There is some confusion over how grades will be awarded in the upcoming exam season, following the announcement that GCSE, AS and A level exams will not be going ahead this year. In short, teachers in England will be asked to assess students and reward them a grade, allowing them to progress to the next stage of Education. There will be a clear focus on what students have been taught as opposed to what they have missed. Teachers have been given guidance to help assist them in awarding students a … [Read more...] about How Will Grades be Awarded in 2021?
Do You Hate Maths… Learn to Love it!
Many students have a love/hate relationship with maths and those students who find it hard or boring often really struggle with finding the motivation to progress with their studies. There are some common reasons why students don’t enjoy maths, which can be easily rectified using the following tips: Remove the Pressure to Need to Get it Right In order to succeed in maths, it requires a lot of repeating questions and testing out different algebraic methods/techniques. Often, this means that … [Read more...] about Do You Hate Maths… Learn to Love it!
A-Level and GCSE Assessment Plans Outlined
It has been confirmed that schools instead of a similar algorithm to last year, will determine student’s grades this summer. With the actual exams cancelled, it will be up to schools to determine the student’s final grades taking into consideration mock exams, coursework and essays reported Ofqual on Thursday. Last summer when an algorithm was used to determine the grades, many students experienced their results being downgraded, with some students reporting a three-grade drop. This resulted … [Read more...] about A-Level and GCSE Assessment Plans Outlined
The Pressure of Perfectionism and the Importance of Resilience
The term ‘Perfectionist’ is frequently used by students as a positive trait describing someone that appears to need to have everything in order or perfect. Whilst there is such thing as ‘healthy perfectionism’ it can also lead to creating a toxic environment for students resulting in stress and anxiety, often impacting the student’s overall ability to perform in high-stress settings such as exams or time-sensitive assignments. It is important to acknowledge that the concept of perfectionism … [Read more...] about The Pressure of Perfectionism and the Importance of Resilience
How Student’s can Improve Their GCSE and A-Level Assessment Scores
Their is a clear uncertainty about how the summer exam series is going to be assessed, especially after it was announced in December that summer exams will be cancelled for the second year running. However, it has not yet been confirmed what the alternative measures will be, other than that the Education Secretary is currently working with Ofqual to put these in place. It appears that the 2021 A-level and GCSE will be decided using a similar system to last year, in the form of … [Read more...] about How Student’s can Improve Their GCSE and A-Level Assessment Scores
A-Level and GCSE Students to be Told Which Exam Topics Will be Tested
This week it has been announced by ministers that both A-level and GCSE students will be given extra measures to ‘boost fairness and support students’. This comes after unions called for further amendments to the summer exam series, in addition to the three-week delay to most exams. The key measures are outlined below: More generous marking mirroring last year’s grade boundaries so that this year’s students are not disadvantaged. Students will be given notice of some of the topic areas … [Read more...] about A-Level and GCSE Students to be Told Which Exam Topics Will be Tested
Covid-19, assessments and online tuition
A letter from Director, Henry Pike to all our clients. "I am writing to update you about important changes to the educational system and exam environment and how this affects your children and their qualifications. For children in non-examination years: Tuition can continue online with our tutors in preparation for the next academic year to avoid big gaps in knowledge; our tutors are all experienced and adept at delivering engaging learning via this method. For children in examination … [Read more...] about Covid-19, assessments and online tuition
