How To Make A Revision Timetable That Works For You

As the holidays come to an end and school starts up again, it's important to think about the upcoming exam season and consider what your revision timetable will look like over the next few months. Here’s three quick tips on how to create a revision timetable that works for you.

Structured or unstrucured - you decide!
There's a lot of different ways you can make a revision timetable. One way is to divide your available revision time throughout the week (e.g. 12 hours) into 30-minute ‘blocks’, with each subject getting a set, consistent amount of revision in a similar manner to a timetable. Another is to play it by ear; instead of choosing what subject you intend to revise in advance, you choose based on what you need to brush up on and fit in your revision whenever you have a spare moment.

Structured revision never worked for me and I much preferred the unstructured, ‘revise whenever I can' approach, but if you struggle with procrastination a structured revision timetable with set study blocks may be more beneficial.

Consider the revision you do throughout the school day.
Whether you're studying three A-Levels or four, you'll likely have several free periods throughout the school week. Some students get a lot of revision done in their free periods, whilst others (like me!) tend to get distracted and don't accomplish as much as they would like to.

Regardless of which group you belong to, make sure to factor in your free periods when building your revision timetable - students who don't study well in school may need to do an extra hour or so at home, whilst the students who do may be able to cut back elsewhere.

Be mindful of your strengths and weaknesses.
If you're currently working at BBB, it makes sense to divide your revision time equally across all subjects - however, if you're working at AAC, it may be worth rethinking how you split your revision. Dedicate a higher percentage of your time to the subjects and topics you struggle most with: although they may not be fun to revise at first, these are the areas you're going to see the biggest improvement in over time.

In the case of AAC, you could implement this by initially dedicating 50% of your revision time to improving your Grade C subject and 50% of your time to your two Grade A subjects for a 25-25-50 split, but feel free to adjust this based on your own needs and grades.

Hope this helps and good luck with all of your revision!
Eve (Kingston Rep).

(edited 2 months ago)

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