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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Like David says, need to push for more investigation. I suspect drop in entries, but most importantly, tiering.

Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Here’s a piece I put together for last night’s webinar with key tske aways for teachers, Heads of Department and for Senior Leaders on the back of this year’s GCSE MFL results: senorcordero.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/g...

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GCSE Outcomes – Key takeaways for teachers and for Senior Leaders

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…

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Want to know more about grading in MFL and to consider next steps? Join David Blow, Helen Myers, Catherine Ames and myself tomorrow at 7pm for an @all-london.org.uk webinar: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-... Please do share!

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Exploring the results in the new GCSEs in French, German and Spanish

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

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Thats incredibly kind of you - thank you. I wouldn’t say I’ve got many brains (as demonstrated today when I went to catch up with a Head and Head of PE - who are my good friends - and I demonstrated my inability to open a satsuma) but I try!

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I need to! It’s in the list. Closest I’ve come to Michoacán until now is la michoacana jajaja

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Thank you! Have a great summer too!

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

But now, time for the out-of-office to be switched on, to down tools for a couple of weeks and get ready to hit my beloved Latin America for tacos, sun and a reset.

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

It’s been amazing to lead the fight to secure the best possible languages provision for our students and working with absolutely amazing people up and down the country - doing our best to surge forward.

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

But with an air of negativity surrounding MFL, including grading being harsher than other EBacc subjects, we must ensure we never fall victim to becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy of languages being too difficult, not relevant for today’s young people and a privilege only for some and not for all.

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

- and that’s before even considering the usual day-to-day business of teaching the best quality lessons possible.

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

That’s my first year done. It’s been one tough old year in the MFL world: specification changes coming in whilst having to juggle the legacy specification one last time, pressures of having no grade boundaries and the push to report on pupil performance, recruitment is harder than ever…

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Still time to apply! If you want the chance to share your insights and experience on a much larger scale, working with schools with wide and varying contexts to help ensure students get an ever-improving deal in language learning - this is the job for you. ce0374li.webitrent.com/ce0374li_web...

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I do think there is the need for a vocational qualification in a language. But I feel the current system that is set up to be academic in nature and favour academic routes will make it a no-go.

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Want to work with MFL on a national scale? Looking to have impact on a much wider scale? Still plenty of time to apply. Closing date - 29th June www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy...

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MFL Subject Adviser (North), National/Home-Based - Tes Jobs

United Learning, United Kingdom

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

For more information, and to organise a confidential discussion of the role, feel free to email me at: Adam.lamb@unitedlearning.org.uk Please share to your networks and anyone you may think would be a great fit for this role! ce0374li.webitrent.com/ce0374li_web...

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

The role will be predominantly field-based, with travel to our schools across the country but particularly in the North (Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Carlisle). Home-working is also a core element of the role, and we envisage a broadly 60%-40% split between the two.

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

We are looking for a Subject Adviser to work with our northern schools

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

⭐️ Looking to share your expertise and experience as an excellent MFL practitioner with schools from Carlisle all the way to Somerset? If so, the MFL Subject Adviser team at United Learning have a vacancy that might be of interest to you!

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

⭐️ Looking for a new role where you can champion the languages cause on a national scale? ⭐️ Interested in working with teachers, Heads of Department, Line Managers and Principals with the overarching vision of ensuring the provision of the best quality languages education possible for young people?

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Thank you. Hopes and fears I guess. I’m trying to think in my head what do we have control over, and what do we not. And those things that we don’t have control over seem to be more than what we have control over. But we have to remain positive and not be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Beyond thrilled for Sunderland ❤️🤍

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Nothing worse than poor track etiquette making running dangerous for everyone else. One club of 10 people max using lanes 3 upwards; whilst about 30-40 people had to share lanes 1 and 2. Not fair.

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Ah that’ll be class! Where are they from? I’ll be over in Guadalajara at that point. Cannot wait!

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Another great series from Eva Longoria following Searching for Mexico: this time it’s Searching for Spain! www.instagram.com/reel/DJebeWo...

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I worry that the more time that is spent worrying and analysing the vocab list, the less the time will be that is spent on quality teaching and learning. We have to focus our energy on what matters.

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

And is it white noise that will take the eyes of what should be the focus - quality teaching and learning?

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

An update from the DfE. As a linguist it still really irritates me that we are obsessing so much over a prescribed list of words and grammar (as evidenced in the publication of this document) rather than getting our students to be able to communicate. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67b606...

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I think that’s probably the reason. There must have been something put in place in 2018 that makes for that peak, then dip to a 4, then peak to a 3. Would love to know what…

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I have recently spent some time looking at trends and tendencies of the outgoing MFL specifications using the Ofqual Analytics tool. It got me thinking very deeply about considerations when reporting for the new specifications. Here’s a new post on it. senorcordero.wordpress.com/2025/04/18/t...

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The outgoing specification – trends and tendencies and looking towards reporting for the new spec

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…

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Always good to get to track and burn off any worry.

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Didn’t make track on Tuesday as I was heading home. My best friend from my original club has the Chicago Marathon this weekend and is tapering so has agreed to coach me! Our first encounter was on a steep hill where she shouted: “Is that all you’ve got?!” at me. Still is my running hero to this day!

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

And what about the 4/5 that cannot afford it? That’s why I firmly believe we have the duty to fight that little bit harder for those who cannot access private tuition and that have as much of a right do succeed as anyone else. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

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Fifth of state pupils have private tutor at GCSE (and it’s not cheap)

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

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I mean, I’d be chuffed if I still looked like that tbh! Even the sea front in the photo looks like Seaham…

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Adam Lamb @senorcordero.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I’ll admit I’m very behind with the times with AI, though found out you could see your dog visualised as a human so did it with Blue. The result looks kind of like me…

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