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Teacher launches exam support app

After working with his students to design an app to help with exam organisation and revision, Andy Buck is hoping the tool will help to make a real difference to students across the country.

The idea for the Exam Pal app came from having run the exams in my school for five years. Exam boards release the dates for exams months in advance but schools only tend to issue these and personal exam timetables in the weeks prior to the exams. 

When I asked my year 11 GCSE students when their exams were last summer they all held up a piece of paper with exam details, duration, venue and seat number (all of which can be stored in the app).

Furthermore, having mentored students for many years, I am constantly being asked:

When should I start revising?

What are the best methods?

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