How to use these plans
Mocks are practice for the real exams, so a plan only has to do one job: make the next few days feel manageable. Fill in what you can, leave the rest blank, and change it when something comes up. A plan you adjust is better than a perfect one you abandon.
Start by writing your paper dates and times somewhere visible. Your school gives you the timetable, so copy it exactly. If you want a digital version first, the free revision timetable builds one, and the countdown tool shows how many days remain. For wider advice, read our blog post on revising for GCSE mocks.
Two weeks before mocks
Use the left column for the day, then pick one subject and one topic per slot. Mix subjects across the fortnight rather than giving each a single block. Put the papers you find hardest earlier, and leave the last two days lighter so you can tidy notes and sleep properly.
| Day | Subject and topic | Task (for example, one past-paper question) | Time | Done |
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Tip: write the task as something you can finish, such as "do question 3 from last year's paper and mark it", not "revise algebra".
Mock week itself
Fill in each paper in the order your school sets it. Keep the last look beforehand short: a page of formulae, key quotations or definitions you already know. After each paper, do a little for the next one, then stop. Resting properly is part of the plan.
| Day | Paper and time | Last look beforehand | Rest and food | Revision after the paper |
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Tip: block in meals and a bedtime first, then fit revision around them.
After mocks: what to fix
When papers come back, read the marks line by line. For each lost mark, note whether it was a gap in knowledge, a slip in method, or a question you misread. Each reason needs a different fix, so write the topic and a first small step with a date next to it.
| Subject and paper | What lost marks | Topic to fix | First step and date | Check it again on |
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Tip: choose the top three rows to start with. If a topic still feels shaky after trying, ask your teacher or bring it to a tutor.
For a short daily check between plans, try the question of the week.