GCSE Revision
General Revision
For advice relating to general revision, please see the Revision page of our website.
Advice and resources for students
Below is a presentation given to GCSE students, prior to exams. The presentation outlines essential steps for exam preparation, including revision techniques:
Exam Preparation Presentation for Students
Revision Strategies for Students
A revision timetable template, together with a calculator to estimate the number of hours to revise per examined paper, can also be accessed below (both Excel):
Revision Timetable Template - GCSE 2025
Revision Hours Calculator - GCSEs 2025
There are many revision resources available in the subject-specific Team area, however provided below are some basic, subject-specific revision guides, produced for students:
Design and Technology Revision
We have a dedicated area of the website aimed at health and wellbeing, but here is a useful link specifically aimed at developing strategies to help cope with exam stress:
Advice and resources for parents and carers
At St Bede's, we recognise that the stress of GCSE exams isn't just confined to students! We will meet with parents and carers prior to exams, to offer support and guidance and provide some useful tips and advice relating to supporting a child through exams.
Below is a copy of the presentation provided to parents and carers on March 27th 2025:
2025 GCSE Support Presentation for Parents and Carers
NOTE ABOUT VIDEO (below):
The video below was recorded during a presentation to parents in 2024. While the advice is still relevant in 2025, please be aware that any dates referred to in the video below will NOT be correct for this year (2025). The presentation (above, 2025 GCSE Support Presentation for Parents and Carers) contains all correct dates for 2025.
