A-Level Business · Y13 · Between Papers
Use this for the 5–9 days between Paper 1 and Paper 2

The 6-Day Plan — Between Paper 1 and Paper 2.

A day-by-day study plan for the window between A-Level Business papers. Built around how memory actually consolidates — light, then heavy, then light. Stretch or compress by ±1 day depending on your board's Paper 2 date. One page, print, pin to a wall.

Day 1
Reset

Decompress + light recall, no new content

One 30-min pass through a one-page summary (the Tuesday Morning Sheet works). No new material. No mock papers. Sleep 8+ hours. Your brain consolidates yesterday's Paper 1 learning during this sleep — protect it.

30
min
Day 2
Audit

Identify your one weakest Paper-2 topic

Open your spec (AQA 7132 / Edexcel 9BS0 / OCR H431). Read every Paper-2 topic heading. Rate each 1–5 on confidence. Identify the single weakest. Tomorrow is that topic only.

45
min
Day 3
Deep dive

One topic. Two hours. No interruptions.

Your weakest topic from Day 2. Re-read your notes, find one worked example, do two short questions on it. Depth beats breadth this close to the exam — don't try to cover everything.

120
min
Day 4
Practice

One full 16/20-mark question, timed

Pick any past Evaluate question. Plan it for 2 min. Write it in 18 min. Stop. Then mark it against the mark scheme. Look for AO4 — that's where most marks are lost.

45
min
Day 5
Mock

Half a past Paper 2, timed, no notes

One section of a past Paper 2. Strict timing. Self-mark immediately with the mark scheme open. Note your three biggest mark-loss patterns. Don't fix them today — just note.

75
min
Day 6
Polish

Fix the three patterns from yesterday

For each of the three mark-loss patterns from Day 5: write the corrected sentence stem you'd have used. You now have three new go-to lines for Paper 2. Light revision in the evening — no mock attempts.

60
min
Day 7
Game day

Paper 2. Repeat the routine.

This morning: 5 minutes with the Tuesday Morning Sheet. Walking to school: phone away. In the exam: plan first, then write, then check. You know how this goes.

exam

Three rules for tonight (Paper 1 evening)

1. Don't compare answers with friends. Post-exam comparison raises anxiety and lowers sleep quality — both hurt Paper 2.
2. Don't look up answers online. You can't change a mark. You can only spend the energy you need for Paper 2.
3. Don't study Business tonight. Sleep consolidates yesterday's learning. Studying tonight wastes the recovery window.
Light, then heavy, then light. Walk in calm. The plan is the answer.
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