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Revision Techniques: Stress-Free Hacks to Help Your Child Stay Focused and Confident
Exam season can be a stressful time for both students and parents. Many students struggle with staying focused, managing...
Parenting Teenagers: Effective Strategies For Fostering Relationships at Home
Parenting teenagers is both a rewarding and challenging journey. The teenage years are a time of growth and self-discove...
11 Plus Exam Techniques: 11 Top Tips for 2025
These exams not only assess a child’s academic ability but also their problem-solving skills, time management, and resil...
8+ Exam Guide - Everything You Need to Know
For many parents and students, the 8+ exam offers an alternative entry point to selective schools, targeting children in...
How To Check School Waiting Lists
In the admissions process, independent schools carefully consider applicants at various age levels, including 7+, 8+, an...
A Level Maths Revision: The Ultimate Guide
This guide is designed to streamline your A Level Maths revision, breaking down complex topics and offering targeted str...
How to Revise Effectively: 13 Science-Backed Tips for Exam Success
The tips below are grounded in cognitive psychology research, meaning they’re not only effective but also backed by stud...
How Many GCSEs Do You Need To Take?
As students approach the final years of secondary school, GCSEs become a big part of the conversation. These qualificati...
Extenuating Circumstances in UCAS University Applications
As more and more students will be putting together UCAS applications for university, we approached our brilliant univers...
Free A Level Revision Timetable Template
A good revision timetable will ensure you have a plan to cover all the topics you need to cover. You will have been stud...
7+ Exam Guide - Everything You Need to Know
Whether you're weighing up the decision to transition from state primary to independent education or already set on a pr...
How to Revise for A Levels
Effective revision techniques are key to achieving the desired A Level grades, but some students develop bad revision ha...
How to Get Into Cambridge University
What is Oxbridge: A Guide
Oxford and Cambridge, hence, Oxbridge, represent the epitome of academic excellence. As two of the world's oldest and m...
Hardest A Levels 2025
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...
How to Revise Effectively for GCSE History: A Comprehensive Guide
Whichever exam you are studying for, it is important to have a revision plan. History GCSE can seem especially daunting ...
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 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
GCSEs are a pivotal moment for students as they enter a new phase of academic challenges and personal growth. As these e...
Little people, big feelings: How to develop emotional intelligence in your children
Navigating the complex world of emotions is a daunting task. Nonetheless, it is a task that needs to be done. Acknowledg...
Useful Revision Tips for the Christmas Holidays
Whilst we can’t pretend that telling your children they have to study over Christmas will make you as popular as Santa, ...
How to make the most of the new school year
In our latest blog, experienced tutor Oliver (himself a student for many years), explains how goal setting and prioritis...
Ivy Education Tips - Choosing your child's school
Parents make thousands of decisions every day, some more important than others. Am I going to let him have another scoop...
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...
Tuition: Are there benefits to longer lessons?
At Ivy Education, we are often asked how long tuition sessions should be, and we know that getting the lesson length rig...
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...
How To Create Readers for Life: Webinar with Angela
What’s the importance of early reading for children? Angela is passionate about the importance of reading for children. ...
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...
UKiset- UK Independent Schools' Entry Test
The UKiset is an assessment international students take when applying to independent schools in the UK. This assessment ...
School Entrance Interview Preparation with Brodie Bibby
“Would you rather have a bath in jelly or in baked beans?” School entrance interview preparation with Brodie Bibby As a ...
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...
A simple, step-by-step guide to UCAS applications
It sounds simple enough, right? Just fill out a form. However, anyone who has dipped into the UCAS form for applying to ...
Choosing The Perfect School with former Head, Sally Hobbs
Choosing the right school for your child is a daunting prospect, a decision that seems laden with consequences for the f...
How to choose a nursery for your child
With a new school year starting, many young children will also be ready to start nursery. To help parents navigate the d...