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You couldn’t make it up, could you?

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 25/08/2015

A year or so ago a group of teachers were “discussing” the “management’s” latest initiative to improve standards (for which, read results, for which read position in league table) when one teacher made one of the most profound and insightful statements about education that have heard: They won’t improve the results by making us [teachers] […]

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‘Twas the night before results day …

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 22/08/2015

So, when I went to bed last night I was a little anxious. Why? Today is GCSE results day and as I fell asleep I wasn’t convinced that my whole class would secure that oh so important Grade C (or better.) There were (at least) 3 students of mine for whom a grade C would […]

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A Safe Bet?

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 07/08/2015

A few days ago good pal of mine got in touch with me. I could sense his excitement, he knew he was in the money. William Hill are offering a prize of £50 million, for a £2 stake, if you can correctly predict how the Premier League will finish. I’m thinking to put the top […]

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Golf – Its just A Level Maths

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 16/07/2015

And so the superb summer of sport rolls on. We’ve had the women’s success in the football World Cup, watched some sublime rallies at Wimbledon and thumped the Aussies to secure the First Test in the Ashes series. Now our attention swings northwards to St. Andrews, Scotland, for the Open Golf Championship. Golf, despite what […]

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One in Four?

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 13/07/2015

Sir Michael Wilshaw, the head of OFSTED, claimed yesterday that … One in four – a quarter – of leaders in secondary schools are not good enough … and that got me thinking about the Heads that I’ve served under in my time in the classroom. I’ve worked for seven different Head Teachers, most have […]

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