gcse maths- 4 to a 7+

Use the exam board specification! Use CGP.
Exam practice under timed conditions is important. Lots and lots of exam practice. Review your answers regularly. Make note of similar questions that keep popping up and the answers to them. Make note of questions and topics that you get questions wrong in. Use the mark scheme (after attempting the question yourself first otherwise you won't learn) to note down the main marking point and the specific terminology that is needed ( the specification should also help with this). Utilise teachers and friends and senior students. You can do revision sessions with your friends! Ask teachers to do extra sessions, give advice and mark essays or past papers or just random questions you're struggling to get the hang of. Use YouTube videos! There's so many revision and summary videos out there! Quizlet is really useful as well.

Find ways to keep yourself motivated as well!!! Treat every single exam and lesson as a learning curve. You are not a failure! Believe in yourself and that you can do this! Keep learning from your experiences.

Fun fact teaching someone something you're learning helps you learn it better. I don't think I worded that well lol. Basically if you put things into your own words to explain to someone else, it's more likely to stick in your head and it increases your understanding of it.

I managed to go up by 1 grade in Maths GCSE in that same time frame, with the help of a tutor. It is realistic to improve by 2 grades but my then Maths teacher told us that 3+ grades improvement is unrealistic.

Um it might not work for everyone but I did move from a 4/5 to 8/9 in two subjects. I never thought I could get higher in them two subjects but then I got my head down, tried so many different techniques and I was crying so bad on results day when I saw I did so well on them. Believe that you can do this. Work hard for it. Review yourself as you go. Utilise everything at your disposal to reach your goals.

oh ok thank you but also note that maths would be the only gcse im focusing on so its not like ill have 10 other subjects to revise u know what i mean? and i have a friend that went from 4-6 with only a month or two of revision so hopefully i can do it its worth a try xx ur teacher knows more than me but always try to aim for higher never limit urself

awwww im so happy for you!!!!! thank you sooo much this is so motivating thank you thank you thank you xxx

definitely do loads and loads of practice questions because for maths i think that's the only thing u can do that'll be of any use for u. revising notes n all that is pretty useless lol so just do loads of practice papers and questions that u can find, and make sure ur getting them right and if not see where ur going wrong

kk thank you sooo much <3 (-:

I was in the same boat as you, January i was on a 3, then something just clicked with me and though i would revise, i abused maths genie website, i was covering topics, firstly by watching the videos and then moved onto the workbook for the topics i just watched, then i just did many past papers and then i got a 7, as i didn’t actually sit the exam, they had to use my predicted, i believe i would have gotten an 8, nevertheless i am still happy with the progress i made,MAKE SURE TO DO A PAST PAPER TO SEE WHICH TOPICS YOU NEED HELP ON

oh ok thank you but also note that maths would be the only gcse im focusing on so its not like ill have 10 other subjects to revise u know what i mean? and i have a friend that went from 4-6 with only a month or two of revision so hopefully i can do it its worth a try xx ur teacher knows more than me but always try to aim for higher never limit urself