What are we testing?
Ramblings of a mad woman probably but I’m trying to get my head around ways to work with our current and future cohorts to overcome issues whereby some students do […]
March 2017
October 2016
They know that I know!
We’ve just finished our first assessment cycle (well .. one more paper to go with year 9’s tomorrow!) and we’ve done the […]
Being systematic
I love teaching my year 9 group. I’ve taught them for 2 years now and in the main, they are really up for having a go at most things I give […]
September 2016
Year 7 Resits – Calling all bloggers!
Whilst we are waiting for the promised consultation on the year 7 resits (now being called progress tests!) I am going to try […]
Don’t Panic !
I’ve edited this post to make it a bit clearer!
As you do … I have been looking at the DFE and Ofqual publications page of the .gov […]
August 2016
Summer 2016 entries
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 […]
May 2016
Summer 2016 – Hit List
To be honest I think last night/this morning was the MOST NERVOUS I have EVER been before an exam – for reasons unknown to me!.
Overall I felt […]
April 2016
A little bit of maths – MAY 2016
Here you go … next months calendar.
December 2015
National Reference Tests .. again!
The National Reference Tests (NRTs) made the headlines again last week in this article on the TES website about how the results from […]
Book expectations
Back in June I wrote about having a modus operandii across the department for our expectations in terms of book presentation and it is having a massive impact on what I […]
