Planners & Organisation · Guidance
How to make a revision timetable that works
A revision timetable spreads study across the weeks before exams so nothing is left to the last minute and topics are reviewed more than once.
- Ages
- 11+ (rough guide)
- Level
- Guidance
- Subject
- Planners & Organisation
- Time
- 30 minutes to set up
- Format
- Online + printable
- 1Learn it
- 2See it worked
- 3Try it online
- 4Print it
- 5Check your answer
Before you start
Who it's for and what to know first
A list of your exams and dates.
- List every subject and break each into topics.
- Rate topics red/amber/green by confidence. Red topics get more sessions.
- Use 30–45 minute sessions with 5–10 minute breaks.
- Space it out: revisit each topic after a day, a few days and a week.
- Mix active methods: practice questions, flashcards, explaining aloud — not just rereading.
- Leave free time. A plan you can keep beats a perfect plan you abandon.
Worked example 1
Three weeks before exams, two hours free on weekday evenings. Plan Monday.
- Session 1 (40 min): Maths — red topic, practice questions.
- Break 10 min.
- Session 2 (40 min): Biology — amber topic, flashcards.
- Break 10 min.
- 20 min: quick review of Saturday's topics.
Answer: Two main sessions plus a short spaced review.
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Practice questions
Guidance · ages 11+
Revision timetable
NameDate
Answer each planning question.
- 1.A good single session length: 30–45 minutes or 3 hours?
- 2.Which topics should get the most sessions: red or green?
- 3.Is rereading notes an active or passive method?
- 4.Reviewing a topic again after days is called… practice?
- 5.Should you plan in rest days? (yes/no)
Answer each planning question.
- 1.A good single session length: 30–45 minutes or 3 hours?30–45 minutes
- 2.Which topics should get the most sessions: red or green?red
- 3.Is rereading notes an active or passive method?passive
- 4.Reviewing a topic again after days is called… practice?spaced
- 5.Should you plan in rest days? (yes/no)yes
- Planning every minute with no breaks.
- Only revising favourite subjects.
Last reviewed: 25 September 2026
