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Greetings for A-Star Tuitions! Hope everyone had a great summer so far and enjoyed some family holidays during the school break. Last week has been a very exciting week for us at A-Star Tuitions as the GCSE results came out on the 25th August 2022. We were overwhelmed to get phone calls, messages and emails from parents pouring in and narrating the success stories of their children, who we had the privilege and pleasure to nurture through their secondary school journey. Prior to Results day, many students and parents were quite anxious as Ofsted published that this year’s grade boundaries…
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September 9, 2022
KS3 Science & Maths Lessons
KS3 Maths and Science Lessons Year 7 and Year 8 – Choose Maths or Science or both – 1 hour each Teaching, Guidance, Discussion, Questions & Answers, HomeworkVia Zoom / MS Teams Lessons run Weekday evenings or Weekend AM/PM Join from comfort of your own home Join from anywhere in England Choose your preferred options on our poll and/or add your requirements Maths – KS3 (Year 7 and Year 8) – Remote virtual lessons Science – KS3 (Year 7 and Year 8) – Remote virtual lessons Maths lessons – Click the link here to send your request Form Science lessons…
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April 30, 2022
GCSE Summer Exams – Guide – 2022
The Department for Education remains determined that GCSE public examinations will take place in the summer 2022 and schools have contingency plans in place should the situation change at short notice. The Department for Education has released information for pupils and parents regarding examsand formal assessments in 2022. Student guide to exams and formal assessments 2022 Please also see our important post on GCSE Exam changes at https://astartuitions.co.uk/gcse-exam-changes-2022/ Thank you and All the very best for your GCSE!!
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March 21, 2022
GCSE Summer Exam Timetable – 2022
Dates for GCSE 2022 for summer have been released. You can see exam dates in the links below. If you/your child needs support, send us a query via the website Contact form. AQA: https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/admin/t_table_pdf/AQA-TT-GCSE-JUN22-CONFIRMED.PDF EDEXCEL: https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/support/support-topics/exams/exam-timetables.html OCR: https://www.ocr.org.uk/administration/general-qualifications/preparation/key-dates-and-timetables/ WJEC: https://www.wjec.co.uk/home/administration/key-dates-and-timetables/#tab_0 CCEA: https://ccea.org.uk/examiner-centre-support/examinations-support/examinations-administration/timetables Dates for GCSE 2022 – Science and Maths for England are listed below (in date order) for your reference: Please also see our important post on GCSE Exam changes at https://astartuitions.co.uk/gcse-exam-changes-2022/ Thank you and All the very best for your GCSE!!
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February 20, 2022
GCSE Exam changes – 2022
Due to the scale of disruption due to Covid, and the possible impact on education across pupils, the Government have put ‘fairness at the heart’ for planning for exams in 2022. Exam boards are also working closely with each other to ensure consistency. Grades will be decided via external exams and marking, rather than teacher assessments. However, the grade boundaries will be more lenient and will be set at a ‘mid-point’ between 2019 pre-pandemic grade boundaries and those used in teacher assessments in 2021. More generous grade boundaries are being designed to account for lost learning and also ‘push forward’…
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February 7, 2022
OFQUAL Chief Regulator’s Message to students
Dr Jo Saxton published a Letter to all students taking the GCSE 2022 exam. This talks about Grading standards and some ‘grace’ that may be provided to students with their grading and also Contingency Arrangements if the exams don’t go ahead due to Covid-19. You can read more in the gov.uk website below. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-letters-arrangements-for-gcses-as-and-a-levels-in-2022/letter-to-students
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November 12, 2021
GCSE 2021 – Results
Hearty Congratulations to our students for their impeccable GCSE 2021 results yet again!! Maths and Physics Average Score of all students – 9 Chemistry and Biology Average Score of all students – 8 We’re very proud of the hard work they put in & their achievements!! Thank you to Parents too for your support! *More results awaited*
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August 20, 2021
As Featured On
We have been featured on Tales from Mamaville 🙂 Former Lifestyle Journalist and passionate mum Nicole Arsiwala who is famous for her Blog Journal – Tales from Mamaville – recently wrote a blog on how parents can support their children through the GCSE journey! Nicole has kindly covered briefly, the work we do at A-Star Tuitions and the support we can provide to our students. We feel very proud and honoured to be featured on Nicole’s blog. You can read her blog here
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July 26, 2021
GCSE 2022 – Consultation – Have your say!!
GCSE 2022 Exam Changes – Government Consultation currently on-going – Ending on 01st August!! Have your say Here https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-changes-to-the-assessment-of-gcses-as-and-a-levels-in-2022/proposed-changes-to-the-assessment-of-gcses-as-and-a-levels-in-2022
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July 23, 2021
Science & Maths KS3 and KS4 Topic-wise Summer lessons
KS3 and GCSE KS4 Topic-wise Summer Lessons Year 10, 9 and 8 Refresher lessons – 1 hour each Teaching, Guidance, Discussion, Questions & AnswersVia Zoom / MS Teams During summer holidays Join from comfort of your own home Join from anywhere in England Choose your preferred options on our poll and/or add your option GCSE Year 10 links – See Topic options on links below & choose Maths – GCSE Year 10 Physics – GCSE Year 10 Chemistry – GCSE Year 10 Biology – GCSE Year 10 Year 9 links – See Topic options on links below & choose…
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June 18, 2021