“Mastering” the March 2013 H papers …

UPDATED 6th June 2013 There have been some interesting tweets and blogs recently about students inability to recall prior learning after a period of time and some people would suggest that students should (or shouldn’t) move on with their learning once they have “mastered” a topic or keep working on it, until they have  “got … Read more

Weekend bullet-point blog

Well! It looks like Summer is here, so I’m trying to enjoy it while it lasts! This week gone in a whirl, so in my usual fashion here’s my week in bullet points: HAPPY =  Results are out and we have already SMASHED FFT D targets. Yes we’ve beaten them by a long way and still have … Read more

Edexcel Results Plus – Template available Thursday

TEMPLATE FOR MARCH RESULTS WILL BE AVAILABLE THURSDAY After every exam session I produce an excel workbook that takes the Edexcel Results Plus data and puts it all onto 1 page  instead of the usual masses of paper that you’d get if you use the online version. This weeks results will be no exception. It … Read more

Exam questions by topic

I know it isn’t what really happens, but in the deepest darkest months of the year it sometimes feels like “Teach – test – mark – teach – test –mark”. This is not a gripe about assessment or the amount we test out students as I genuinely think that we have the right balance, but … Read more

Edexcel ResultsPlus Template for todays results

We use Edexcel as our chosen exam board at our school – both higher and foundation. Partly because the data we can obtain from them of each individuals performance is superb. This information is from their ResultsPlus service, which I know many schools use. However, we have found that their online system was quite cumbersome … Read more

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