Education is not filling a pail but the lighting of a fire.
William Butler Yeats, (1865 – 1939), poet and playwright
Trial exams can help you to review the extent to which you are on track to achieve your target grade, and to calm pre-examination nerves. Trial exams are particularly useful if you feel you need extra testing and feedback on how ready you really are for the actual exam itself. If you are working on your own – or with minimal support – through a GCSE or A level qualification, trial exams can keep you on track and provide you with feedback on how close you are to the grade you need. To help you decide whether or not a trial exam would be useful, ask yourself these questions:
A trial exam is an opportunity to replicate as closely as possible the conditions with which you will be faced in the real exam. The sooner you begin to prepare, the better.
All your results and marked scripts are available using your login to our online learning platform – called Greene’s Online – for you to review from anywhere and at any time.
If you need more help preparing for your exams, we also offer supplementary tuition and short courses throughout the year.
Fee | |
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Trial exam candidate fee (1st September - 31st August) | £75 per year |
Invigilated at Greene's on a set trial exam day | £85 per trial exam |
Invigilated at Greene's on a day of choice that is not a set trial exam day | £105 per trial exam |
Self-invigilated (at home) | £50 per trial exam |
Month | Invigilated trial exam date |
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October 2020 | Wednesday, 7th and Thursday, 8th October 2020 |
November 2020 | Wednesday, 25th and Thursday, 26th November 2020 |
March 2021 | Tuesday 16th to Thursday 18th March 2021 |
May 2021 | Tuesday 4th to Thursday 6th May 2021 |
Please ask us about the trial exams you can take at home; we can advise you on how best to organise your self-invigilated trial exam.
For invigilated mock exams at Greene’s, we will accept applications as close to the scheduled trial exam days as possible – although, as places are limited, all applications are treated on a first-come-first-served basis.
To get the best out of your trial exam, we highly recommend that you prepare thoroughly and think carefully about the following points:
There are also a number of helpful sources of information available to you on the examination board websites, such as:
Trial exams are part of an overall revision strategy. Whatever your plan, it’s important to think ahead and identify the best times to sit trial exams.
If you have early summer exams, you might be tempted to wait until Easter – or later – to begin trial exams. However, as long as you have covered the material, it is worthwhile sitting each paper as soon as you can. Leaving timed examination practice until the last minute will not enable you to make the best of the experience. Examination techniques are learnt over time rather than acquired in a single sitting.
In addition to full-length trial exams, short, timed essays or sets of problems can be very effective in the early stages of your course – reinforcing what you have learnt and ensuring you adapt your knowledge to specific questions. The key is to time your work.
Please contact us to learn more about how we can help or support you with your exams or revision plans.
Education is not filling a pail but the lighting of a fire.
William Butler Yeats, (1865 – 1939), poet and playwright