30 August 2016 | AQADFEEdexcelOCROfqualUncategorized
Note that any of the below data is still provisional! It’s really important in my mind to understand the numbers involved from this Summer exam for the grading of next Summers GCSE. Partly to be able to hold Ofqual to account but also for me to have a firm grip of how the awarding works ... Read more
28 August 2016 | BlogEdexcelOfqual
You wouldn’t expect me to let this pass without comment would you? Oh yeah you probably haven’t a clue what I’m talking about. On the 12th August Ofqual wrote to Pearson instructing them to adjust their grade boundaries on the 1MAO H paper this Summer. They were instructed to raise the boundary from 69 to ... Read more
28 August 2016 | BlogEdexcel
I’ve started thinking about lesson planning. I know! (don’t hate me! I’m not saying it to make you feel guilty) but I have news that means I have to get ahead of the game and be super organised this year. First the news … from September, myself and Seager are being seconded from our “day ... Read more
28 August 2016 | Blog
I always joke that I took Engineering at uni because I was told by a careers advisor: “Don’t be silly … women can’t be engineers!” and I am not that old that we are talking about the 1800’s here people, but if I’m honest I had a genuine love of Physics and a curiosity as ... Read more
26 August 2016 | EdexcelTeaching
I’ve put together the usual results plus QLA (question level analysis) sheets for the Edexcel 1MA01 June 2016 papers. As usual I have also attached instructions for how to get your download data into them and produce sheets for each student. There are two versions one where you can just produce sheets for specific students ... Read more
25 August 2016 | BlogFrom the Coal FaceTeaching
I started writing this late last night but never posted it so I’ve come back to it this afternoon having been into school and seen the students open their results (and no I didn’t cry this year!) so please forgive the way my tenses change throughout the post. Once again, I’m unable to sleep but ... Read more
24 August 2016 | BlogEdexcelOCROfqual
Before I start I must give my thanks to the OCR Maths team for pointing me in the direction of some useful information about the changes to what you and I will know as “re-marks”. They also have a really useful post which you can find here -> OCR Blog. You know how I think ... Read more
24 August 2016 | BlogEdexcel
Now that the Maths team at Edexcel are on Twitter ( @EmporiumMaths ) you can almost guarantee they’ll be the first to tweet out grade boundaries etc which they have done this morning. So before the barrage of tweets (they’ve already started) and blogs about grade boundaries, grade inflation, higher versus foundation, which exam board ... Read more
23 August 2016 | Personal
I can’t sleep. I had all these grand ideas about being able to do a blog post a day but I have slipped easily into “normal” life and spent lots of time doing things that I don’t have time to do in term time. To be honest I’ve tried to write a post on a ... Read more
31 July 2016 | BlogPersonal
So it’s Sunday morning and I’ve had a lie in but it appears that my god-kids have been up doing some maths this morning. My god-son Vinnie was up at 8 am and his sister Madison ploughed in after breakfast and there was some much-needed golden silence in their household – I know because I’ve ... Read more
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