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Section A: Reading and Reasoning42 questions · 12 passages · 3 or 4 questions per passage · 95 minutes
Section B: The EssayChoose 1 of 3 prompts · 40 minutes · 500-600 words is the official ideal · not scored centrally

Section A has 42 questions across 12 passages in 95 minutes. Section B is one essay from three prompts in 40 minutes and is not scored centrally.

Which topics need the first repair blocks?

Section A: Reading and Reasoning

Section B: The Essay

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13 weeks to 13 Dec 2026

90 daysStarts 14 Sept 2026

Weekly time by module

8h / week

4h

Section A: Reading and Reasoning

Keep a steady block here while the diagnostic finds the next gap.

4h

Section B: The Essay

Keep a steady block here while the diagnostic finds the next gap.

Week 1Diagnose14 Sept 2026 to 20 Sept 2026

Measure before you study

Priority: Baseline Section A: Reading and Reasoning, Section B: The Essay

A timed baseline shows which topics need attention before you use the available study weeks.

  • Start with one baseline across Section A: Reading and Reasoning, Section B: The Essay. Keep the module clocks separate.
  • Record each miss by module and topic, then name the step that failed.
  • Use Learn for Argument structure in passages and Inference and implication in Section A: Reading and Reasoning, then take a short Practice set on the same topics.
  • Return to the misses after a break and check whether the route changed.
Week 2Repair21 Sept 2026 to 27 Sept 2026

Repair the named gap

Priority: Section A: Reading and Reasoning: Argument structure in passages and Inference and implication

A named topic gives each block one decision to improve and one result to check.

  • Open Learn and work through Argument structure in passages and Inference and implication in Section A: Reading and Reasoning.
  • Use Practice for Section A: Reading and Reasoning, then review the Section A: Reading and Reasoning misses before changing topics.
  • Give Section B: The Essay a focused block on Planning a defensible stance and Choosing a claim you can defend and follow it with a timed set.
  • Repeat one earlier miss without notes and write down the changed step.
Week 3Repair28 Sept 2026 to 4 Oct 2026

Repair the named gap

Priority: Section A: Reading and Reasoning: Argument structure in passages and Inference and implication

A named topic gives each block one decision to improve and one result to check.

  • Open Learn and work through Argument structure in passages and Inference and implication in Section A: Reading and Reasoning.
  • Use Practice for Section A: Reading and Reasoning, then review the Section A: Reading and Reasoning misses before changing topics.
  • Give Section B: The Essay a focused block on Planning a defensible stance and Choosing a claim you can defend and follow it with a timed set.
  • Repeat one earlier miss without notes and write down the changed step.
Week 4Repair5 Oct 2026 to 11 Oct 2026

Repair the named gap

Priority: Section A: Reading and Reasoning: Argument structure in passages and Inference and implication

A named topic gives each block one decision to improve and one result to check.

  • Open Learn and work through Argument structure in passages and Inference and implication in Section A: Reading and Reasoning.
  • Use Practice for Section A: Reading and Reasoning, then review the Section A: Reading and Reasoning misses before changing topics.
  • Give Section B: The Essay a focused block on Planning a defensible stance and Choosing a claim you can defend and follow it with a timed set.
  • Repeat one earlier miss without notes and write down the changed step.
Week 5Repair12 Oct 2026 to 18 Oct 2026

Repair the named gap

Priority: Section A: Reading and Reasoning: Argument structure in passages and Inference and implication

A named topic gives each block one decision to improve and one result to check.

  • Open Learn and work through Argument structure in passages and Inference and implication in Section A: Reading and Reasoning.
  • Use Practice for Section A: Reading and Reasoning, then review the Section A: Reading and Reasoning misses before changing topics.
  • Give Section B: The Essay a focused block on Planning a defensible stance and Choosing a claim you can defend and follow it with a timed set.
  • Repeat one earlier miss without notes and write down the changed step.
Week 6Build19 Oct 2026 to 25 Oct 2026

Turn repairs into marks

Priority: Mixed Practice led by Section A: Reading and Reasoning

Mixed work checks whether the fix holds across topics and modules.

  • Alternate Section A: Reading and Reasoning and Section B: The Essay in Practice. Keep the focus on Argument structure in passages and Inference and implication and Planning a defensible stance and Choosing a claim you can defend.
  • Use Learn only for the topic that failed in the preceding set.
  • Complete one timed set for each of Section A: Reading and Reasoning and Section B: The Essay.
  • Review the reason for every wrong option before starting the next set.
Week 7Build26 Oct 2026 to 1 Nov 2026

Turn repairs into marks

Priority: Mixed Practice led by Section A: Reading and Reasoning

Mixed work checks whether the fix holds across topics and modules.

  • Alternate Section A: Reading and Reasoning and Section B: The Essay in Practice. Keep the focus on Argument structure in passages and Inference and implication and Planning a defensible stance and Choosing a claim you can defend.
  • Use Learn only for the topic that failed in the preceding set.
  • Complete one timed set for each of Section A: Reading and Reasoning and Section B: The Essay.
  • Review the reason for every wrong option before starting the next set.
Week 8Build2 Nov 2026 to 8 Nov 2026

Turn repairs into marks

Priority: Mixed Practice led by Section A: Reading and Reasoning

Mixed work checks whether the fix holds across topics and modules.

  • Alternate Section A: Reading and Reasoning and Section B: The Essay in Practice. Keep the focus on Argument structure in passages and Inference and implication and Planning a defensible stance and Choosing a claim you can defend.
  • Use Learn only for the topic that failed in the preceding set.
  • Complete one timed set for each of Section A: Reading and Reasoning and Section B: The Essay.
  • Review the reason for every wrong option before starting the next set.
Week 9Simulate9 Nov 2026 to 15 Nov 2026

Rehearse the whole sitting

Priority: Section A: Reading and Reasoning (95 minutes), Section B: The Essay (40 minutes)

A timed mock exposes pacing, sequence and repeated decision errors before the sitting.

  • Use the timed mock for Section A: Reading and Reasoning (95 minutes), Section B: The Essay (40 minutes).
  • Review by topic first. Repair a repeated decision before an isolated hard question.
  • Return to Practice for Section A: Reading and Reasoning, then check the result against Argument structure in passages and Inference and implication.
  • Repeat the sequence only after you find a specific change in your review.
Week 10Simulate16 Nov 2026 to 22 Nov 2026

Rehearse the whole sitting

Priority: Section A: Reading and Reasoning (95 minutes), Section B: The Essay (40 minutes)

A timed mock exposes pacing, sequence and repeated decision errors before the sitting.

  • Use the timed mock for Section A: Reading and Reasoning (95 minutes), Section B: The Essay (40 minutes).
  • Review by topic first. Repair a repeated decision before an isolated hard question.
  • Return to Practice for Section A: Reading and Reasoning, then check the result against Argument structure in passages and Inference and implication.
  • Repeat the sequence only after you find a specific change in your review.
Week 11Simulate23 Nov 2026 to 29 Nov 2026

Rehearse the whole sitting

Priority: Section A: Reading and Reasoning (95 minutes), Section B: The Essay (40 minutes)

A timed mock exposes pacing, sequence and repeated decision errors before the sitting.

  • Use the timed mock for Section A: Reading and Reasoning (95 minutes), Section B: The Essay (40 minutes).
  • Review by topic first. Repair a repeated decision before an isolated hard question.
  • Return to Practice for Section A: Reading and Reasoning, then check the result against Argument structure in passages and Inference and implication.
  • Repeat the sequence only after you find a specific change in your review.
Week 12Taper30 Nov 2026 to 6 Dec 2026

Arrive ready, keep work light

Priority: Accuracy, sleep and a clean first pass

Near the sitting, briefly practise methods you have checked.

  • Finish the last full timed mock by 8 Dec 2026.
  • From 10 Dec 2026, add no new topics. Use only your error log and familiar Practice sets.
  • The day before, do one short warm-up and stop before quality drops.
  • Check the sitting details you booked and protect sleep as part of the plan.
Week 13Taper7 Dec 2026 to 12 Dec 2026

Arrive ready, keep work light

Priority: Accuracy, sleep and a clean first pass

Near the sitting, briefly practise methods you have checked.

  • Finish the last full timed mock by 8 Dec 2026.
  • From 10 Dec 2026, add no new topics. Use only your error log and familiar Practice sets.
  • The day before, do one short warm-up and stop before quality drops.
  • Check the sitting details you booked and protect sleep as part of the plan.