This idea came out of our last Edexcel network meeting at Alcester whereby we discussed the impossible task of allocating grades given that none of the exam boards are able to give the slightest guidance. After a discussion we agreed that it would be useful to share anonymous student marks for the secure mocks to … Read more
A couple of weeks ago, whilst wrapped up with my quilt, suffering with a bout of manflu I used the opportunity to have another look at the SAMs, specimens and practice papers alongside marking and collating the results from my year 10 class following their recent assessments. Additionally, I spent this down-time looking at the similar … Read more
Is that too much to ask? You may remember that I put a FOI request into Ofqual following their letter to Pearson adjusting grade boundaries upwards ( my blog was here -> ( FOI Request )? Well I’ve had a response … actually scrap that … I’ve had a non-response. To be honest all I … Read more
I have a confession … I’ve never been to a TeachMeet. Is that wrong? Oh ok … actually I’ve been to one but spent the whole time chatting to an old friend in the corridor catching up! Oops! However I am about to put that right on the 14th September where not only will I … Read more
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 grading of next Summers GCSE. Partly to be able to hold Ofqual to account but also for me to have a firm grip of how the awarding works … Read more
I’ve started thinking about lesson planning. I know! (don’t hate me! I’m not saying it to make you feel guilty) but I have news that means I have to get ahead of the game and be super organised this year. First the news … from September, myself and Seager are being seconded from our “day … Read more
Just a reminder that the next meeting of the collaborative network we host at Alcester is this Friday (17th June). Time: 12 noon until 3pm. Venue: Alcester Academy I have just emailed the usual attendees with an updated agenda so if you haven’t booked your place please do so (Dave: it’s usually you that just … Read more
Graham emailed out today (do I need to say Graham Cumming? surely its obvious who I mean?) with details about the Edexcel (or is it Pearson?) 6th Mathematics conference at Warwick (my old uni! no .. he didn’t mention this in his email) on Saturday 2 July 2016. He also confirmed that Dr Hannah Fry, … Read more
Once again I find myself screaming at my ‘pooter : “OI F**KWIT … MATHS IS DIFFERENT”. I can almost hear you saying to yourself “oh no! She’s gone off on one again”. Well, yes, yes I have. This morning I’ve been reading about remarks and the consultation from Ofqual which closed earlier this month. It … Read more
I agreed to get involved with the GLOW hub GCSE working party, looking at the new GCSE with other teachers (you may have seen the exam questions by topic I put together as part of this?); on Friday we had our second meeting and a few things came out of it: We were looking at … Read more
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