GCSE 9-1 Archives -

When is a a worksheet not a worksheet?

JustMathsMel2018-11-25T17:07:15+00:00November 25th, 2018|3 - Shape, Blog, Intervention, Resources|

Hi, I now blog so infrequently about my teaching that I feel I need to say “hello” … part of the reason, if I’m being BRUTALLY ( I don’t think I have a […]

The human cost of the post-16 maths and English policy

JustMathsMel2017-07-02T19:57:01+01:00July 1st, 2017|From the Coal Face|

I speak/email/DM and meet lots of teachers … all the time! Many of these teachers are in FE […]

From the coalface 5

JustMathsMel2017-07-02T19:57:04+01:00January 3rd, 2017|Blog, From the Coal Face, NEW GCSE 9-1|

Occasionally I open up the blog to others to write a post or two … (don’t worry Seager isn’t getting […]

Grading consultation Part 3 – New Maths GCSE 9-1

JustMathsMel2017-07-02T19:57:04+01:00December 11th, 2016|Blog, DFE, Ofqual|

The week before last, Ofqual published another consultation on grading (I know!! 7 months […]

H v F … What if we make the wrong decision?

JustMathsMel2017-07-02T19:57:05+01:00November 2nd, 2016|AQA, Blog, Edexcel, NEW GCSE 9-1, OCR, Ofqual|

A couple of weeks ago, whilst wrapped up with my quilt, suffering with a bout of manflu I used the […]

Couldn’t let it pass by without …

JustMathsMel2017-07-02T19:57:05+01:00October 25th, 2016|Blog, DFE|

The above was me last week!!

You can’t have failed to notice that last week, in

All I want is transparency

JustMathsMel2017-07-02T19:57:05+01:00September 27th, 2016|Blog, NEW GCSE 9-1, Ofqual|

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 […]

Well I never!

JustMathsMel2016-07-23T23:57:41+01:00July 23rd, 2016|DFE, Ofqual|

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 […]