Nervous Systems: Students, Exams, and What It Truly Means to ‘Intervene'

Exams don’t just test a student’s knowledge; they also test their nervous system.

Every year around exam season, we do exactly the same thing.

We pile it on. More revision sessions. More interventions. More pressure, and all of this is dressed up as support. Then we wonder why some young people shut down, switch off, or worse. Right now, a lot of school days look like this:

Lesson, revision, intervention, homework, repeat.

No space to breathe. No space to think.