Examinations

Exams Teaching and Learning Video 

Should Pupils Listen To Music When Revising?

19th May 201919th May 2019 @TeacherToolkit 894 Views 3 Comments #30ClassroomIdeas, A levels, Cognitive Overload, Examinations, Exams, GCSEs, Headphones, Memory, Music, Recall, retrieval, retrieval practice, Revising, Revision, Revision Tips, Teaching Tips, Video, Working Memory

Reading Time: 1 minute How can you make effective use of time when completing revision?

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Exams Research Teaching and Learning 

Eat, Sleep, Revise, Repeat Part 2

1st April 20191st April 2019 David Lowbridge-Ellis 1044 Views 1 Comment A levels, adenosine, Anxiety, blue light, caffeine, circadian rhythm, Coffee, cognitive load, Dreams, emotions, Examinations, Exams, GCSEs, Harvard, Health, jet lag, Memory, Mental Health, Mobile Phones, NHS, pupil wellbeing, Recall, retrieval, Revision, Revisions, SATs, Screen time, screentime, Sleep

Reading Time: 4 minutes How can we help students prepare for exams more effectively?

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Assessment Exams Policies 

Do School Examinations Fail Some Of Our Pupils?

10th March 20199th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 896 Views 4 Comments Curriculum, Dame Rachel De Souza, Debate Chamber, Dubai, Edward Thorndike, English, Examinations, Exams, Freddie McGill, Global Skills and Education Forum, Harvard, Jeanne Allen, Maths, Pilot, Premature, Professor Jo Ritzen, Susan Hopgood, The End of Average, Todd L Rose, USA Air Force

Reading Time: 5 minutes How did you score in your maths and English examinations at school?

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Research Teaching and Learning Technology 

Do Your Pupils Sit On Cheap Seats?

23rd February 201923rd February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1152 Views 1 Comment Behaviour, BETT Show, BETT Show 2019, Blackboard, Cheap Seats, Classroom, Cognitive Science, Dual Coding, EdTech, Epson, Examinations, ICT, OHP, outcomes, Product Review, Projector, Quiz, Research, seating plan, Seating Plans, technology, Whiteborad

Reading Time: 5 minutes Are pupils’ and their examination outcomes restricted by where they are seated in class?

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Seasonal Staff Well Being 

The Six Weeks Of Summer

7th July 20187th July 2018 @TeacherToolkit 3555 Views 4 Comments #MarkPlanTeach, Curriculum, displays, DIY, Examinations, exhaustion, Family, Friends, holidays, relaxation, Schemes of Work, Summer Holidays, travel, Wedding, Working Hours

Reading Time: 3 minutes Which stage of the summer do you recognise?

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Leadership Policies Research 

School Accountability That Works For Everyone

11th June 201811th June 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1717 Views 0 Comments accountability, Asessment, Curriculum, Department for Education, Examinations, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, Ofsted, School Inspection, school leadership

Reading Time: 2 minutes How do we improve school accountability, and what form should it take?

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Curriculum International Teaching and Learning 

What If #Kunskapsskolan Happened in English Schools?

13th May 201813th May 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2474 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Coaching, Curriculum, Examinations, Exclusions, Kunskapsskolan, Mental Health, Now Teach, Personalised Learning, SATs, Structures, Sweden, Testing, The Knowledge School

Reading Time: 4 minutes Every teacher knows what’s best for children, so why aren’t we doing it?

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Assessment Parenting Teaching and Learning 

Dear Mr. McGill

18th February 201819th February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2549 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Examinations, Feedback, frequency, Marking, marking policies, Ofsted, Parenting, qualifications, Students, Teaching and Learning, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes Why do schools ask their teachers to mark every piece of classwork?

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DfE Leadership Ofsted 

Is The Fear Narrative Out Of Proportion?

8th February 201810th February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2131 Views 2 Comments @TeacherToolkit, Amanda Spielman, blogs, British Values, busload of heads, Curriculum, Education, evidence, Examinations, Exams, gaming the system, hijab, HMCI, HMI, Inspection, leadership, Michael Gove, Michael Wilshaw, Nick Gibb, Ofsted, Parent View, Peter Wilby, School Inspection, Schools, Sean Harford, Teacher Toolkit, Teacher View, teaching, Testing, The Guardian, Trojan Horse

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is the inspection ‘fear narrative’ out of proportion claims OfSTED’s chief, Amanda Spielman?

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Exams Students 

8 Strategies To Be Exam Ready

7th May 201718th May 2017 Beth Hartwell 7305 Views 1 Comment calm, Education, Examinations, Exams, Kahoot, personalisation, preparation, Quizlet, School, Showbie, Socrative, strategies, teaching

Reading Time: 2 minutes What can you do in the final run up to exams?

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Exams Resources Students 

3 Tips For Developing GCSE Exam Technique

25th April 201715th April 2018 Beth Hartwell 21351 Views 3 Comments A levels, attainment, BUG, command words, exam techniques, Examinations, Exams, GCSE, Kate Jones, PETAL, preparation, Revision, scaffold

Reading Time: 2 minutes How can you help your pupils with the new 1-9 GCSE exams?

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Staff Well Being Workload 

The Silly Season

19th March 201619th March 2016 @TeacherToolkit 6279 Views 4 Comments Examinations, Office for National Statistics, Revision, Silly Season, Well being

Reading Time: 4 minutes How do teachers cope with difficult periods in school?

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Assessment Exams Students 

How To Cope With Exam Results?

20th August 201514th August 2019 @TeacherToolkit 5699 Views 1 Comment 5 Min Results, A levels, Curriculum, Examinations, Exams, GCSE results, GCSEs, reform, Results Day, Sixth Form, specification, UCAS

Reading Time: 6 minutes How are you feeling on results day?

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Students 

Art Exhibition: The Life Of A Deputy Headteacher

22nd June 201529th April 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2062 Views 2 Comments @ArtDeptQK, A level, Art, Art Exhibition, Coursework, Examinations, GCSE, Quintin Kynaston, Students, The Life of a Deputy Headteacher

Reading Time: 1 minute Do you remember the time you studied Art at school? Did you ever exhibit any work?

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Resources Students 

Revision and Examinations by @TeacherToolkit

16th May 201524th May 2015 @TeacherToolkit 3506 Views 5 Comments @TheMassolit, A Streetcar Name Desire, Academics, Chris Tudor, Digital Resource, English, Examinations, Hamlet, Humanities, Moby Dick, ohn Lennard, Paradise Lost, Resources, Revision, Tennessee Williams

Reading Time: 3 minutes This is a blog about a resource students and teachers can use for the examination and revision period; particularly English

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Seasonal Staff Well Being Teaching and Learning 

The #SillySeason by @TeacherToolkit

29th April 201423rd August 2015 @TeacherToolkit 2542 Views 3 Comments #SillySeason, class teacher, Examinations, Exams, Intervention, Marginal Gains, Revision, School

Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s that time of the academic year that is known to some as, the ‘Silly Season‘.

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Staff Well Being 

Are you feeling #ThePinch? by @TeacherToolkit

10th March 20149th June 2014 @TeacherToolkit 3408 Views 9 Comments Easter, Education, Examinations, Revision, Spring Term, Work-life balance

Reading Time: 6 minutes It’s that time of the year when teachers are tired; tempers are frayed and every minute of the day is

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