Free live event · Saturday 12 September 2026 · Foundation tier
Year 11 Head Start
Start Year 11 knowing exactly where the marks are. One hour, live online, 10:45 – 11:45: the five topics that decide your grade at Foundation, chosen from our analysis of 246 real GCSE papers, with live quizzes and the exact follow-up practice to lock each one in.
FREE, first 100 places
10:45 – 11:45 (join from 10:35)
Target grade 4 & 5
Live quizzes & leaderboard
Follow-up quiz missions
This isn't a generic revision list. These five topics are the ones our exam data says most separate the grades at Foundation, and every one comes with a follow-up quiz so the morning turns into momentum.
FoundationThe five that unlock 4 & 5
Accessible, high-frequency topics with the most headroom: the fastest route to the grade 4/5 crossover.
1
Speaking algebra
Simplifying & substitution: quick wins first
Confidence-builders that open marks everywhere else.
2
Expanding & factorising
Brackets both ways, without sign slips
Watch-out: the minus sign in front of a bracket.
3
Solving equations
The balance method, unknowns both sides
Nationally under half of these marks are scored at Foundation.
4
Straight-line graphs
Plotting, reading and y = mx + c basics
Recurs on almost every paper; huge headroom at Foundation.
5
Inequalities
Solving and showing on a number line
Watch-out: strict vs inclusive circles on the line.
How the hour runs
01
Do Now
A 4-question retrieval warm-up as you arrive
02
Spot the mistake
Each topic opens with a real exam error. Can you catch it?
03
Model & play
A worked exam question live, then your turn, then a quiz checkpoint
04
Your mission
Five follow-up quizzes for the week; progress saves to your account
The mission that makes it stick: after the session you get the five matching topic quizzes on MathedUp: free, auto-marked, with your red/amber/green progress saved. Do one a day for a week and you start Year 11 ahead on the exact topics that decide your grade.
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Free for the first 100 students.
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MathedUp · mathedup.co.uk · Year 11 Head Start · Saturday 12 September 2026Topics selected from a 246-paper exam corpus & examiners' reports