What can we make of the AS level results, and what does it mean for schools in September?
What do the results mean for schools in September?
Tag Archives: Exams
5 tips to beat exam stress
As exam season approaches, the mental health experts at Pixel Learning have 5 tips to help young people navigate this difficult period.
Comparing literature texts in an exam
Join Mark Roberts for his third piece on how to help students effectively compare texts. This time – comparing literature texts in an exam.
Comparing texts – next steps – GCSE English language
In his second piece of a series focusing on comparing texts at GCSE, Mark Roberts explores how to help students effectively plan their comparisons.
Caught between a rock and a hard place…
In a fourth blog about the ‘Ebacc for all’ issue, Bill Watkin suggests that there has been a slight shift in the government’s approach.
A period of calm and stability?
Bill Watkin on the most significant changes to the education system in 2015-16.
Why Policy Exchange’s report is about much more than fining secondary schools
Tom Middlehurst, Head of Public Affairs, SSAT writes… Much of today’s commentary and twitter-response to Policy Exchange’s report Crossing the Line has focused on the rights or wrongs of raising a ‘resit levy’ on secondary schools whose students fail to
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A period of calm and stability . . . . . . and another change in the rules
Bill Watkin explores the issues surrounding whether or not legacy GCSEs can be counted in performance tables once the new GCSEs are in place.
The English Baccalaureate and Progress 8. All clear now?
Bill Watkin explores the changes to secondary school accountability measures and highlights key developments regarding the Ebacc and progress 8.
Re-sit SATs in Y7… why just the re-sits?
Bill Watkin, Operational Director SSAT, writes… The context The government has confirmed that pupils who do not pass the KS2 SATs at the end of primary schooling will have to re-sit them in the first year of secondary school. What
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