Tiering

In true fashion … don’t be expecting answers. Just more questions and things for you to consider. Back to school tomorrow and if you’re like me you haven’t done all the things you meant to do this holiday. The holidays started with the tree going up on the day I finished work and it is … Read more

A plea to have your say!

Ofqual have an open consultation and one of the things they are consulting on, is whether there should be an additional resit opportunity for the current Maths GCSE in the Summer of 2017. DUH!! OF COURSE THERE SHOULD! Let me lay out the facts … Current year 11 take their exams in June 2016. Those … Read more

An early Christmas pressie

You may remember that I did some work collecting questions “by topic” on the new SAMs and practice paper. Well … now I know that I should have sought permission to use them from the exam boards (I have to say in my defence that it didn’t occur to me because they are readily available … Read more

Stress, Anxiety, Depression and the Modern Maths Teacher

Lots of people get uncomfortable when someone they work with is going through a tough time or has a mental health problem. We go through life and often we never find out the extent to which, the things we say or do affect other people. Mostly we assume that it makes “not a jot” of … Read more

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