Will GCSE and A Level results 2020 mean anything?
In just a few days, hundreds of thousands of students will get their A Level results. A week later, around 700,000 young people, including my…
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Doing GCSE PE
If you have a child who is good at sport and loves it, GCSE PE is a fantastic thing to study. But they really do…
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How to get a teenager to do their homework
If you’ve come here looking for answers, I’m afraid you’ve come to the wrong place. I am firmly of the view that you CAN’T get…
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The leavers’ hoodie tradition
We’re now into the second half of the school year and GCSEs and A Levels are getting ever closer. I can’t believe that my own…
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The GCSE results
Well, the big day has arrived. Two and a bit months after my son sat his last GCSE exam, it’s GCSE results day! My son…
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The GCSEs are over!
So that’s it. The GCSEs are over! My son took his final exam, physics, on Friday. Ten subjects, two years of learning, four months of…
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The GCSEs have started!
Well, the GCSEs have been underway for a few days and I’m pleased to say things are going pretty well. My son is in a…
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Starting the GCSE revision
Now I’m not sure when the optimum time to start GCSE revision is, but my instinct tells me it’s February half-term – three months before…
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The GCSE mocks
After the high of his year 10 exams last year, in which his teachers perhaps realised for the first time that my son was more…
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How many pantos?
When my daughter got into the panto for the first time last year, I said she could do it in year 5 and then not…
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The prefects
It’s only in the last couple of weeks that it’s dawned on me. With one child in year 11 and one in year 6, I’ve…
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