This document provides tips and advice for managing exam results and preparation. It includes 9 steps to success such as being prepared, effective time management, and not comparing to others. It encourages staying calm when facing setbacks and using the next 4 months effectively to improve results before the next exams. Short, frequent study breaks and avoiding distractions are recommended for optimal preparation. Support resources from the school are also highlighted.

1. How are you going to react to the
results you are about to receive?

2. 9 Steps to success
1. Being prepared
2. Effective time management
3. Growth mind set v fixed mind set
4. Impossible
5. Next level
6. Skilled performance
7. Not comparing to others
8. Opportunities
9. Wilmslow High School
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3. 1.Be prepared to accept
the knock-backs
Reflect constructively on results
If your results are not what you needed or wanted,
remember that something will need to change in
your approach to preparation if you are going to get
different results in the summer
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4. • Reassure yourself: you are good enough to get at
least your target grades, if you work hard enough on
the right things
• Stay calm: a thoughtful, intelligent response to
setbacks pays off but panic, tears and despondency
won’t help
• Believe the results: the grades you are about to
receive are as honest and accurate as we are able to
be at this stage – no-one is playing any tricks on you
• You have 4 months (but only about 13 school weeks,
or 65 school days) to go before exams start
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5. 2.Effective time
management
Work
Smart
Perfect practice makes
permanent
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Revision
Tips

6. 3.Growth mind set
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7. 4.Nothing is impossible
Desire to achieve
Visualise success
Clear goals
Know your aims
Aim beyond
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WORK ETHIC AGREEMENT 1 “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit”
AFTERNOON 4.00  EARLY EVENING 6.00  LATE EVENING 8.00 
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TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
MORNING AFTERNOON EVENING
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8. 5.The Next level
Sir Bradley Wiggins
David Brailsford
Marginal Gains
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9. 6.Skilled performance
Intentional
Consistent
Minimal time
wasting
High Quality
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10. 7.Not comparing to
others
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11. 8.Opportunities –utilising
what is on offer
Cue utilisation
Perceptual
narrowing
Securing Success
Student Services
Positive Prep
Mentors
Revision Schedule
Peer mentoring
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12. The feeling on results day
Pride
No regrets
Happiness
Pleased (relieved?) parents
Used time effectively
Achieved goals
Inspired
Secured success D

13. 9.The Wilmslow Way
1. Being prepared
2. Effective time management
3. Growth mind set v fixed mind set
4. Impossible
5. Next level
6. Skilled performance
7. Not comparing to others
8. Opportunities
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9. W
BEGINS NOW
It’s not too late!
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14. 10 Top Tips for
managing the irrational
avoidance of work
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1. Public revision plan
2. Give up the games
3. File your phone
4. Eat the frog
5. Apply your learning; practice not passive
6. Short frequent breaks; exercise
7. Start early with a short session
8. Not too much caffeine
9. Nice place to work
10.Sight test

15. This column
shows the
student’s
target grade
for the subject
This column
shows the
percentage
achieved in the
examination
paper
This column
shows what
grade that mark
would equate to
for the exam
paper only
This column shows
the teacher’s best
estimate of what
grade the Controlled
Assessment will be
given
This column
shows the overall
GCSE grade when
the exam paper
and the CA are
added together.
Grades are shown in green boxes if they
reflect better than expected progress
Grades are shown in yellow boxes if they are
in line with expected progress.Grades are shown in red boxes if they reflect
less than expected progress
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The Expected Progress Band shows the
grades a student would need to get to make
expected, or better than expected, progress
from Key Stage 2.

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