I’m sure you’ve heard this before, but it’s extremely important to reiterate. Take a past paper, attempt a handful of questions, mark the questions thoroughly using the mark scheme, identify which topics you are weaker on and refer to your textbook/class notes to help understand your mistakes and repeat…

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Keep going through past paper questions until you can’t get a question type wrong. Use the mark scheme to see what is expected of you.

Make sure you are confident in rounding your answers to a set number of decimal places or significant figures. Being unable to do this will drop you several marks across your papers! Not including units is also a common pitfall. I know it’s much easier said than done, but make sure you attempt every question and read the question properly before starting!

A formulae sheet will be provided for summer 2026 examinations. Don’t waste precious time learning anything that will be given to you anyway!