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!
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