National Reference Tests II
I have previously written about the background behind the National Reference Tests and the fact that Ofqual had considered making them “compulsory for all” IN THIS POST well […]
June 2015
May 2015
Collaborative Network – a little proud!
A few years ago our local authority subject specialist support ceased – my limited view of the regular Head of Maths meeting was based on attending one of them where one HOD sat […]
THE Ofqual Maths Research Programme IV
I want to take a bird’s eye view of the report and summary that Ofqual published HERE. So let’s remind ourselves “what’s it all about Alfie!” … I’ve […]
How many Rob Smiths?
Last week I put a shout out to see if anyone wanted to write a guest post and lo and behold Rob Smith ( @mrrismithmaths ) stepped up to the […]
A quick thought (it never is quick BTW!!)
Just a “quickie” to let you all know so that it is in the public domain that I have this week asked for copies of any responses from Ofqual to letters […]
THE Ofqual Research Project .. III
I’m going to try to make this a no waffle post … so let’s get on with it … Part III
I want to look at the fact that for strand 1 […]
THE Ofqual research project …
Only someone sat in an ivory tower would dare to say “let’s not cry over spilt milk” “what’s done is done” “let’s move on” …. I know that we have to “play with […]
So who is Punxsutawney Phil?
The one and only time I get to see the word “knob” on my blog 
I have been asked by a National Newspaper […]
Down the rabbit hole …
So where are we?
2 weeks on Thursday the vast majority of our cohort nationally will be sitting the penultimate […]
More numbers to consider:
I am increasingly aware of how lucky we’ve been in terms of recruitment. I’ve always said that “it” (I’m talking UK-wide here!) isn’t just about recruiting new people to the profession – we […]
