So long time no speak! Lifes been busy don’t you know! Actually it’s more than that … the world has changed and so have I. I’ve wanted to get on here and “just write” like I used to pre-covid but every time I’ve thought about it I’ve stopped myself for fear of upsetting someone or … Read more
Morning! Just a quick post to share some resources … following the realisation that ITT students were not going to be able to finish their final teaching placement a few weeks ago, I put out a tweet. I’d been thinking about how nervous most teachers get after just six weeks off in the holidays and … Read more
I know! I know! I know! Its been a while but I’ve been busy don’t you know? To which I can almost hear you, dear reader saying “Haven’t we all?” … This is the first of two three four blog posts about the language used in exams … I’ve split it because otherwise it’d be … Read more
If you’ve come here looking for me to bang on about how wonderful statistics is … you’ve come to the wrong place – not that I don’t love stats but now is not the time! I’ve been doing some analysis of the first 4 sittings of the new maths GCSE’s for all the boards and … Read more
Now that the first Maths GCSE paper is finished we’ve got some time to breathe before paper 2, which means that tomorrow when you go into work you’ll have time to do something proactive … so why not book your ticket to join us (and 250 other maths teachers) for the second JustMaths conference … Read more
I have a confession …. I know haters are gonna hate … but I’m going to tell you anyway! I’m not actually in the UK I’m sat in a hotel bar in the French Alps as I’ve managed to wangle the first week of term off as a holiday! It wasn’t as simple as saying … Read more
This is the second post looking at the percentage of questions that were on both tiers in the first live sitting of the exam – part 1 included the stats from Pearson/Edexcels papers and this one is for OCR. As previously, I should remind you that “at least 20%” on both tiers must be from … Read more
I can’t let this pass without comment … the DFE need to sort this out … it’s a fecking mess !! Let me remind you that in March Justine Greening wrote to the Education Select Committee (letter -> here ) and in this she states “Where employers, FE providers and universities currently accept a grade C we … Read more
Back in January I wrote (in this post-> here ) about how comparability across tiers was going to be ensured by the exam boards and Ofqual. I included some analysis about the percentage of marks available on the “crossover” topics for Edexcel, AQA and OCR; I also went off on a tangent about the why … Read more
So paper 3 is done and dusted. ‘Tis done. ‘Tis finished. At just after 10:30 am this morning I could almost feel maths teachers everywhere breathing a massive sigh of relief. (I promise I will write up my experience of sitting the exam as an external candidate but time … you know! .. time … … Read more
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