The Key Stage 3 syllabus is taught in secondary school between years 7-9. It’s a critical time for giving students a solid foundation of knowledge and confidence going towards their GCSEs. At Tutoristic, I support students with tuition for two of the core subject areas: Maths and English.
Transitioning from Key Stage 2, many Year 7 students find the transition to Key Stage 3 and secondary school intimidating and challenging. I make this transition easier by providing the core foundation of the KS3 curriculum, enabling them to get a concrete understanding of the key subjects.
For Year 9 students gearing up to GCSEs, I make every effort to ensure that student knowledge is sound. It’s imperative that students develop the skills and urgency required to take on GCSE’s with confidence, and I can also support them with advice about choosing GCSE options.
To find out more about how I can help, please call me today and I will be happy to discuss your tuition requirements.
You can also complete my online enquiry form and I will contact you on the next working day.
I offer structured and comprehensive one to one sessions online via Teams, Zoom and Scribblar- a virtual teaching platform- allowing for plenty of support as well.
My lessons are personalised to each individual pupil. I believe that all pupils are individual with different strengths and weaknesses and, whilst there are aspects of the exams that all pupils need to cover, some need to spend more time on the parts of the exams that they find the most difficult. Each lesson is created weekly for individual pupils, using assessments from previous lessons and homework, and is designed to meet their own unique learning needs.
SATs is the common abbreviation for Standard Assessment Tests which are also referred to as National Curriculum Tests. They are taken at the end of School Years 2 & 6, and are used to reflect the level your child is working to.
The SATs for Key Stage 1 take place throughout May in Year 2 (at the end of infants’ school). Each child is assessed by a teacher in reading, writing (including spelling and handwriting), maths (including arithmetic, shapes and measurement). The class teacher sets short pieces of work in English and maths to assess each child’s ability.
The Key Stage 2 SATs are more formal than the assessments used at Key Stage 1 and consist of a combination of tests and teacher assessments. The tests taken in Year 6 cover the three core subjects, English (comprehension, SPAG-spelling, punctuation and grammar), and maths (arithmetic and maths reasoning). These tests are taken on set days in mid-May and are designed to test pupils’ knowledge and understanding.
I teach a bespoke syllabus fully aligned to the National Curriculum.