At The Parent Guide to GCSE, we're on a mission to help you to help your child get better grades with less stress.

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We're hosting our third annual GCSE Summit this November to bring together support for both students and parents, completely for free. 

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We've found some amazing speakers to cover some of the most important topics for you and your child over the next year or two.   

They'll be sharing insights and tips gained from years of experience, and it's all about helping you. 

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No need to get all dressed up and drag yourself along to a venue  - this is completely online.  You can rock up in your PJs with a bucket of popcorn, and no-one will know... 

It's designed for both parents and teenagers.

Part 1 is information and tips on the BIGGEST gamechangers for students.

Part 2 is all about how you as a parent can best support your child.

FUEL YOUR MOTIVATION: UNLOCK YOUR POTENTIAL

With Jess Roper

GETTING YOUR TEEN OUT OF THEIR BEDROOM 

With Anita Cleare

‘GREAT MINDS DON’T...’ NEURODIVERSITY & YOUR TEEN

With Emily Hughes from Parent Guide to GCSE

WHY LITTLE-AND-OFTEN BEATS LAST-MINUTE-STRESS

With Hayley Brackley

CRACKING THE CODE OF GCSE SCIENCE SUCCESS

With Amy Brewer from OCR

PLANNING FOR POST-16

With Paul Hughes from Parent Guide to Post-16

The Speaker Line Up...

It's going to be JAM-PACKED full of great advice, and it's all completely free.

(If you'd like to support the event, you'll get the option to purchase the recordings so you can make certain you don't miss a single drop of the awesomeness!)

FAQs

Do I have to register for each child / parent?

No - your ticket covers everyone in your family who wants to attend.  Doesn't matter if you're all watching on different devices either - we just need one parent to send the details to.

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Is this really free??  Why?!

It really is!  We want to help as many parents as we possibly can, so we're putting this on for free. 

We're hoping enough of you decide you'd like to buy the recordings to support the event so that we can cover the costs of the event and keep doing it every year. 

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How do we watch the summit?

The summit will be livestreamed online, and you'll be sent a link in advance.

You'll be able to comment, although we can't guarantee we'll be able to read all of them while we're live!

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What if I can't make it to the whole thing live?

The live event is totally free, but if you miss something for any reason, you can purchase the recordings before, during, or for a short while after the event.   Same as if we'd held it in-person (except you don't have to travel, or change out of your PJs!).

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What if I can't persuade my child to watch?

We get it - they're not all 'keen'.  If you can't get them to watch the student section, you're welcome to watch it yourself and save the nuggets of wisdom for when they are willing to listen, or just head along to the parent section.  

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TOP TIPS FOR GCSE ENGLISH

With Sarah Davies - @sarahteachesgcseenglish

BRIDGING GAPS, BUILDING CONFIDENCE

With Elizabeth Burrows

In this session, Jess will cover topics for your teen such as the importance of personal responsibility and self-leadership in the run-up the the exam period, and how this will lead to increased confidence and self-esteem. 

She will also talk about the role that resilience and emotional wellbeing will play as your teen progresses through their GCSEs. The messages that Jess will bring are born from her journey through the difficult teenage years, all the way through to becoming a two-time English kickboxing champion and 2nd Dan blackbelt. 

Her powers of motivation have seen her talk at more than over 110 schools to more than 20,000 students.

Sarah is a specialist GCSE English teacher, examiner and tutor. 

She’s going to talk students through a range of strategies to help their English skills stand up to the rigours of the exams. 

It doesn’t matter whether your teen is year 10 or 11 -  these top tips will help them prepare for their exams as they focus on the grade that they WANT to achieve.

Amy is a former science teacher who has taken her 16 years of classroom experience and applied it to to her role as the subject advisor for OCR GCSE science. 

From developing schemes of work for teachers, to supporting the current and next generation of science exams, she is poacher turned gamekeeper! 

She’ll be talking about how students can best prepare for GCSE Science success.

Emily spent 15 years teaching maths before leaving the classroom to start the Parent Guide to GCSE.

She's going to be talking about how students can make revision easier and more effective, so that they can get better grades with less effort.

If you want to avoid the stress of last-minute-panic-revision, this is one you can't miss!

Hayley has been there, seen it, and got all the t-shirts... 

Her ADD and dyslexia diagnosis as a teen set her on a long (and certainly not complete!) journey to make sure workplaces are set up for neuro inclusion. 

She joins us to discuss how parents can best support neurodivergent teens through their GCSEs. 

Elizabeth will join Paul from ParentGuide to discuss how, in today's increasingly competitive educational landscape, maximising academic performance is more crucial than ever. 

They will explore how private tuition can help students excel, by providing personalised attention and targeted support to address individual challenges. 

They’ll talk about how to get the most out of every session, so that your teen can improve their subject knowledge, skills and confidence ahead of their GCSE exams.

There’s probably not many parents reading this that don’t feel like they are seeing less of their teen than they used to...

Anita will discuss a range of strategies that parents can use to maintain and improve the relationship they have with their increasingly independent child as the stresses of the GCSE years increase.

Paul will talk about the transition to 6th form life and the pitfalls that await. 

Wherever your teen is in their GCSE journey, Post-16 isn't that far away...

Paul will discuss the challenges that lie ahead, and how to be proactive as a parent with a teen facing this big leap into the unknown.