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Science readiness diagnostic

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Name Subject Exam date

This checks whether the system around your revision is ready. It does not predict a grade or replace a subject assessment. Answer from evidence, not optimism.

Route check

4 minutes · 4 points

Write each answer without checking a website or asking someone else. Give yourself one point per complete answer.

Level and qualificationFor example: IGCSE, AS, A-Level, IB HL.

Exam board and syllabus codeFor example: Cambridge 0610.

Papers or componentsName every paper you will sit.

Next fixed assessment dateMock, school test, or final exam.

Section score ___ / 4

Evidence check

6 minutes · 4 points

List four topics likely to matter next. Rate each from marked evidence: red = below 50%, amber = 50-69%, green = 70%+ or consistently secure. No marked evidence means red.

Topic	Last evidence	R / A / G	Exact gap

Give yourself one point for each row supported by a marked question, test, or paper and an exact gap—not "revise more".

Section score ___ / 4

Paper-habit check

6 minutes · 12 points

Score each habit: usually = 2, sometimes = 1, not yet = 0.

I complete at least one timed exam question each week.2 1 0

I mark work against the mark scheme and record the marks.2 1 0

I write the reason for each lost mark, not only the correct answer.2 1 0

I redo weak questions without notes after a short gap.2 1 0

I identify command words before writing the answer.2 1 0

My weekly plan names questions or topics, not only time blocks.2 1 0

Section score ___ / 12

Next-action check

4 minutes · no extra points

Choose the three smallest actions that will improve the weakest section. Add a date and a finish line.

1ActionBy

2ActionBy

3ActionBy

Total readiness score

___ / 20

0-8: Build the route before adding revision hours.

9-14: Keep the system; strengthen evidence and repetition.

15-20: The system is ready; use subject assessment to set priorities.

Discuss the result