This is a piece I have written for teachers and leaders with some actions you might want to consider on the back of the GCSE results. I have a nicer, formatted version available I can share with yo…

Looking at the differences in the approach for the new and previous specifications, and the implications for raw marks and grades.

Many times in education we are asked how can we measure our impact – and the most logical response, given today’s climate, is through outcomes and progress values. I was of this opinion worki…

June 12th saw the release of the provisional entry data for GCSE and A Levels for the Summer 2025 season of exams. But what is the story for languages? What does it mean for French and German in pa…

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The end of the 2016 MFL specifications – From controlled assessment to spontaneity  As the GCSE exams draw to a close for the outgoing specification and our eyes turn towards the first exams for th…

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Grading and assessment in the new specification is on a lot of people’s minds – with pressures to report home from schools, and from parents, even though we do not have any indicative g…

Some have one helper per subject and there are even residential courses at £2,000 a week

Our high-quality, standardised assessments, written by our subject experts, provide cohort-benchmarked summative reporting and detailed formative analysis, at the mid-point and the end of the year.

We talk about pace plans a lot when talking about teaching and learning, and being a keen runner, I absolutely love this analogy. One of the Regional Directors I work with refers to Year 11 as thre…

As a teacher, I won’t shy away from the fact I am incredibly results driven – because the grades that our students get are their tickets to their future. If we are going to get students to ge…

It’s hard to think that this time next year we will be entering into the final lap for our first cohort of students sitting the 2024 MFL GCSE specification. As is such, here are my reflections so f…

El escándalo de los niños robados en España llega a la televisión británica. Decenas de madres separadas de sus hijos buscan justicia.

The new MFL GCSE has now been taught in our schools for half a year, with students completing their first modules of study. At this point, the want to assess sets in. But with no grade boundaries p…

I woke up this morning to more news of Elon Musk trying to edge his way into, and meddle with, British politics. The post, published by The Mirror, read: “Elon Musk hints at US invading the UK to l…

Having the ability to enter into others’ classrooms to observe their teaching and learning is a privileged position, and a one we must always hold in such light. People can sometimes, quite natural…

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