What can teachers do to support students who miss their grades on GCSE results day? Here’s a checklist of the options you can offer them
To help GCSE resit students break out of a cycle of failure, The Sheffield College decided to introduce a new approach based on building a positive mindset. Emma Ireland explains how activities to encourage young people to focus on their strengths have l
eventually, the two-yearGCSEprogramme, starting at age 14, followed by the two-yearA Levelprogramme, starting at age 16, the system leads students towards increased specialisation and can be
Did you always want to be a writer? I think so. I used to write short stories about my childhood pet cats as superheroes. I didn’t think too much of it until I was tasked with writing a short story for my GCSE coursework. My English teacher told me I should be a writer, and s...
“We’re teaching in English all the time here,” says Tony Piper. “But one of the critical pillars of Brunei culture is the language. We try and make sure that for all our Bruneian students, Malay has a central place with extra opti...
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Pressures caused by GCSE English and maths resits: 37% Difficulty in recruiting suitably qualified teaching staff: 32% Mental ill-health increasing among students: 19% Reduction in demand for apprenticeships: 17% Heavy workload of college staff: 14% The status of technical and professional tr...
A one-size-fits-all approach to GCSE English and maths puts pressure on students. There’s another way, says Sian Wilson
This article is taken from the Autumn 2023 issue of Think Global People magazine Click on the cover to access thedigital edition. Viewyour copy of the Autumn 2023 issue ofThink Global Peoplemagazine. The combination of IB, A level and GCSE grades returning...
On occasion, newspapers are “probably right to put asterisks in the swear words because [the asterisks] slow down comprehension [of the swear words]” - something to bear in mind if your GCSE students are studying texts featuring swearing. The impact of swearing is obviously linked to the ...