An alarming slump in the number of pupils taking foreign languages at GCSE has been described as a 'catastrophe' for the country by headteachers.
Maths curriculum is linear, meaning that each new topic builds on previously-learnt skills. Numbers represents the most fundamental maths concepts from students’ earliest days in primary school. Still, we mustn’t conclude that learners need no refresher to excel at numbers. The order of operation...
Given that only a minority achieved top grades, this translates to a small increased chance of top grades among babies breastfed for a year or more. Data for shorter durations, or other outcomes such as passing five GCSEs or more was less conclusive. So, most children did not get a top ...
made in preparing for this year’s exams at GCSE and at A2 (A Level), but what it does not go near (very much) is the problems this will cause the present crop of students, three of which, as my latest students, need as much confidence and help to achieve those grades as possible...
Please note that the courses listed in the options booklet will only run if there are sufficient student numbers, and that the combination of subjects offered can vary year on year. Grades All (I)GCSEs are graded on a scale from 9 to 1 (or A* to U for some examinations using the old...
Selective universities might wish to set their own online tests - Oxford, Cambridge and the Russell Group over-offer, and would be unable to accept every candidate offered a place on the basis of predicted grades alone. Regardless of how this is managed, this would still mean that hundreds of...
(which the whole school benefits from) BUT… now students are paying the price. Grades are derived at least in part from patterns of attainment across the cohort. If large numbers of students, but not all, take an exam twice within one series, the exam outcomes will be distorted. Students...
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