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Help & getting started

Four things to set up, then four habits that make the difference. Everything here works on a phone as well as a laptop.

Getting set up

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   Make the account and pick subjects

   Sign up and GCSE Genius asks which subjects you're sitting and which exam board each one is on. This matters: an AQA English question is not an Edexcel one, so every card and practice question is written for the board you chose. You can add or change subjects at any time from More → My subjects & name.

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   Build the card banks

   Each subject fills itself with flashcards and exam-style questions, sorted by topic — Biology B1 to B6, the set texts you actually study, and so on. Add your own cards from any topic page, and the ones you get wrong go into a mistakes list to be worked through again.

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   Choose your tutor

   Under Ask Sir or Miss, pick the tutor you'd rather work with from the list. Their name, title and voice follow you through the app, and they already know your subjects, boards and set texts — so you can ask about a Power and Conflict poem or a Cold War question without explaining yourself first.

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   Add a parent for the weekly report

   In More → My subjects & name, add a parent's email, a target grade, and when the report arrives — weekly by default, or daily. It compares this week with last, mock grade with target, and progress with other students on the same course. Parents can also make their own login and link each child with a code (Parent account), then follow every child under More → Parent view.

Getting the most from it

• Do the daily session before anything else

  The cards that are due are already waiting on the dashboard — five minutes every day beats a two-hour cram on Saturday, because the boxes only work if cards come back on time.

• Say the answer out loud

  For spoken answers GCSE Genius listens, plays it back and marks it rather than you grading yourself. Saying it out loud also shows up the gaps you'd otherwise gloss over on a card.

• Mix cards with real exam questions

  Flashcards build memory, but marks come from answering properly. Past papers and the mixed-topic sessions use the same boards and grade targets, so you're practising the thing you'll actually sit.

• Ask the tutor when stuck — don't ask for the answer

  Sir or Miss will coach with hints and follow-up questions instead of handing over a finished paragraph. That's deliberate: the marking and the boxes only tell the truth if the work is yours. Remember they're AI tutors, not real teachers — they can get things wrong, so flag any marking that looks off.