Mel Muldowney Hey you … yep I’m still here writing up what we can garner from examiners reports and this time you’ll find some of the key points from AQA’s GCSE Higher Paper 1. Overall, there was a big sense that the paper was incredibly stable … the mean score was within one mark of last year, … Read more
Grab a coffee … this felt good to write and think about … it’s a little like some of my older ranty posts and that feels good … Ready to dive in? I had an agreeable disagreement this week in the supermarket (I won’t elaborate) and we’re also looking at our gender balance at A … Read more
Hey you! How’s it going? Good? I hope. Anyway, I’ve read more sh!t so you don’t have to … this time it’s the examiners report for AQAs GCSE Maths Foundation Paper 1 and honestly, it’s a right mixed bag. The Good News! Let’s start with the good stuff because God knows we need some positivity … Read more
Hiya! Let’s crack on with my summary of Pearsons Higher paper 3 … The general consensus was that students were entered appropriately for the Higher tier .. which is good to know! They confidently tackled the start of the paper, and once again, we saw very few blank pages. Presentation was generally clear and logical, … Read more
Hey you! How’s it going? Me? Yeah all good … busy as usual, but busy is good. Anyway, I’ve finally made it to the finish line of dissecting the Foundation papers from Pearson … so paper 3 is another calculator paper, and let me tell you, the examiners did not hold back on calling out … Read more
Hiya, me again! So I’ve read the Examiners Report from the Summer 2026 Edexcel Higher paper 2 and it is packed with golden nuggets! First off, let’s celebrate a massive win, in that students showed incredible resilience … evidenced by there being very few blank responses, even right at the very end of the paper. … Read more
I’ve had such a positive response to the first couple of these blog posts, that I thought I’d do the same for the stuff that is likely to come out soon for the forthcoming exam reform and all the gumpfh that comes our way as teachers. This post will be used to signpost my musings: … Read more
Hey you! … yep, I’m back as promised. This time I’ve cracked open the Edexcel Foundation Paper 2 examiner’s report. As you know (well, I’m assuming you know but why else would you read this shiz??) … it’s a calculator paper and it would seems that the theme this year is “having a calculator is … Read more
Hey you … how’s it going? Do you ever get the Sunday night jitters? I used to, now not to so much though … I suppose I’m lucky in that I like my job … well … I spend more time enjoying it than not enjoying it … and that’s got be a win … … Read more
Hey you, how’re you doing? Only two weeks in and I already feel like I need to say that I hope you are all surviving the term so far. I’ve been in the depths of reviewing students’ scripts, looking at our exam data to see if there are any systemic issues that we can address. … Read more
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