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Genuine advice for resitting math gcse

Hi I’ve finished my GCSEs this year but didn’t pass math I was 7 marks off a grade 4. Passed everything else tho and got sixes. I did foundation and excepted the grade boundaries to be high. Therefore my grade came out a grade 3 but in my mocks I got grade 4-5. Either way I’m looking for genuine advice for resitting GCSEs aqa math in November. I know the grade boundaries will be lower because they ain’t loads of people who are resitting but please if there is any advice please let me know.
Thank you

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The only reason I can think that someone failed a gcse is because they didn’t revise? (idk maybe you have other circumstances I am not aware of.) This time before your exam since you are only doing one subject, try doing 15-30 minutes a day of topics you struggle with. You can easily find YouTube videos explained topics very simply and past paper questions and exam practice questions are easily accessible with websites like mathsgenie and physicsandmathstutor. If this doesn’t work I would recommend asking your parents for a weekly or biweekly tutor. Good luck!

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by username6496590
The only reason I can think that someone failed a gcse is because they didn’t revise? (idk maybe you have other circumstances I am not aware of.) This time before your exam since you are only doing one subject, try doing 15-30 minutes a day of topics you struggle with. You can easily find YouTube videos explained topics very simply and past paper questions and exam practice questions are easily accessible with websites like mathsgenie and physicsandmathstutor. If this doesn’t work I would recommend asking your parents for a weekly or biweekly tutor. Good luck!


Thank you very much I did aqa foundation math and I was 7 marks off a grade 4 I know the grade boundaries will be lower for resitting so I’m trying my best to revise and get the pass in math so I don’t have to do it again

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