10 things I’ve learnt from examiner marking: 1. Word class adds nothing to student analysis and rarely shows a deeper understanding of authorial intent 2. Context should be taught in terms of themes and not just tagged on to the beginning of SOW as students then struggle to apply

Marking again this year and the increase in students trying to use critical theory in their answer is astounding. Why are students being taught to apply Freud’s ID to Macbeth, Scrooge and Frankenstein? Do you teach this? If so, why?

As someone with exam anxiety, this would be detrimental to my success. Timed, close book exams test your memory not how well you know or can apply knowledge.

Potentially shows how out of touch exam boards are. Especially when Q4/5 is about feelings of going abroad. Lots of students sitting the exam will never have left the country or potentially even their postcode

Continuously linking people to this brilliant article helping students and teachers explore what a text DOES. Teaching these critical verbs to help students unpick a text has supported learners to understand the big ideas proposed Credit: @__codexterous codexterous.home.blog/2021/0…

As we gear towards the GCSE exam period, here are my tips for teachers with regards to English: tes.com/magazine/teaching-le…

As long as people are doing their job, who cares?

Unsure if universal, but since WFH has become normalised, trying to find work experience placements has become so challenging. 2 of the children I work with said their parents both WFH so can’t do it with them/their company -wonder if this is the end of WEX?

This message that the world is silent could not be more false. We know what’s happening. We’re protesting, boycotting, donating, funding. Everything every day people can do. To say we’re silent… disappointing

Why are you comparing a doctor to a minimum wage worker? I need no qualifications to be a waitress, but years of degrees to teach, practice medicine, be a lawyer & the wage should reflect this otherwise, no one is going to do these jobs- hence the retention crisis in these fields

This was my last term at my current school. Terrified to leave, but excited for my next adventure.

I genuinely cannot process this. How do you watch someone be r**ed and you do nothing?!?

18 year olds? How do you expect these people to have the advanced subject knowledge required when the sat their GCSEs two years ago? With a degree, teachers develop their knowledge and widen their understanding of critical thinking. Fresh out of A-Levels is not right.