Your Year 11 Has About 30 Lessons Left Before Their GCSEs.
Not months. Lessons. Once you take out half terms, Christmas and Easter, that is what stands between now and the exam hall.
How Our GCSE Tuition Works
A short introduction to how we teach GCSE English, maths and science, and what to expect from a term with us.
Count the Teaching Weeks, Not the Months
“June” sounds like ages away. It is not, and the working deadline is far closer than June anyway.
| If your child starts… | Weekly lessons before the exams |
|---|---|
| Now, 14 September | 30 |
| After the October half term | 26 |
| In January, after mock results | 15 |
| At Easter | 6 |
Term-time weeks between the start date and the first written papers in late May 2027.
Every week of hesitation is one lesson gone, and it does not come back.
It Is Not June. It Is the Mocks.
Most families act in January, once mock results come home. By then the most useful term of the year has already gone.
Mocks Land in November and December
Roughly ten weeks from now. They are the first full sitting of real papers your child has ever done.
Mocks Set the Predicted Grades
Schools use mock performance to decide the grades they predict. Those predictions are what your child applies with.
Predictions Decide Sixth Form Offers
Sixth forms and colleges make offers on predicted grades, and most applications close in the autumn and winter of Year 11.
January Is Too Late to Change Them
By the time a disappointing mock grade arrives, the applications are largely done and a term of teaching has passed.
Work backwards from the mocks and you have about ten weeks, not nine months.
A Grade 3 Is Not One Grade Off. It Is Another Year of the Subject.
This is government funding policy, not our opinion, and it is the strongest practical reason to act on English and maths now.
Any student who leaves Year 11 without a grade 4 or above in English or maths must keep studying that subject after 16, as a condition of their college or sixth form funding.
A full-time student who finishes on a grade 3 is judged closest to a pass, so they must study towards the GCSE itself rather than an easier alternative, alongside their A levels or BTEC. Students at grade 2 or below can work towards Functional Skills Level 2 instead. For a full-time student it means 100 hours of timetabled teaching a year, in each subject not yet passed, on top of everything else they have chosen to do.
So the gap between a 3 and a 4 is not a single grade on a slip of paper. It is one or two more years of a subject your child thought they had finished, taught alongside the courses they actually want to be doing.
Source: Department for Education, 16 to 19 funding, maths and English condition of funding, 2026 to 2027 academic year.
Closing a 3 into a 4 this year buys back two years of your child’s sixth form.
Year 11 Tutoring Is Not More of School
Your child already gets five lessons a week of each subject. Repeating that louder achieves nothing.
The Grade Gap Report
Every family starts with a free one-hour assessment. You leave knowing exactly where the marks are going, whether you book a lesson with us or not.
What You Receive
The Year 11 Year, as It Will Actually Run
Now
Assessment, grade gap identified, weekly teaching begins. The calmest point of the whole year.
Mock Exams
The first full sitting of real papers. Results set the predicted grades your child applies to sixth form with.
Sixth Form Applications
Offers are made on predicted grades. Most deadlines fall in this window.
Second Mocks and Coursework
Final chance to move a prediction before the real thing.
GCSE Exams
The written papers. Results day follows in August 2027.
Parents in South East London Already Trust Us
“Geek School is a place to go if you want to see real progress in your child’s learning.”
Oko Ganchimeg“You have given Rosie a good grounding and confidence in her maths. Her school report reflected these improvements, so the tutoring has been really beneficial.”
AlexandrinaThe Questions Year 11 Parents Ask
Is It Too Late to Start Now?
My Child Says They Are Fine. Are They?
They Are Predicted a 5. Is That Good Enough?
Which Subjects and Exam Boards Do You Cover?
How Much Time Will This Take on Top of School?
What Does It Cost?
What If You Tell Us the Grade Cannot Be Moved?
What It Costs
Weekly small-group teaching, with written work marked every week.
One Subject
The subject that needs it most, from English Language, English Literature, maths, biology, chemistry or physics.
Two Subjects
Any two. Most families pair English and maths, or maths and science.
Three Subjects
English, maths and science, covering biology, chemistry and physics.
About 30 Lessons. Then the Exam Hall.
It takes one hour to find out exactly where the marks are going, and it costs you nothing. Bookings close Friday 11 September.
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