Y12 to Y13

Year 12 to Year 13

• Your end of Year 12 (mock) result is usually a very accurate prediction of what you'll get in Year 13. Almost everyone gets the same grade +/- grade. A very small minority of students achieve +2 grades of progress, and a similar proportion achieve -2 grades of progress, but around 80-90% achieve the same grade.

• If you want a better grade: you need to do more work than other students to overtake them. Nationally grades are done in 'rank order' - the top 21% achieve A* and the next 20% achieve an A, so results are a bit like a race to the top. 

• The national average in term time is 3-5 hours per week per subject. 

• If you didn't do this, then you need to make up those hours over the summer. 

• Work for the grade you want/need:

  • What a D/E? You need to be doing 1-2 hours per week per subject in independent study.

  • Want a B/C? The national average is 3-5 hours per week per subject. 

  • Want an A/A*? You need to be doing more than 5 hours per week per subject in independent study, either at school or at home, on average. This is sometimes less for Further Maths students. 

• Over the summer:

  • What a D/E? In general a D/E student completes some of the paper tasks, and little other work over the summer. 

  • Want a B/C? In general a B/C student completes all of printed/paper tasks, but little or no independent work.

  • Want an A/A*? These students always complete all of the printed/paper tasks, and seek their own work on top of any spliced papers.