Suzanne CoulsonJan 11, 20214 minSame-same, but different: the more things change...My three-week honeymoon – also an opportunity to catch up on missed backpacking experiences – took place in Thailand, where my shiny new...
Jonathan KayMay 13, 20206 minEstimating and Ranking in FEOn 18th March, the government announced that all GCSE and A level exams would be cancelled for 2020. In the frenzied days afterwards we...
Jonathan KayOct 23, 20193 minTeaching Structure - A Simpler ApproachEvery time I've taught structure under the new spec (with AQA), I've had a sneaking suspicion that I'm teaching far, far too much and...
Jonathan KaySep 18, 20193 minInitial assessment in English - a different approachWe've all heard the transition day assessment horror stories - a sprightly bunch of 11 year old students head up to their local Secondary...
Will CowellJul 8, 20194 min'The hallowed uplands of progress are not so neatly measurable'As society and employment evolve at breakneck pace, educational revolution must follow, writes Will Cowell Most of us have seen the...
Jonathan KayJul 2, 20194 minInitial Assessment: vital starting point or more harm than good?I remember my first experience in an FE college well. It involved presiding over enrolment season in late August/ early September with...
Jonathan KayJun 26, 20193 min5 ways to build relationships with ‘the re-sitters’ As an English teacher and leader in FE, I spend my time working with GCSE English and maths students who have achieved less than a grade...
Jonathan KayJun 16, 20194 minCurriculum planning – are we training or teaching? A reflection Exams have been and gone, students have departed, and an air of calm has descended. Mercifully, we now have time to properly reflect on...
Jennifer WebbJun 6, 20195 minCultural poverty: how to mint your own coinsThursday afternoon. We are at the end of a lesson; it has been a good one. I’ve shared a poem, explored meaning, modelled analysis. They...
Jonathan KayMay 25, 20195 min7 GCSE Revision Tips to Help Your Students Succeed “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out” – Robert Collier Your lesson begins. You present your students with a...
Jonathan KayMay 18, 20194 min5 Books Every Teacher Should Read Over the last few years, a range of books have been released espousing ideas to support teachers in being more effective in the...
Jonathan KayMay 17, 20193 minEffective Feedback - Why Less Is More'Marking has evolved into an unhelpful burden for teachers, when the time it takes is not repaid in positive impact on pupils’ progress'...