Start
Make the first move tiny.
Choose one small target, clear the noise and begin before motivation has time to negotiate.
The method
One revision process. Any schoolwork beside you.
How2Revise does not try to become another textbook. It shows pupils aged 10–16 what to do with the notes, books, worksheets, vocabulary and past papers they already have.
What pupils build
Five abilities that travel with them.
The words stay consistent across every session, so the method becomes familiar instead of feeling like a new system each time.
Shrink
Turn a page into a handful.
Find the few ideas, steps or words that carry most of the meaning.
Recall
Close it. Bring it back.
Retrieve from memory before looking. The effort is where useful learning happens.
Apply
Use it without copying.
Answer a question, explain a step or create an example using what you remember.
Improve
Check the gap, then retry.
Compare, correct one important gap and schedule a short return.
Inside every session
A loop pupils learn by doing.
The subject may change. The useful actions do not.
Choose
Pick the material, the goal and a realistic amount of time.
Prepare
Shrink a large task to one heading, example, process or question.
Attempt
Recall, explain or practise before looking at the answer.
Check
Compare with notes, teacher feedback or an authorised source you possess.
Improve
Correct one useful gap and try that part again.
Return
Come back after a gap so the next attempt tests memory again.
The first ten minutes
A real win before an account.
The free Revision Reset turns the loop into seven simple moves.
- Pick one piece of material.
- Shrink it to one small target.
- Hide it and recall.
- Open it and check one gap.
- Make three useful questions.
- Retry one without looking.
- Return tomorrow for two minutes.
Ages 10–16 · UK-wide
Same method. The right voice for their age.
Revision Foundations
Short, concrete prompts such as “look away and tell” and “fix one mistake.” A parent can help set up, while the pupil does the active work.
Independent Revision
Mature language, longer options and clearer control of technique, application, error analysis and return planning.
Nation changes familiar school terminology for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland—not the underlying method.
What it never becomes
Support without taking over.
No curriculum warehouse, homework answer machine, exam prediction, public pupil community or grade guarantee.
The school source stays in charge
Pupils use teacher guidance, their lawful materials and authorised answers or mark schemes.
An attempt comes first
Hints and method guidance support thinking; they do not replace it with a finished answer.
Independence is the outcome
Guidance can reduce as pupils learn to run the process for themselves.
Do the method
Begin the reset Start with one small piece of work.
The free reset takes about ten minutes and does not require an account.