For schools and teachers

Know where to focus all year, and what each student needs.

Students practise little and often, marked against the mark scheme. With their permission, you see where the class is strong, where marks are leaking, and exactly what each student needs next, so support is tailored and timely, not a guess before mocks.

What you see

Where to focus, term by term

A live class strength map across every topic, the topics to reteach (lowest class average first), how much of the course has been practised, and how practice is trending week by week. Spot gaps in October, not in May.

Each student's individual needs

Every student's strength in each topic and their two focus topics next, so intervention groups, homework and conversations are tailored to the person, not the class average.

Who might need a check-in

Students who've gone quiet or are finding the subject hard are flagged gently, as a prompt for a conversation, never a judgement.

The habits costing marks

Patterns from marked answers across the class (describing instead of explaining, no judgement in long answers, missing units) so you can teach the technique, not just the content.

Every student sees the same for themselves, with the next step to take, so the conversation in class and the practice at home pull in the same direction.

Training, not cramming

You know what works: retrieval practice, spacing and feedback that students act on. Cram culture works against all three. GCSE Gym builds the habit you'd want: little and often, all year, so learning lands long before May.

Retrieval and spacing, built inEvery session starts with recall from memory, and topics come back after 2, 7 and 21 days until they hold. Learning that lands, not just coverage.

Technique, not just knowledgeAnswers are marked against board-style mark schemes, with one fix and a fix-it rep: command words, structure, the points examiners reward.

Twenty minutes, most daysShort sessions fit around homework and life, and build the habit that carries students through Year 11 without burning out.

Homework help, never homework doneNot a set-and-forget answer machine. The tutor draws out what the student knows, then helps them lift it, and never writes the answer. What they needed help with joins their practice until they show mastery, unaided, more than once.

Crib sheetsA printable page per topic and per subject: the key knowledge, a diagram, and how to answer each type of question, so students learn what the examiner is driving at.

Rest is part of trainingRest days don't break streaks, there are no public rankings, and feedback is framed as what to strengthen next.

For school leaders

Register your school below with its URN and your safeguarding lead.
We verify it by hand against the government's schools register, and phone the school office if anything doesn't add up.
Add your teachers using school email addresses, and choose the subjects each one teaches.
Suspend or remove anyone at any time, and see a log of every time a teacher views student progress.

For teachers

Your school adds you. You get an email to set a password. Teachers can't sign themselves up.
Create a class for one of your subjects and share its code with your students.
Each student chooses whether to join and what to share.
Your dashboard shows where the class needs focus, each student's next steps, and who might need support.

School not registered yet? Share this page with your senior leadership team or data manager.

It belongs to the student

A student's GCSE Gym account is theirs. Joining a class is their explicit choice, made on a screen that shows exactly what their teacher will see. They can change what they share, or leave, at any time, and access ends immediately. Please keep joining genuinely optional: no student should be disadvantaged for saying no.

What teachers can see

Progress only (the default): nickname, sessions done, when they last trained, and their strength in each topic of that subject.

Progress and answers (if the student chooses): also their practice answers in that subject, with marks and feedback.

Never: email addresses, ages, other subjects, messages, tutor chats or safeguarding information. There's no messaging between teachers and students.

See a sample crib sheet (PDF): AQA Biology, cell structure.

Wellbeing: the Recovery Room

Some exam stress is useful; it should never be overwhelming. Every student has the Recovery Room, built to support your pastoral work, not replace it.

Practical stress tools: when stress helps and when it tips over, a two-minute breathing reset, sleep and planning habits.
A private check-in (nothing stored) that points students to the right level of help.
A lighter-week button, and a nudge towards sleep for late-night sessions.
A trusted adult first, with words to start the conversation; then free helplines (Childline, Shout, Samaritans, NHS 111), and 999 for danger.
If they need us, students can message our team, who are alerted straight away. We tell them plainly that we aren't counsellors and can't promise reply times.
Wellbeing messages and safeguarding flags are never shown to teachers. If we judge your school should know, we contact your designated safeguarding lead directly.

How we verify, and how we keep students safe

Every school is checked by hand: URN on Get Information About Schools, email domain, and a call to the school office if in doubt.
Only staff your school adds can have access, only with a school email on your domain, and only for the subjects you choose.
Every teacher view of a student is logged and visible to the school.
If we're worried about a student, we contact your designated safeguarding lead, never a class teacher.
Students have the Recovery Room for exam stress, with checked helplines and an alerted route to our team.
Data is stored in the UK. Students are 13 and over. No ads, no tracking cookies, no messaging between students.