Split a Syllabus Into Study Days at Your Own Pace — Free
Revision plans are written in chapters and lived in hours. A syllabus that has to be covered in nine days is a different plan from the same syllabus over three weeks, and the difference is arithmetic nobody does until day four.
The proof surface
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Why the flat version breaks
A contents page has no hours on it. Sections that take ninety minutes look identical to sections that take four, so two easy sections get done and the hard one keeps being deferred. Entering a realistic size for each section and your own pace produces a daily figure that survives the week.
How to use the syllabus load grid in four passes
Twenty minutes with a timer and a page count is enough. The rate is the only input you can lie to yourself about, and it is the one that decides whether the plan is three hours a day or ninety minutes.
Pages, questions or slides are all fine; mixing them is not. If a section is a set of past papers, convert it once into the unit you chose and note the conversion on the context line.
Shifts, travel, family and rest days are not study days. A plan built on the calendar rather than the diary produces a daily target you will miss by day three.
The grid reports hours per section and the daily figure the plan implies. If one section is more than four hours, split it across two days in the plan rather than discovering it on the day.
SAMPLE DATA, NOT A VERIFIED CLAIM: the starter record is a biology syllabus of 222 pages at eighteen pages an hour across nine study days. Replace these values with your own source before you rely on anything.
What breaks first
Planning by chapter rather than by load
Chapters are not equal and were never meant to be. The grid exists because a five-page summary and a fifty-page analysis are the same line in a contents page.
Using a 'standard' study estimate
Generic estimates assume a comfortable reading pace and no backtracking. Your own measured pace, plus the sections you will need to re-read, is the only figure that predicts your week.
Leaving no slack day
A plan with every day allocated breaks the first time something ordinary happens. Keep one day in five free, and the plan survives the week it goes wrong.
What you pay otherwise
| The usual route | What it leaves out | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| A study-planning app | Monthly fee for a schedule built from a pace the app guessed | $6–$18 a month |
| A revision course | Course fee for someone else's pace applied to your syllabus | $150–$600 |
| Planning by chapter | The hard section deferred until the last week, at the cost of the paper | the exam grade |
| This page + the free syllabus load grid | Computed in your tab, result on screen before you type anything | $0 |
Try the free syllabus load grid right here
Load the starter syllabus and change the pace to 12 pages an hour to see the daily target climb.
FIRST-LOAD · sample record filed
Take it into the free syllabus load grid
The companion app runs the same logic with a numbered intake, three starter records, a stateful share link, the one-time printable layer, and the local history shelf.
Open the free syllabus load grid →Keep the work if you will use it again
The full grid: every section with its hours and running total, the daily target and the longest block called out, unlimited re-runs.
The on-screen result is free and complete. The one-time layer adds a tangible file you keep and the saved history that comes with it.
Boundary: This plans study time from figures you enter; it does not teach, assess or predict any exam result, and the pace is your own measurement rather than an expert estimate. Exam regulations, access arrangements and syllabus requirements come from the awarding body — check them directly.