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Nurture’s dominance increases … 2021 GCSE & A-level exams may be at the mercy of teachers…
Nurture’s dominance over Nature increases, as teenagers A-level and GCSE exams for 2021 may be at the mercy of teachers again… I’ve always been of the belief that nurture plays a greater role in success than nature. I’ve seen so many young people of average ability but who work hard excelling beyond all expectations. At the same time, I’ve seen too many bright young people underperforming, and, in fact, failing exams all together. Teacher assessment is not always based purely […]
GCSE and A-level exams chaos may linger around until the summer of 2021 – when will full time schooling resume?
As the hullabaloo surrounding the cancellation of this summer’s GCSE continues, the message that is becoming clearer is that this may go beyond this summer, and there is a distinct possibility that the present Y10 and lower sixth students may face the same predicament in the summer of 2021. Quoting from yesterday’s Sunday Times, “Parents have been told A-levels and GCSEs are likely to be disrupted again next summer with some secondary schools in England unlikely to fully reopen until […]
School closure and lock down – Is enough being done to help Y11 prepare for A-level?
From what we’ve been hearing in the news, as far as secondary education is concerned, attention is on Y10 and the lower sixth (Y12) at present; which is understandable, as these two year-groups will be taking their GCSE and A-level exams, respectively, in less than 12 months’ time. Not much is said about Y11 students who will be starting A-level in September. In case you happen to be a parent with high aspirations for your teenager, you ought to do […]
How good is the Quality of Online Teaching after School Closure due to the pandemic?
Since the lockdown and school closure in the last week of March, all secondary schools have been making some sort of provision for their students. The standard of education being provided varies very widely. Some schools are using online technology, such as Zoom, Skype, Microsoft One Note, Google Classroom and so on, to provide live video teaching, set assignments and check the work they set and provide meaningful feedback. For other schools, they set assignment for their students and perhaps […]
GCSE and A-level Exams; Coronavirus – are you a worried parent?
GCSE and A-level Exams; Coronavirus – are you a worried parent? There is understandably considerable anxiety in the minds of all parents given the present circumstances in relation to the coronavirus– especially for those whose teenagers are taking GCSE and A-level examinations this summer. At present, it remains uncertain at as to whether the whole examination timetable will be cancelled, postponed or left the way it is. There is also the bigger issue of preparation of students, and also by […]
GCSE and A-level exam time for the teenager – roles of the parent include conversations…
GCSE and A-level exam time for the teenager – body, mind and soul and the role of the parent… For 16 to 18 year olds and their parents, August is so far away, yet also, at the same time, very close – depending on how you look at it. Far away in the sense that there is so much happening between now and then, in terms of exam preparation, perhaps a family holiday and the release of the GCSE and […]
Sharing a thought or two with parents – Success at KS3, GCSE, A-level and University
Sharing a thought or two with parents of children in secondary school – Success at KS3, GCSE, A-level and University Before I say more about those tips, I’ll tell you a story about my own son, as I thought you may find something in it to relate to. I must warn you that it is not all positive, but there are lessons to learn. The reason why I am using my own family as an example is that, despite the […]
Positive discrimination for white working-class boys, good for the goose, good for the gander
Positive discrimination for white working-class boys…. If it’s good for the goose, should it necessarily be good for the gander as well? A distinguished mathematician, Sir Bryan Thwaites, very recently had his donation of over £1m rejected by two public schools (public schools are top independent, private schools) – Dulwich College and Winchester. The reason for the refusal was because he specified that the money be used to provide scholarship for white working-class boys – seeking to address, what he […]
Can I afford a tutor?
Can I afford a tutor? How about, can you afford not to get a tutor? Here, I challenge you with the million pound question – is there really such a thing as value for money’, affordable tuition? However, that begs the question, if we don’t invest those extra pennies in our child’s educational prospects, can we really live with ourselves, knowing we could have intervened – could have stepped in, attempted to rectify the situation; no matter on how big […]
Alas, how come some public schools don’t teach their students GCSEs, and they still take exams in it
A lesson for me from a sixteen-year-old, which you may find intriguing I was at the intensive revision course for our A-level and GCSE students today and, during the break, I was chatting to the teenagers, as I usually do. I usually try and make small-talk and chat about their travelling experience, school and so on, including how delighted they are to be spending their Christmas holiday doing two or three days of intensive revision in Maths or Chemistry or […]
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