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Collapsed free school projects 'wasted at least £2.3m'
Education Secretary Michael Gove has been asked to come clean on how much money has been spent on collapsed free schools projects in England. Shadow Education Secretary Stephen Twigg says at least £2.3m was spent on three projects alone, two of which were abandoned and one which has 68 pupils.He claims the Department for Education is yet to give details on a further three projects which have foundered.
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What exactly does BIg Business want from schools?
Big Business is always carping about exam results. Not enough kids take Maths A Level. Not enough can do simple mental arithmetic. School leavers can’t write letters, reports, professional standard emails. Their spelling is atrocious, their grammar worse. They don’t know how to behave in a professional environment. They could do with more vocational skills.
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Documents on Student Reports
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Uproar over GCSE English grades
After 2 decades of rising grade percentages this years exam grades have come as a big shock to pupils,parents and teachers alike. BBC News reports (28/08/2012) that Head teachers are pressing for this summer's English GCSEs to be regraded amid a row over grade boundaries.
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Increase interest in your subject by making it relevant
Academic subjects can be so dry when you’re at school. Teachers try hard to make it interesting but the same things just don’t interest everyone. This year I am determined to get my students reading more. Reading more is key to understanding the techniques used by authors - the analysis of which is a key skill in both English Language and Literature. It also improves vocabulary, spelling, creative writing, paragraphing and sentence construction.
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Publication of A'level results means Difficult Decisions for Some
The publication of the A’ level results revealed that there has been a 0.4% drop in the number of students gaining the top grades of A and A*. As a result, more students have missed their first choice offers than in previous years and have had some difficult decisions to make.
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Don’t Try To Achieve Too Much
I’m thinking back to the best lessons I have taught and the best lessons where I have learned. They both have one thing in common; the lesson goal was really quite simple.
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We’re Tutors not Teachers
Many clients don’t seem to understand the difference between what we do and what their child’s teacher does in school. They ask us to search for a teacher in a subject, cutting out many extremely good tutors from helping their child and often getting no offers from tutors at all as a result.
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Science and Maths Increase in Popularity
The publication of today’s A’level results has drawn attention to the fact that science and maths are becoming more popular amongst students, with an average of 3% more students taking these subjects compared with last year.
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