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Welsh GCSE Students get Re-Grades
This week Welsh education minister Leighton Andrews ordered the WJEC exam board to regrade GCSE English exams taken in Wales, stating that the students should not suffer from the injustice of the exam marking crisis.
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Tutors for University
In the past, the most common level at which people decide to hire a private tutor has been for their GCSEs and A’ Levels, yet increasingly students are finding that a private tutor can help them way beyond school.
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Oqual Are Allowed to Change GCSE Grade Boundaries
Pete's blog 18-9-12: I was in Portugal for most of last week for a friend’s wedding...
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Survey Reveals Number of Children Reading for fun has Fallen
The National Literacy Trust has published figures that suggest that only three in ten children read for fun, a figure down from four in ten in 2005.
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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
Pete's blog 11-9-12: I can’t believe that I’m going to mention more website problems in my blog,...
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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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