Fiducia TogetherRevision timetable
Also called Revision plan, Study schedule
A plan for when you will revise what. Useful, and frequently a way of avoiding revising.
Please note: This page explains a word or a process in education. It is general information about the system, the law and the guidance in England — not advice about your child, your school or your exam. If a decision is going against you, get advice from one of the free services we link to before you agree to anything or miss a deadline. If you are revising, check your own exam board's specification: boards word things differently and yours is the one that marks you.
What it is
A schedule allocating topics to sessions across the weeks before exams.
Where it applies
Anyone with more than one exam.
How it works
Its value is in forcing two decisions: what the topics actually are, and how many sessions exist. Most people discover they have less time than they assumed, which is worth discovering in March rather than May.
Its failure mode is well known: an elaborate colour-coded timetable is itself a displacement activity, and it is usually abandoned within a week because it was built for an ideal person.
How to use it in your work
Build it from the specification's topic list, not from subjects. "Revise biology" is not a session; "B4 — enzymes, blank-page recall then six exam questions" is.
Plan sessions of 25 to 40 minutes with breaks, and plan fewer than you think you can do. A plan you actually follow beats a perfect one you abandon.
Schedule the same topic more than once, spaced apart. If a topic appears only once, you will forget it.
Leave gaps. A timetable with no slack breaks the first time anything happens.
Where to get help
Your board's specification for the topic list. Your teacher for which topics carry the most marks.
Where to read more
Last reviewed 2026-08-28 by Fiducia Together · Next review due 2027-08-28
Please note: This page explains a word or a process in education. It is general information about the system, the law and the guidance in England — not advice about your child, your school or your exam. If a decision is going against you, get advice from one of the free services we link to before you agree to anything or miss a deadline. If you are revising, check your own exam board's specification: boards word things differently and yours is the one that marks you.