Teenagers have found that these tips really work:

Pack your bag the night before – every night

Check that you have the relevant books, equipment – sounds easy but so many people do not do this as a habit

Have a see through folder in your bag to keep all loose sheets with a small hole punch: file the sheets as soon as you have a break

Train yourself to get that night’s homework out of the way as soon as you can

Set  a time for Facebook etc when you get home – it doesn’t matter if it is early or late as long as you stop and start when you say you will . Open ended Facebook sessions lead to more stress than almost anything else

Plan ahead so that if you have a busy weekend, you have cleared the backlog of work beforehand

Eat breakfast – makes a huge difference to your mood and energy all day

Reward yourself for being  so saintly !!!!

Make a timetable that works for you – it may look weird to anyone else but if you really like to work at 6 am ( joke)

go for it!

Be really tidy – get new folders, dividers, blank revision cards on a ring ( WH Smith), boxes of index cards and start afresh with your revision notes

Choose rewards – what will you do when you have finished 3 hours of English revision to chill?

Take regular breaks – set your phone to remind you that the break is OVER and get back to work – this is the single most important tip – if you do this regularly you will have the best chance of passing !

None of this is new – the trick is to APPLY it all -easier said than done.

SUPPORT – get Susan to keep you on track every week with phone calls, texts and emails

Parents – they are your allies – how do you want them to help you ? They just want to know exactly what YOU want from them

Buddies – if you want , buddy study is very effective. I can set you and a buddy up with a revision plan and some coaching to get you started with joint revision – you get twice the benefit in half the time .