GCSE (9 - 1) Sample Assessment Material (SAM)

The SAMS can be downloaded from here - Sample Past Papers

Take a look at the worked solutions for Foundation Paper 1 - Click here for Foundation Paper 1

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GCSE Results Day 2015

So, another Results Day approaches.

This time next week students will have received their results and maths departments across the country will have found out if they are any good or not...

I hope for 3 things from Results Day this year...

• That the quality of mathematics required for each grade remains consistent to last year.  I       am fed up of thinking to myself that students would have done so much better, or worse, if they had been in  a different year group.  This doesn't necessarily mean that grade boundaries should not move but it does mean that a student who gets a B in one year should also have received a B if they had been in last year's year group.

• That students get what they deserve and have worked for.  Many students, across the country, will have approached their GCSE exam with a pleasuring maturity.  They will have sat past papers, in exam conditions, and achieved a consistent grade.  They revised diligently and comprehensively.  They deserve to get the grade they have worked for and not be disappointed by poor marking or wild grade boundary shifts.

• That the media and the government refrain from using the GCSE results as a political football. For example, claiming that results have gone up because these GCSEs are too easy and this is why we are bringing in tougher assessments simply shows a lack of respect to 16 year olds who have worked hard for their grades.  (And even if the exams were too easy - it is certainly not the fault of the students who sat them).

I have my fingers crossed but am not too optimistic...

Let me know your views and see you next week!