Wednesday, 20 August 2025

Why grade boundaries can be misleading

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In advance of the release of figures for GCSE tomorrow and to avoid wasting time and drawing misleading conclusions, it’s important to under...
Tuesday, 24 June 2025

Practical suggestions for grading your Year 10 students taking the new GCSE ML

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Updated 26.06.25. to include guidance on Tiering.   It's the time of year when teachers ask questions on various fora about how to inter...
Tuesday, 4 February 2025

Gaël Faye: Petit Pays

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Un grand merci à Romain Devaux, qui m'a offert le livre ' Petit Pays ' par Gaël Faye.  I read it all in one go today and I can s...
Thursday, 22 August 2024

GCSE Results 2024

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I was representing ALL at the well organised JCQ briefing this morning which included representation from Ofqual and it was very helpful to ...
Tuesday, 20 August 2024

What to look out for in GCSE ML grading on Thursday 22nd August 2024

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The languages' community is gearing up for GCSE results day on Thursday 22nd August.  Thank you to David Blow, ALL Fellow,  for sharing ...
Tuesday, 4 June 2024

D Day: a time to recall the events of WW2 and use French for real

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  I have prepared a resource which could be used in French lessons to accompany lessons about the second world war. The resource is availabl...
Monday, 27 May 2024

Activities to get pupils talking

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I have just come across a document called 'Checklist of activities to get pupils talking' downloadable here on my Google Drive.   I...