From their mock to their results. If not, Amanda Hart keeps teaching them free until the November resit.
If your child is in Year 11 and their maths mock was lower than you hoped, read on.
Most children who get a 3 or a 4 are not bad at maths.
They have gaps from Year 7 and 8. And nobody has ever shown them how the paper is marked.
Look at the answer at the top of this page. The answer is wrong. But it still got a mark, because the working was right.
That is exam craft. Show what you did and why. Check every answer. Have a plan for the paper.
Most children are never taught it. And it adds up. On AQA's Foundation papers in 2026, going from a 3 to a 5 took 24 more marks on each paper, out of 80.
A 4 is the grade that counts. Below it, your child has to keep studying maths at college.
Last year, just 15.3% of those who sat it again got their 4.
January is not too late. In over 20 years of running a maths department, Amanda saw grades move most between January and May.
1. Find the marks. Amanda goes through your child's school mock and finds every mark they dropped.
2. Fill the gaps. She fixes the gaps that cost the most marks first.
3. Teach the exam craft. Show the working. Check each answer. Plan the paper.
Amanda was Head of Maths for over 20 years. She has been an examiner for over 10 years. She has a Master's in Education. And she has tutored over 3,000 children.
She knows how examiners give out marks, because she has been one for over ten years.
In a group of six, it is fine to get it wrong. So children have a go.
Lots of children never ask a question. In a group, someone else asks it for them.
One-to-one lessons don't guarantee a better result. It's the teaching methods.
[CASE STUDY 1: MOCK GRADE, FINAL GRADE, THE PARENT'S WORDS]
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Two live one-hour lessons a week on Zoom, in a group of six. Lessons run Monday to Thursday, between 4pm and 8pm, from Monday 4 January to their last exam on 14 June.
Homework is marked every week. You get a report every month. And every lesson is recorded.
One-to-one with Amanda costs £65 an hour. A place in a group is £320 a month.
Pay monthly. Or pay for 3 months up front and save 20%. Or pay for all 6 months up front and save 25%.
For every group, Amanda teaches one more child for free. It's a child on free school meals, in her Friday lesson.
If your child doesn't go up two grades from their mock to their results, Amanda keeps teaching them free until the November resit.
Their starting grade is the one on their school mock report.
All your child has to do is come to the lessons live and do the homework. They can miss up to 4 lessons. Recordings are there if they miss one, but only live lessons count.
On the Foundation paper the top grade is a 5. If your child is on a 4 and sitting Foundation, Amanda will talk to you and their school about moving to Higher.
There are 8 groups of 6. That's 48 places. Paper 1 is on Friday 14 May. That's 30 weeks away.
Yes! I'd like a free mock review for my child.
Send Amanda your child's school mock. She goes through it with you on a call. You'll see where the marks went, and what two grades looks like for them.
Book my free mock reviewP.S. Exam entries close on 21 February. That's when the school picks Foundation or Higher. Book your mock review before then, and Amanda can tell you which paper gives your child the best chance.