How many hours do teenagers in the North West really spend on the internet?

An overwhelming majority of teenagers in the North West admit to spending up to 10 hours a week on the internet, according to research carried out by Letts Educational's revision website, lettsrevise.com.

The online snapshot survey revealed that a massive 77 per cent of teenagers spend between 5-10 hours a week online, with a third of children overall staying online for more than 10 hours.

"It's clear that internet usage amongst teenagers has risen sharply over the last few years. Whilst teenagers undoubtedly use the internet for leisure activities, the web also plays an important part in extending their learning. The Government is committed to getting all schools online and a large number of teenagers now use the internet to support their education both at school and at home," said Peter Stafford from Letts Educational.

"From our experience alone, we can see large numbers of teenagers using the internet to help them revise for their SATs and GCSEs. Last year alone, just over 40,000 GCSE students signed up to our revision website, www.lettsrevise.com, and since the site's refresh and the addition of the new Key Stage 3 area in November, there has been an incredible amount of interest."

lettsrevise.com is designed to put a bit of fun into revision. The quick-fire timed multiple choice quiz has a bank of thousands of questions written by Letts Educational's Success Guide authors.

This year, the site has an additional section for Key Stage 3 students, which allows 11-14 year olds to choose questions from one subject or from all three of those included in the SATs.

The site also offers the same function for GCSE students, enabling them to pick one subject to focus on or try a mix of any combination of up to seven core GCSE subjects.

Revisers can also now receive their test results so they can track their progress and they can even send the same test to a friend to see how they get on! Detailed answer feedback tells them what they got wrong, as well as highlighting the right answer.

To find out more or to view the site, please visit www.lettsrevise.com