Tag Archives: Exam

Ofsted Suddenly Realise That Teaching To The Test Is A Tad Restrictive

Posted on 11/10/2017 by FordingtonField

Well who’d have thunk it? You pitch school against school and link the results to funding and then wonder why it goes wrong! Well Ofsted do but then they are all up their own bums! Classroom teachers told them from … Continue reading →

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Examiners Ignore ICT Teachers And Are Then Surprised At The Drop In Take-Up Rate

Posted on 19/06/2017 by FordingtonField

Whatever subject it is it all goes back to, “What Are Schools For?” Those responsible for exams in ICT are starting to realise that it might have been an idea to talk to classroom teachers of the subject. Entries have … Continue reading →

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So Who At The Dept. Of Education Came Up With This Noddy Idea?

Posted on 06/03/2017 by FordingtonField

Here at TheField Towers we are lucky to know a number of retired teachers. Two of them have over 35 years of experience of teaching in the classroom. Not hiding away in an office somewhere only popping out to do … Continue reading →

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So Why Has The GCSE ‘Good’ Pass Rate Gone Down?

Posted on 25/08/2016 by FordingtonField

Pretty much due entirely to the government with Gove and Morgan. These two Public School knobbers, both sacked now by Tess May, loved to talk about ‘extending every child’. This was all complete bollox of course. All they wanted to … Continue reading →

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A-Level Results Will Be In Students Hands In Less Than 12 Hours!

Posted on 17/08/2016 by FordingtonField

The hopes and fears of many students will be realised in just a few hours. The next stage of their life could well rely on what appears on a sheet of paper in the form of a number of letters. … Continue reading →

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Gove Thinks He’s Cool Introducing The New iLevel Exam

Posted on 04/06/2013 by FordingtonField

For Teachers of a certain age THIS is the iLevel they will remember.

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