How can I guarantee all 9s at GCSE?

Hi guys, I'm a Year 11 student who aims to get 10 Grade 9s in the final GCSE exams.

Here are my most recent mock results:
Maths - 9 (Full Marks in Paper 1, Paper 2 and 3 >95% )
Further Maths - 9 (79/80 Paper 1, 78/80 Paper 2)
English Literature - 8
English Language - 8
Physics - 9
Chemistry - 8
Biology - 9
Business Studies - 9 (83/90 Paper 1, 88/90 Paper 2)
History - 8
Computer Science - 8

What do you recommend I do i.e. how much revision a day, what methods of revision and any other helpful things to secure all 9s in May-June? I feel like I'm capable of doing it but am also unconfident I'll get all 9s. In terms of subjects which I think are weaker me - Chemistry, English, CS and History. I am scared that I won't get 9s in these.

Thanks

Hi guys, I'm a Year 11 student who aims to get 10 Grade 9s in the final GCSE exams.
Here are my most recent mock results:
Maths - 9 (Full Marks in Paper 1, Paper 2 and 3 >95% )
Further Maths - 9 (79/80 Paper 1, 78/80 Paper 2)
English Literature - 8
English Language - 8
Physics - 9
Chemistry - 8
Biology - 9
Business Studies - 9 (83/90 Paper 1, 88/90 Paper 2)
History - 8
Computer Science - 8
What do you recommend I do i.e. how much revision a day, what methods of revision and any other helpful things to secure all 9s in May-June? I feel like I'm capable of doing it but am also unconfident I'll get all 9s. In terms of subjects which I think are weaker me - Chemistry, English, CS and History. I am scared that I won't get 9s in these.
Thanks

There is no way to guarantee that you'll get all 9s.
Your best strategy would be to identify your weaker subjects (which you've done) and pay more attention to those. Once those are at the level of your other subjects, you'll have a different set of weaker subjects, so focus on those. Eventually, even your weakest subjects will be strong.

I got all 9s for my 10 igcses. I started revising 2 months before the actual exam. You definitely have the potential to get all 9s; however, it is extremely crucial that you don’t put yourself into too much pressure. It is good to have high standards but that sometimes might come along with being too self critical and overburdening yourself. Good luck on your exams but always remember to give yourself breaks (for me, I stopped revising completely 10-15 minutes before the exam to give my brain the final rest). Hope this helps.

For Chemistry and CS, its quite doable to get a 9 by making sure that you understand how to do all the questions on the past papers. A large amount of these subjects at GCSE is just memorization, and they tend to ask the same sort of things every time. I would recommend past papers, revision guides and flash cards, to make sure that you understand all the content. By the time I got to the exams, I was quite confident that I would get 9s in both of these.
English and History are much harder to get 9s in. This just comes down to luck on day of the paper unfortunately. Particularly with English Language, it is very difficult to ensure that you get a 9, because its impossible to fully prepare for what will come out on the paper. Also, because these subjects are subjective, it seems kind of arbitrary what actually differentiates a grade 9 vs a grade 8 response. For revision for English, I remember watching a lot of videos by Mr Bruff on youtube and finding these quite useful.
I would suggest not expecting to get the 9s in all of these, and really not worrying about this. Its not really possible to guarantee. For subjects like English and History, 8s are still seen as very good grades. I think that most employers consider grades 8/9 to be pretty much equal. By the time you look at applying to universities, GCSE grades are not that important, and they mainly just care about A-Levels.

Yea I guess since they're 2 very subjective subjects marking wise, is there any methods you recommend in particular to revise for history? I genuinely struggle to find any effective methods other than flashcards

Hi guys, I'm a Year 11 student who aims to get 10 Grade 9s in the final GCSE exams.
Here are my most recent mock results:
Maths - 9 (Full Marks in Paper 1, Paper 2 and 3 >95% )
Further Maths - 9 (79/80 Paper 1, 78/80 Paper 2)
English Literature - 8
English Language - 8
Physics - 9
Chemistry - 8
Biology - 9
Business Studies - 9 (83/90 Paper 1, 88/90 Paper 2)
History - 8
Computer Science - 8
What do you recommend I do i.e. how much revision a day, what methods of revision and any other helpful things to secure all 9s in May-June? I feel like I'm capable of doing it but am also unconfident I'll get all 9s. In terms of subjects which I think are weaker me - Chemistry, English, CS and History. I am scared that I won't get 9s in these.
Thanks

I got all 9s for my 10 igcses. I started revising 2 months before the actual exam. You definitely have the potential to get all 9s; however, it is extremely crucial that you don’t put yourself into too much pressure. It is good to have high standards but that sometimes might come along with being too self critical and overburdening yourself. Good luck on your exams but always remember to give yourself breaks (for me, I stopped revising completely 10-15 minutes before the exam to give my brain the final rest). Hope this helps.

What was your routine

I start revising around 9am and stop around 4pm. But during this time, I took breaks in between with no specific time as long as I’m not too tired. If Im still not finished, then I will continue this cycle but never revise after 9pm.

What did you do specifically for maths?

Hi guys, I'm a Year 11 student who aims to get 10 Grade 9s in the final GCSE exams.
Here are my most recent mock results:
Maths - 9 (Full Marks in Paper 1, Paper 2 and 3 >95% )
Further Maths - 9 (79/80 Paper 1, 78/80 Paper 2)
English Literature - 8
English Language - 8
Physics - 9
Chemistry - 8
Biology - 9
Business Studies - 9 (83/90 Paper 1, 88/90 Paper 2)
History - 8
Computer Science - 8
What do you recommend I do i.e. how much revision a day, what methods of revision and any other helpful things to secure all 9s in May-June? I feel like I'm capable of doing it but am also unconfident I'll get all 9s. In terms of subjects which I think are weaker me - Chemistry, English, CS and History. I am scared that I won't get 9s in these.
Thanks

I used defrostmaths for my weaker areas and did lots of past papers (my teacher marked them).

Chem: just keep spamming past papers. The questions are very repetitive and there’s no reason for you not to get a 9 in chem if you do enough past papers.
Eng lang: again, past papers but send them to teachers and ask for feedback. What are you finding most difficult? Is it the creative writing or the text analysis? Watch Mr Sallie’s videos on YouTube for both, they are super helpful!
Eng lit: revise your quotes! Plan essays and flesh them out. Remember that each point needs to be backed with evidence, analysis and contextual analysis. Again, see if your teachers are willing to give you feedback on practice essays.
History: my favourite GCSE (I only lost single-digit marks across the whole thing and it’s my proudest accomplishment!) — essay plans! Make sure you have revised all the content so you know the key dates, but focus on essay plans for every possible topic that might come up. One thing that was helpful was colour-coding all the dates in a certain topic (where green was ABSOLUTELY KEY DATES) to white (it doesn’t matter if you forget these). Pale green was for dates that would be nice to know but it’s not the end of the world.
Also for history: point, evidence your point with analysis, explain why it’s important for your overall judgement, repeat. Your structure might vary with exam board but it should loosely follow this. BTW, yes, history and eng can be ‘subjective’ but only up to a certain point! It’s perfectly possible to achieve consistency and be 99% sure of getting very high marks in those subjects, just as much as it is possible for maths or the more ‘objective’ subjects.
Best of luck!! As others have said, you don’t need all 9s. Please don’t put too much pressure on yourself 💙

hi, for history was there a specific website/ resource you used or did you just use textbooks? ty!

Chem: just keep spamming past papers. The questions are very repetitive and there’s no reason for you not to get a 9 in chem if you do enough past papers.
Eng lang: again, past papers but send them to teachers and ask for feedback. What are you finding most difficult? Is it the creative writing or the text analysis? Watch Mr Sallie’s videos on YouTube for both, they are super helpful!
Eng lit: revise your quotes! Plan essays and flesh them out. Remember that each point needs to be backed with evidence, analysis and contextual analysis. Again, see if your teachers are willing to give you feedback on practice essays.
History: my favourite GCSE (I only lost single-digit marks across the whole thing and it’s my proudest accomplishment!) — essay plans! Make sure you have revised all the content so you know the key dates, but focus on essay plans for every possible topic that might come up. One thing that was helpful was colour-coding all the dates in a certain topic (where green was ABSOLUTELY KEY DATES) to white (it doesn’t matter if you forget these). Pale green was for dates that would be nice to know but it’s not the end of the world.
Also for history: point, evidence your point with analysis, explain why it’s important for your overall judgement, repeat. Your structure might vary with exam board but it should loosely follow this. BTW, yes, history and eng can be ‘subjective’ but only up to a certain point! It’s perfectly possible to achieve consistency and be 99% sure of getting very high marks in those subjects, just as much as it is possible for maths or the more ‘objective’ subjects.
Best of luck!! As others have said, you don’t need all 9s. Please don’t put too much pressure on yourself 💙

how do you get a 9 in maths? like what resources?

What about physics? how do you do it effectively?