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"Seriously good in all respects: message, substance, structure, presentation, impact" - Dan Silverman, Deputy Head, Alexandra Park School Clear, brilliantly-researched and insightful, this book offers realistic, empathetic and targeted advice. I highly recommend it for teachers, pastoral teams and senior leaders alike. - Jaideep Barot, Head of Bristol Grammar School and Chair of HMC 2024-25 Do you have students who are anxious about academic attainment and assessment? Perhaps this has made them withdraw and stop engaging or perhaps they are now working frantically and showing signs of panic. This book can help. Drawing on up to date research as well as interviews with students and school staff across the UK, experienced secondary school teacher and consultant Katharine Radice clearly explains what is happening in the teenage brain when students experience exam stress and walks you through the challenges and opportunities at each stage of the school journey, with specific chapters on KS3, KS4, KS5 and leaving school behind. You can find suggested practical strategies for classroom teachers, middle leaders and SLT including example phrasing and ideas for a range of situations, from assemblies and parents'' information evenings to verbal feedback on work and conversations with individual students. Exam Stress helps you to understand why students might suffer from ''academic anxiety'' and - crucially - how you can help them by making small, realistic changes to your classroom practice.
About the author
Katharine Radice is an experienced author, teacher and education consultant. She currently teaches part-time in a mixed ability comprehensive school, combining this with a teaching and pastoral role at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Her education consultancy work focuses on approaches to teaching and dispositions for learning. She is a leading author of Classics textbooks - including the innovative de Romanis Latin course. Her latest book - Exam stress: A positive and practical guide for teachers - offers realistic and practical advice on how to support students through the stress of exams. She is co-author of OCR Anthology for Latin AS and A Level Shorter Prose Authors (Bloomsbury, 2025) and co-editor of Tacitus Annals I: A Selection (Bloomsbury, 2016).
