A revision plan that books study into every single day does not build a hard worker — it builds a burnt‑out one. StudYear's study planner is different: it treats weekends, UK bank holidays and school holidays as time off by default, and only schedules study on them if the learner actually chooses to.
The USP: rest is the default, not an afterthought
Tick your exam date and your weekly hours and StudYear spreads the work across your real available days — then deliberately leaves the breaks clear. Weekends stay free unless you add a weekend study slot. UK bank holidays (2026–2028, the official dates) are skipped. School holidays and half‑terms are skipped too. The result is a plan a teenager can actually keep to, with recovery built in.
You are always in control
- Study through a break if you want to. Each is a one‑tap opt‑in — turn on weekend study, or untick "skip bank holidays", whenever crunch time calls for it.
- Add your own dates. Your school's holidays not standard? Enter your own term dates and the planner uses those.
- A pre‑exam safety net. If your exam is so close that skipping every break would leave no time at all, the planner quietly uses those days and tells you why — so a plan is never empty.
Why this matters
Spaced, sustainable study beats cramming, and rest is when memory consolidates. A plan that respects downtime is not a soft option — it is how consistent revision survives contact with real life. The planner also prioritises your weak areas and switches the final week to past‑paper practice, so the time you do spend is the time that counts.
Will it still cover everything before my exam?
Yes. It schedules around your exam date across the weeks you have, concentrating on your weakest topics first and keeping the exam day itself free. Protecting breaks changes when you study, not whether you are ready.
What if my school's holidays are different?
Add your own holiday dates in the planner and it uses yours. If your school publishes its dates to StudYear, your planner inherits them automatically.
Build your plan in StudYear and see your first fortnight — rest days included.