Wednesday 30 May 2012

Update on the work of Exam Central

Exam Central is proud to announce yet another successful finish to the Easter Booster Classes at KEFW. Over 100 students attended the sessions which covered subjects such as English, Maths, Sciences, Geography, History, and Languages. In addition there was an exclusive session held with a principal examiner focusing on exam technique and revision skills. Overall the scheme was such a success that over 90% of student feedback was termed ‘excellent’.

Exam Central has also been busy by providing extra maths sessions at Turves Green Boys School. For the last few months, Exam Central has been providing Turve’s Green Boy’s School with young, bright and talented undergraduates and postgraduates to lead maths tuition.

The university students have been acting as role models in order to raise achievements and aspirations of young students, regardless of their background. The extra maths tuition classes have supported struggling students as well as gifted and talented students to excel. 

In addition Exam Central has been busy delivering a project at Four Dwellings High School. The project aimed at raising student aspiration which is very important for students who come from deprived areas such as those students at Four Dwellings High School. It delivered university master classes which introduced a whole new range of careers to students, specifically targeting year 11 gifted and talented students.

The sessions were delivered by professionals with careers in the fields of Business, Textiles and Fashion as well as Law.

If that list wasn’t exhausting enough Exam Central is also planning an intervention at Stuart Bathurst Catholic High School. It has designed a programme of study to ensure that students’ progress and that this progress is monitored throughout the eight week programme. In order to asses if progress has been made, exam central will assess the students at the beginning and at the end of the programme. The project is mainly designed to target free school meal students. Depending on the success of the pilot scheme, Exam Central hopes to extend the project over two to three terms during the next academic year.

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