After each examination series, Cambridge CAIE, Edexcel and AQA publish detailed examiner reports. They explain exactly where students lost marks. Our resources library is built from those reports. Free. No email required to access.
Every article is written by our facilitators — specialists who sit, facilitate, and study the examination papers they write about. No generic study tips. Examination-specific intelligence only.
Hence. Verify. Show that. Prove. State. Find. Each means something specific to the Cambridge chief examiner. Misreading any one of them costs marks that the student earned through correct working.
Discuss in a workshop →Edexcel's mark scheme philosophy rewards working shown even when the final answer is wrong. Most students do not exploit this. The examiner report for 9MA0 Paper 1 2024 identifies exactly where follow-through marks were not claimed.
Discuss in a workshop →AQA examiner reports for 7357 consistently identify proof as the highest-loss topic. The issue is not mathematical — it is communicative. Students understand the proof but fail to write it in the language the examiner accepts.
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We link directly to official board sources. We do not host past papers — doing so would infringe copyright. We curate the links, explain the structure of each board's resource library, and teach from the examiner reports in every workshop.
Grade boundaries vary by exam series and by paper difficulty. Understanding historical boundary patterns helps students set realistic targets and understand where marginal marks are most valuable. Our facilitators discuss grade boundaries in every relevant workshop session.
| Board | Subject | Paper | A* (approx) | A (approx) | B (approx) | Session |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge CAIE | Mathematics 9709 | Paper 1 | 68/75 | 58/75 | 48/75 | Jun 2024 |
| Cambridge CAIE | Mathematics 9709 | Paper 3 | 61/75 | 52/75 | 43/75 | Jun 2024 |
| Edexcel | Mathematics 9MA0 | Paper 1 | 73/100 | 62/100 | 51/100 | Jun 2024 |
| AQA | Mathematics 7357 | Paper 1 | 72/100 | 60/100 | 48/100 | Jun 2024 |
| Cambridge CAIE | Physics 9702 | Paper 4 | 58/70 | 49/70 | 40/70 | Jun 2024 |
Indicative boundaries only. Always verify with official board publications. Our workshops incorporate current boundary data in every session.
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