DD15 is not doing a single bit of revision for GCSEs

I'm going to go against the grain and say she might not need to revise extensively... some brains don't work like that. I did barely any revision outside of the structured sessions within lessons leading up to the exams and passed 10 GCSEs.

Knowing myself since then and experiences I've had, e.g. prepping for interviews, I truly believe that had I tried to cram in loads of extra revision at home I would have performed worse.

Maybe keep checking in with her that shes feeling supported in school and prepared, and offer advice if shes not sure about how to revise, while keeping in mind that it might not be best to push for more revision time 'just because'.

It is possible to get 7-9s at gcses without revision if you've attended classes and are fairly bright with a good memory. Remember they do revision within school, the syllabus is usually finished with half a term to spare.

My nephew spectacularly bombed his gcses. Was predicted 5-7s. Got 2 4s, a 3, the rest 2s. Shockingly bad for his ability. Just cba. No revision or homework done at all.

I think it's too easy to start "revising" for Winter mocks nor the real thing next year. She'll forget it by the time next May comes around. What's important this early is that she's keeping up with the classwork and homework, revising for any progress tests that are on current work, etc.

You don't "revise" stuff you never bothered learning or didn't understand in the first place. Revision is all about reminding yourself of all the things you did once know and understand.

That's why "true" revision can actually be a pretty quick thing to do with organised notes, etc. It doesn't take much to remind yourself about how pythagoras works if you understood it at the time and got decent marks in homework and progress tests.

Completely different for topics they never learned in the first place (i.e. forgot to the do the homework, didn't bother revising for progress tests), absent from lessons, or simply didn't understand the topics. That's where the time has to be spent, but it's not "revision", it's going back and learning the topic again!

Okay, so a long time ago - I was the last school year through O levels. But, it's the same thing, really.

Anyway, I didn't revise. I didn't do a thing. I rolled up to the exams and got a A in every subject. In fact, my DSis, two years below me, for her French class, they played the recording of my spoken exam as an example of how it should be done.

My DC also didn't revise. Also cruised through their GCSEs and A Levels.

We're all different and retain information in various ways. Don't pressure your DC. There are many ways of learning and sitting with a book for hours doesn't work for everyone.

Yes I have a degree and still have no idea what “revision” is supposed to be.

Revision implies she already understands the concepts and she is refreshing her memory. The kind of thing you might do the morning of the exam. What most people actually mean is study.

Making flash cards to “revise” trigonometry is not going to help if you don’t understand it.

What are her plans after school? DS was hugely motivated post mocks because he was desperate to get into a highly selective college because it was the only one who offered the course he wanted to do. If he didn't get really good results, he wouldn't get in. We definitely found talking about the future was a good motivator and then worked back to what he needed to achieve at each stage to get into what he wanted to do.

My son has just completed his GCSEs and did really well. 4 x9s and 4 x8s and 2x7s. He did very little for end of year 10 exams. Not sure they were even a thing, certainly no revision over the summer. He had mocks in Nov and then early Feb. His mocks in Nov were a bit spiky performing well in the sciences, but 3s for English language and RS - two subjects he hated. He did better in the Feb mocks. His work through the year was mainly doing all his homework and going to every extra session that the teachers laid on. His own independent revision didnt really start until a few weeks before his first exams.

It's got to be slow and steady and not too overwhelming. Otherwise they will give up and run out of steam. Too much nagging also backfires.

Also agree with @Singleandproud past papers is the way to go and as many as you can do.

She’s obviously bright. Hopefully the November mocks will give her a shock.

Does she know how to revise and what methods work for her.

Does she have all the resources she needs to revise.
Is she happy to do it alone or does she find it isolating - in which case can you offer help, questioning her, revision buddying etc.

Book up shows at the theatre of GCSE texts, make it a nice event with a meal and good bonding time.

Does she know where to find specifications, past papers to practise and markschemes to check her answers against.

DD hasn't started year 10 yet although her school teach GCSE content from year 7, and has her revision plans all set out, shes autistic and loves planning and school work and flipped learning is a big part of what she likes to do I realize that's not typical of most teens. We'll sit on the sofa and she'll have a maths past paper open on her laptop and I'll have the markschemes on mine and shell do the questions and then we go through it together and work out where she's gone wrong and why.

The grades your DD is already getting sound like she's naturally bright and fine with the content, I'd focus on past papers and exam technique.

Does she know how to revise? Properly, and in a way that actually works for her personally? I was told to 'go and revise' but no one ever told me how to. I used to sit and read the text books and think, yeah, I already know that. Not sure what I'm doing here really. I knew whatever I was doing wasn't increasing my knowledge, but I didn't know what else to do.

People would say 'make flash cards' OK. How, why? If I've written them I'll already know what's on them, don't know how that helps. I was too embarrassed to say 'actually, I don't know how to do this' when everyone else seemed to just know and had colour coded timetables etc and was doing hours a week.

In our experience you can’t force them to revise.

mocks aren’t a proper reflection of likely gcse grades as they only test the part of the curriculum that’s already been covered and teachers seem to mark more leniently than examiners.

makes sure she knows how to revise and has everything that she needs, then leave her to it. You’re in for a very long, hard 10 months with lots of arguments if you do anything else.

Does she know how to revise?
I wasn't actually taught how too.
You can't just say "sit at your desk and revise" if she doesn't actually know how to do it.
(I spent a lot of time staring into space)
What is her Post 16 plan? Does she have one yet. If she has an idea then find out what requirements she will actually need (ie which subjects she needs to focus on more). That can take pressure off a not so important subject.