I go to extreme lengths of making sure that when I’m not talking about MY opinion (even then I make it clear that it is mine and mine alone!) anything I do write about is factual. I’m not in the public eye and I dread to think how obsessive I would be if I was … 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
Confirmed by Ofqual today. Links to the actual consultation decision document which details the outcome for legacy resits at BOTH GCSE and A LEVEL where a subject has been overhauled. Basically our current year 11 will get two “bites at the cherry” – this is something our colleagues in FE felt strongly about and is … 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
r.e. Teacher Recruitment. Dear Nicky Morgan, Following this week’s budget and your subsequent Education White Paper both you and Nick Gibb are obviously in demand. To be honest I’m not sure who got the sh1tty end of the stick when choosing between BBC Question time or Newsnight on the other side – that must have … Read more
So Glenys Stacey has (or is just about to) finished her time with Ofqual and if the DFE have their way Sally Collier will take up her role shortly. In the meantime, as I understand it, Amanda Spielman is acting director of the organisation, so just when we are going through one of the biggest … Read more
EDIT 28th MARCH 2017 – Given the news today -> TES report here about the change to accountability measures this post is now outdated!! I will post a proper updated post soon!! I‘d like to have called this post .. the truth, the whole truth and … ummmm … what we don’t yet know! Further to my … Read more
This evening has been one of the most frustrating I’ve had in a long time. I’ve been distracted and I can feel my blood pressure rising; today was MathsConf6 and from my twitter timeline it looks like a great time was had by all that attended – that is what the events should be about. … Read more
A contact sent this through to me to share with fellow teachers. In the body of the email forwarded to me it mentions that the aim is to “elicit teacher preparedness for the upcoming and recently implemented GCSEs and A levels.” It goes on to say; “At Ofqual we hear a lot of anecdotal feedback … Read more
It seems apt given both the financial situation schools are finding themselves in but also the recruitment issue to point out that we’re STILL doing our bit. At the start of the 2014 academic year we launched SchoolScanner and contacted every school – initially there was a rush of jobs appearing but we’ve had to … Read more
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