Free live event · Saturday 12 September 2026 · Higher tier
Year 11 Head Start
Start Year 11 knowing exactly where the marks are. One hour, live online, 9:30 – 10:30: the five topics that decide your grade at Higher, 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
9:30 – 10:30 (join from 9:20)
Target grade 6 → 9
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 Higher, and every one comes with a follow-up quiz so the morning turns into momentum.
HigherThe five that decide 6 → 9
The steepest grade-separators in the whole of GCSE algebra: where 7/8/9 marks are actually won.
1
Straight-line graphs
Gradients, intercepts, parallel & perpendicular
The single biggest grade-separator in our 246-paper analysis.
2
Functions
f(x), composite and inverse
Nationally only ~24% of marks scored; the most room to gain.
3
Solving quadratics
Factorising, and giving both roots
Watch-out: only about a quarter of students give both solutions.
4
Simultaneous equations
Elimination done cleanly, every time
Watch-out: eliminating towards the harder variable.
5
Changing the subject
Rearranging with confidence, including factorising out
86% of its marks recur series after series.
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