11+ examination, we've put toge...
Entrance Exam Preparation – Dos and Don'ts
Entrance Exam Preparation – pitfalls and pointers As we enter entrance exam season for students applying for schools at ...
Talking Exam Results with Camilla Smiley
What Can We Do Right Now That Will Make a Difference? We recently caught up with Camilla Smiley to talk about the implic...
Fun Times: why learning should be fun, with a little help from Sharky & George
This summer, Ivy Education will be co-hosting a summer camp with Sharky & George, specialists in finding the fun in ...
7+, 8+ & 11+ entrance exams and lockdown, by Charlotte Faber
So your child was entering the important phase of gearing up to 11+, or perhaps 7/8+ and now you are concerned about ho...
Education Advisors
Meet our top Education Advisors Our education advisory team has over 100 years of combined education experience, rangin...
Gear up for success with the end of year school exams
Despite current disruptions to the academic term, end-of-year school exams are fast approaching. In this latest blog we...
The 11+, 13+, and your child’s happiness
With school entrance exams still reported to be going ahead in the autumn, now is a good moment to reflect on the 11+ a...