Ofqual letter to Pearson

You wouldn’t expect me to let this pass without comment would you? Oh yeah you probably haven’t a clue what I’m talking about. On the 12th August Ofqual wrote to Pearson instructing them to adjust their grade boundaries on the 1MAO H paper this Summer. They were instructed to raise the boundary from 69 to … Read more

GCSE 9-1 – Content changes 1

Lots has been written about the changes and with all the “hullaballoo” over the SAMs it seems apt to be able to document a definitive list (from my perspective) of the changes to content over the next 4 blog posts (this is 1 of 4) – the intention is that where there are significant changes … Read more

Collaborative Network – a little proud!

A few years ago our local authority subject specialist support ceased – my limited view of the regular Head of Maths meeting was based on attending one of them where one HOD sat marking papers for the entire time and as a mere “second in department” I felt that a couple of the people there … Read more

THE Ofqual Maths Research Programme IV

I want to take a bird’s eye view of the report and summary that Ofqual published HERE. So let’s remind ourselves “what’s it all about Alfie!” … I’ve listed the four studies with some of the key points from the findings relating to each “study” along with any comments from little ‘ol me. I’m not … Read more

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