14 September 2026 | Latest News
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
18 August 2026 | BlogResources
This is a “sticky” post (so will always appear at the top of the blog) and is intended to be used for us to signpost people to a “sort of” set of instructions on how to access and generate the R.A.G. paper functionality that we’ve developed – an overview is also available on the R.A.G. ... Read more
14 September 2026 | BlogEdexcel
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
13 September 2026 | BlogEdexcel
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
10 September 2026 | Examiners Reports
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
31 August 2026 | BlogLatest NewsTeaching
So it’s “new school year” eve and I can’t flipping sleep … this is now my … ummm … oh I don’t know … genuinely I can’t recall how many of these I’ve done but it doesn’t get any easier for me. Every year is the same so you would have thought that I’d know ... Read more
16 September 2025 | Blog
This is the post I wanted to write yesterday. When the GCSE was reformed back in 2017 me and Seager spent hours, weeks, even months thinking about what teaching “our kind” of students aiming to get them that magic grade 4 would look like. You may be new here and not be aware that we ... Read more
14 September 2025 | Uncategorized
We’ve done our first full week with year 11 and I’m buzzing! They have (in the main) been amazing. As I always say context is really important so I’d probably better give some background to my specific groups. We have 300+ kids in our current year 11, split into two bands which we set by ... Read more
20 August 2025 | Uncategorized
The summer is nearly over and I’ve been thinking through my plan about what I want to do with this blog this year and have come up with an idea … … I’m going to document “a year with year 11” and what I do with “those” groups .. So, I teach the crossover groups ... Read more
28 May 2025 | PersonalPGCEUncategorized
Hey you, It’s been a while … how’re you doing? Me? … THE SHORT ANSWER Yeah … I’m good. Me? … THE LONG ANSWER: Yeah … I’m good now. Life is hectic as always … it’s been pretty up and down over the last couple of years, what with changing school, moving house etc etc … maybe ... Read more
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