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Unfair grading and its impact in Languages Imagine you are selling petrol for £1.40 a litre, and the other garages down the street all sell it for £1.30. Should you be surprised or c...

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You used to follow me, but don't on here. Though I hope it wasn't for those reasons!

The most important facets for me:
- Gets s**t done.
- Gets it right or as near as dammit given the circumstances.
- Doesn’t need handholding.
- Gets on with others (colleagues & customers).
- An unwavering willingness to learn, whatever the level of seniority.
- Understands it’s not about them!

Wholeheartedly agree! Unfortunately, not all employees have this core integrity.

I haven't had a chance to see it yet. I hope you are right!

Normalising Multilingual Pedagogies in the Primary School We recently published Teacher Agency in Multilingual Pedagogies by Thomas Quehl. In this post the author explains why it’s important to normalise multilingualism in the primary school classro…

"Walking down the high street in many cities and towns, we hear a multiplicity of languages [...] Yet, the mainstream primary school that may be located just around the corner remains more often than not a strangely monolingual space..." buff.ly/lA1wO20

I hate those TV screens. I asked for mine to be removed and replaced with a projector and write-on board!!

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Grading severity at Key Stage 4 in 2024 - FFT Education Datalab A new edition of our occasional series examining how pupils' grades in different subjects at Key Stage 4 differ to those they achieve in GCSE English language and maths

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A think tank plus every MFL teacher in the land.

ChatGPT - Severe Grading in MFL Shared via ChatGPT

Chatgpt on severe grading in MFL.
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Even chatgpt gets it.

Awarding mock exam grades for the new GCSE specification – My concerns and considerations The new MFL GCSE has now been taught in our schools for half a year, with students completing their first modules of study. At this point, the want to assess sets in. But with no grade boundaries p…

My reflections on providing Working At Grades (WAGs) for the new MFL GCSE: senorcordero.wordpress.com/2025/01/19/a...