Download a blank printable revision timetable here (pdf)

Fill in the timetable sheet with the date in which you start your revision up until your final exam.

Mark in important dates of your exams and activities / events that could also affect your revision timetable; for example school holidays, birthdays, special occasions and work or sporting commitments.

Write how much time you will commit to study on each available day. Don't forget h/wk time that you will also have to do. Remember those important dates you have marked as those can also dictate how much time you can commit. Be realistic as two exams and 4 hours revision in one day is unlikely to happen and can add to the stress and end up having a negative effect on your exams. Build in one day off revision a week. Try to put this on special occasion days or days when you have other commitments.

Add up the total time available to study.

List your exam subjects in order from most difficult to the easier subjects.

Divide up the total time available between your subjects.

Adjust the time accordingly if you feel you need more revision for certain subjects. Reasons for this would be: you find the subject harder to revise, this is more than one paper for that subject or there are more areas that need going over than other subjects.

Write in one subject for each half hour of study per night. Remember that you should only work in half hour periods and have a short break between each session. Reward yourself (see suggested rewards) for each half hour. Each half hour does not have to be a different subject, although there is no reason why it could not be.

Once you know how long you are going to have for revision for each subject and when you are going to do that revision you can then decide on what topic areas you will revise in each session. Remember you will not be able to revise absolutely everything you have studied for the past two years in every subject. You need to decide what needs revising, what needs reviewing and what you are already confident in and what you know already (see the traffic light system).

Count up the number of pages / topics that need revising / reviewing for each subject.

Divide the total number of topics by the study hours for that subject to get a study rate for each subject.

Download a blank printable revision timetable here (pdf)