Question: How did you achieve all A's in GCSE and A levels?

Vicky Fawcett answered on 23 Mar 2023:

My main bit of advice is past papers! Especially for GCSE, all the exams that were used in previous years are available online (you can ask your teacher how to access these) and you can use them as test/mock exams.
This is really useful because they often repeat questions (so copy and paste questions from these old exams into the exam you will be taking) so it is a great way to revise.

I did the same for A levels, although fewer papers are normally available.

Another thing that worked for me was writing flash cards, so write key things/questions you need to learn on small bits of card/coloured paper. You can then get your parents to test you, which I found helped me remember things better.

However, these are just things that helped me, everyone revises differently!
Some of my friends watched things on YouTube – there are lots of videos that explain different subjects, which may explain things in a different way to your teachers that you understand better.

Finally, there are websites that you can use for additionally learning – Khan academy is a great one to learn maths!