As a new cohort of students embark upon their GCSE journey and others begin to think about their mocks, Tassomai has published a series of expert blogs and a detailed (free) guide for parents to help them navigate what can be a challenging time for families.

Tassomai’s 28-page ‘GCSE Survival Guide’ has been compiled with the help of subject specialists, education experts and mental health campaigners to try to break down what parents need to know about this milestone in their child’s education and what to expect.

Our contributors share advice on everything from revision techniques to supporting teenagers’ mental wellbeing.

The guide is free to download from our website at:

www.tassomai.com/gcse-survival-guide

If you’re a teacher and you think this guide might be helpful for parents at your school please share the download link with them and likewise if you’re a parent, please pass the URL onto any friends and family who might be interested.

If you are happy to share our guide on social media here are links to our Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn & Instagram posts.

We would like to thank all of our incredible contributors for helping us put this guide together:

• Ben West, mental health campaigner

• Madeleine Inkin, Psychotherapist and Tassomai co-founder

• Sam Clark, teacher and author of ‘What They Don’t Teach You in School’

• Wendy Finan, Senior Secondary Mathematics Teaching and Learning Consultant

• Andy Sammons, Director of English and author of ‘The Compassionate Teacher’

• Abi Ludlow, English teacher and Head of KS3

• Karen Collins, Lead Science Associate for PiXL

• Matt Green, ‘The Rapping Science Teacher’ on TikTok and owner of JGM Tutors

• Kitt Bett-Masters, science teacher and YouTuber behind ‘Gorilla Physics’

• Kathrine Mortimore, Lead Practitioner for English at Torquay Academy and author of Disciplinary Literacy and Explicit Vocabulary Teaching

Dive deeper into the subjects covered in our guide on the Tassomai blog

We are publishing full length blog posts from each of our contributors over the coming weeks and months, starting with our mental health and wellbeing blogs.

These will be followed by a series of articles from subject specialists unpacking key tips and tricks for science, maths and English. In the run up to mock exams in November we will also be releasing blog posts specifically about revision and exam technique, so keep an eye on the Tassomai blog and on Twitter for updates and alerts!