A massive Thank You…

Now that academic year is over, a massive shout out for all you wonderful teachers, TA’s, support staff, cooks, admin staff, cleaners etc, who have kept schools going over this last year.A year of putting the kids well-being above your own, creating lessons knowing they may have to be switched to on-line at the last […]

Holiday sessions

It’s that time of year again. Hopefully, this year more of us will get a chance to get away, or to enjoy days out. Play is every bit as important as work! That said, we are expecting the Kent Test to take place as usual this year, and no one is ever completely ready to […]

Face to face

Term 6 sees us all out and about a little more, and it’s clear from Government guidelines we can resume face to face sessions, though so far most families are opting to remain on line. If you are considering face to face, please take a look at the procedures we’ve set in place based on […]

Tier 3 – study packages

Well, we’d hoped for tier 2 but with rising cases tier 3 was inevitable. That being  so, face to face sessions cannot be provided for the foreseeable future. Throughout this I will be offering study packages for anyone who is uncomfortable with the idea of online learning, or who can’t access the technology. These will […]

GCSE English

At the beginning of August, I posted a link to a TES article that highlighted Ofqual’s proposal to allow schools to drop one of the texts from 2021’s English literature papers. A lot of folk assumed poetry would be the hot favourite for the boot. Today AQA have released the detail of their 2021 papers […]

Risk Assessment

So back to the grind after a lovely warm summer. A lot of you have been sharing your concerns about the return to school and to face-to-face tuition, and I get that, I really do. I share many of those concerns. To address those concerns relating to tuition, I’ve spent some time working on a […]

Results Day 2020

I count myself lucky to have been able to spend a week away this year. A caravan in some woodland is great for recharging the batteries and is easy for social distancing. But what a week to be away, with so much going on. The results fiasco is absolutely scandalous, and my heart goes out […]

GCSE 2021 Update:

Welcome news for students taking GCSEs next year, Ofqual has announced a change to English Literature exams. Instead of having to answer questions on the full 4 areas (Shakespeare, poetry, 19th century novel  and post 1914 fiction/drama) students will  have to answer a Shakespeare question but will be able to select 2 out of 3 […]