I have to take my hat off to Ofqual for their recent response to an freedom of information request I made to them .. I’m quite impressed because someone has thought it through and not just sent a standard response. Having seen some payments on their “transparency” data that they have to publish I noted … Read more
Whats the name for an edit comment that appears at the start of a post? Don’t know? Me neither … Well this is one of them … I started to write this post and it became something else but I’ve left it as it is … apologies in advance! This will be the first of … Read more
So the year 7 catch-up funding has been confirmed again for 2016/17. It’s not something that concerned me greatly until the year 7 resits reared their ugly head and confirmation of how the funding works for this year is just another reason why the resit idea stinks. The fact is, and there is no way … Read more
I’ve got a very open mind about the changes at the DFE but it was good (of course it wasn’t!) to see the PR & media machines were at work already when I saw all over my Twitter timeline that the DFE confirmed today there would be “no … year 7 resits in the 2016/17 … Read more
I’m going to be true to my word and this post isn’t going to be about BREXIT. … ummm … oh … ummmm … (imagine me swaying from foot to foot as I try to think of a way to sweeten this)… well … ummm … it “sort of” is … but also “sort of” … Read more
In case you haven’t seen it the MMSA (the Meeting of Mathematics Subject Associations)* have written an openly published letter to Nicky Morgan (and sent to some of the media too!) expressing their concerns about the year 7 tests that the government proposes to introduce next year and requesting the opportunity to discuss the matter … Read more
Over the half term I wrote a blog post about how the school we work at appearing on a “list” on the DFE website that were supposed to have received a letter of congratulations (in relation to 2015 results) from Nick Gibb but weirdly our gaffer at work had never received anything. I explained how … Read more
So many times I’ve sat reading blogs or articles in which there is a call for action and I think “yes, I must get involved. I must do something to help that cause” and then the moment passes and it never happens. Life is just very busy. Well I’m urging you to ensure that this … Read more
So … the other evening I was checking to see if there were any updates on the DFE site (doesn’t everyone do this on a regular basis? Nope? Just me then!) and came across this page and as I scrolled down I noticed some documents about congratulatory letters sent out and so “as you do” … Read more
Occasionally I let Seager write a blog post … ok I’ll be honest I think I’ve let him write one post in the last 4 years and this is why I’m happy to let him double his blog post count this evening with the below contribution. I don’t want to steal his thunder so I’ll … Read more
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