UK Crammer Courses

From time to time, our experienced IGCSE and A-level examiners at Dreaming Spires will run short crammer courses in addition to the longer, more detailed year-long courses that closely align with syllabi published by exam boards.

Of those year-long courses, mythology, the Homeric world, geography 2, and art history are the ones specifically teaching to a syllabus this year, while all our other courses are designed to support UK exams through a broader approach, an approach that has successfully prepared students for exams despite teaching to the subject rather than a specification only.

New CAIE English Language and English Literature Crammers 

Now Open for Registration 1st of March

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New arrangements in light of CAIE's decision to cancel in-person exams

At this point in the process, we're on about Plan D, but at Dreaming Spires, we are doing what we can to provide you with the exam revision that will best benefit your home-educated child. Check with your centre as to whether they will accept marked work from ourselves or if they will be providing centre-based assessments. Either way, a Dreaming Spires crammer will be extremely beneficial in preparing the student for whichever option that is being made available to them via their exam centre. Register using the form below. Places are limited.

Course: CAIE English Language IGCSE 0500/0990

Tutor: Dr Kat Patrick

What: 4 sessions of 1-1/2 hours plus online invigilated, marked mock. 

When: 10th, 12th, 17th, and 19th of March from 2-3:30 pm UK time. Sessions are recorded.

Invigilated mocks: 24th and 26th, 2-4 pm

Cost: £120 (£100 for current year-long students)

NOTE: Up to two additional mocks may be offered for revision practice or as part of the student's CAG portfolio (centre dependent); additional fees apply.

DR PATRICK'S ALSO PUBLISHED A SELF-STUDY REVISION GUIDE WITH MORE TIPS AND MORE EXAMPLES WHICH CAN BE BOUGHT AT THIS LINK - THE GREEN COVER IS THE CURRENT ONE  Click here 

Course: CAIE English Literature IGCSE 0475/0990

Tutor: Dr Kat Patrick

When: 10th, (12th-time TBA), 17th, and 19th of March from 7-8:30 pm UK time; sessions are recorded

Invigilated mocks: 24th and 26th, 7-9 pm*

Cost: £120 (£100 for current year-long students)

NOTE: Up to two additional mocks may be offered for revision practice or as part of the student's CAG portfolio (centre dependent); additional fees apply.

The texts to study are Songs of Ourselves Volume 1, Part 3, Bronte's Jane Eyre, and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (Papers 1, 3, and 4)

*If the student is not taking the English Language mock with us, then it's an option to sit the mock earlier in the day with the 0500/0990 students.