Knowledge Base

If your child is in Year 6, SATs season may be looming large on your radar. Perhaps you have heard other parents talking about them in the school playground and aren’t quite sure what to expect. Here is a clear, straightforward guide to what SATs involve and how you can best support your child through them.

Exam season is stressful for students, but it can be equally stressful for the parents watching from the sidelines. Wanting to help while not wanting to pile on pressure is a genuinely difficult balance to strike. Here is how to get it right.

“I’m just not a maths person.” It’s something parents hear, and something many of us remember saying ourselves. But maths anxiety is not a personality trait or a fixed ability. It is a very real emotional response that can be identified, understood, and significantly reduced with the right support.

You may have heard that children learn in different ways, some visually, some through listening, some by doing. While the science is more nuanced than a simple label, there is real value in helping your child understand how they best take in and retain information. When revision methods match a student’s natural strengths, studying becomes less of a battle and more of a strategy.

A revision timetable sounds straightforward, until it becomes a beautifully designed spreadsheet that gets abandoned by Tuesday. The key is building one that is realistic, flexible, and tied to what actually needs to be done.

Most students revise the wrong way. They re-read their notes, highlight textbooks in three colours, and feel productive, but when exam day arrives, the information simply isn’t there. The good news? A few simple changes to how your child revises can make a dramatic difference to their results.