A confidence-boosting start for your child in the Spring
See below for details of courses starting in the Spring of 2021
Intensive Revision to Boost GCSE and A-level Exam Grades
- courses in February Half Term, Easter or Summer Half Term
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Here at Excel in Key Subjects our aim is to help your child reach their full potential in all of the key academic subjects that they currently study. Most of our students are ambitious and they are aiming for top universities - the Russell Group.
We recognise the challenges facing young people in school today and understand the pressures they are under. The Coronavirus pandemic has made matters worse for so many students. Whilst a number of schools did their best under the circumstances they found themselves, too many schools provided sub-standard quality of education during the first lockdown - with between five to six months of poor or near-zero teaching. Consequently, there has been a substantial loss of teaching and learning time and many young people struggle to catch up.
We support teenagers by offering very small class sizes together with one-to-one tutorials at both GCSE and A-level. With the teaching and guidance of our highly qualified dedicated teachers, as well as boosting confidence, we also improve grades. We bring out each child's full potential and equip them to achieve success. Our long-established Saturday School used to run from a few locations across London. We now provide lessons online - via live video teaching on Zoom and Microsoft Teams. The blend of small groups (about four to five students on average), and one-to-one tutorials make our classes effective.
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Your child will achieve the grades we predict, or we will give you a full refund of your tuition fees in those subjects.
That's how confident we are of our proven system.
How Does Our Saturday School work Online?
Saturday School runs on a specified number of Saturdays, during term time and spread through the academic year. There is a total of 26 Saturdays. The structure depends on whether your child is attending for help with KS3, GCSE or A level.
KS3 and GCSE (Online Lessons)
Every Saturday, students in small group, set according to year group and ability, will receive:
- Teaching session 1 - This consists of 45 minutes of small group teaching (usually 4 to 5 students - a maximum of 9)
- Assignment set in terms of exam questions - including Milestone work, which is marked, with feedback provided
- Teaching session 2 - This consists of about 10 minutes of one-to-one tutorial - dedicated to addressing individual student's weaknesses
All classes take place via Zoom or Skype and are recorded for safeguarding and for access for reuse by the student.
Most GCSE and KS3 students take four lessons on Saturdays - spending about 4 to 5 hours with us to study English, Maths and two or three science subjects. However, students can opt to do just 1 or 2 subjects. There are separate classes for each year group. The average class size at GCSE and KS3 is between five and six students per class.
Each child will receive both a small group teaching and also one-to-one tutorial in each subject they are studying with us, as described above.
Classes are usually held from 9am to about 3.30pm.
Our grade guarantee applies to students who study for the whole academic year in Y11 and the whole two years at A-level.
A-level: AS & A2 (Online Lessons)
- Teaching session 1 - This consists of 60 minutes of small group teaching (usually 2 to 3 students - a maximum of 6)
- Assignment set in terms of exam questions - including Milestone work, which is marked, with written feedback provided
- Teaching session 2 - This consists of 20 minutes of one-to-one tutorial - dedicated to addressing individual student's weaknesses
Most A-level students take two lessons on Saturdays - spending about 2.5 to 3 hours with us to study. Popular combinations are Chemistry and Biology, but Maths and Physics are also common. The subjects we provide at A-level programme are Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English, History, Psychology and Economics.
There are separate classes for each year group, as AS students are taught in different groups from A2 students in each subject. The average class size at A-level is about 3 to 4 students per class. Each student will receive both a small group teaching and also one-to-one tutorial (two separate sessions) in each subject they are studying with us, as described above.
Most A-level (AS or A2) classes start in late morning, with some scheduled for the afternoon that do not finish until about 6pm or a little later. Please ask for the timetable
The main exam boards we cover are Edexcel, AQA and OCR and tuition is tailored to the exam board of each student.
Our grade guarantee applies for students who study for the full two-year course at A-level.
Excel in Key Subjects also offers school holiday intensive revision courses such as Half-Term, Christmas Intensive Revision, Easter Intensive Revision, Summer Booster as well as One-to-One Tuition.
Help your child achieve their full potential
How Does Our Saturday School work? (in-premises only)
Saturday School runs through the academic year, a total of 26 Saturdays. The structure depends on whether your child is attending for help with KS3, GCSE or A level. Below is for teaching at our centres only - when classes resume after social distancing.. Please see separate information for online teaching.
KS3 and GCSE (in-premises)
Every Saturday, students in classes of no more than 8 will spend:
- 1 hour 15 minutes on English
- 1 hour 15 minutes on Maths
- 1 hour 15 minutes on each Science subject - Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
Most students spend between 4 and 5 hours with us every Saturday studying English, Maths and two or three science subjects. However students can opt to do just 1 or 2 subjects.
Average class size at GCSE and KS3 is between five and six students per class.
Classes are usually held from 9am to about 3.30pm.
Our grade guarantee applies to students who study for the whole academic year in Y11 and the whole two years at A-level.
AS and A2 (in-premises)
Every Saturday, students in classes of no more than 6 will spend 2 hours on each subject, with up to 4 subjects covered that day.
Most classes start late morning, with some scheduled for the afternoon that do not finish until 6pm or later.
The main exam boards we cover are AQA, Edexcel and OCR and tuition is tailored to the exam board of each student.
Our grade guarantee applies.
Excel in Key Subjects also offers Christmas and Easter Revision, as well as One to One Tuition.
Help your child achieve their full potential
Saturday School Locations
St James School,
Earsby St,
London
W14 8SH
Trinity School
Shirley Park,
Croydon
CR9 7AT
*Courses not provided or endorsed by UCL, Birkbeck, The London School of English, University of Greenwich or Trinity School
We also run revision camps in the Easter and Christmas school holidays.