A level results day: raising standards?

The nail-biting apprehension which once accompanied students’ visits to school to pick up and then coyly open their results statements may well belong to an earlier and more innocent age. In this digital age, students will already know whether they have been offered a place at their

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Making the right choices after GCSE

Whilst you can’t go too wrong when choosing what to study for GCSEs or IGCSEs, making the wrong choices post 16+ may lead you in a career direction you don’t really want to go. There are so many more things to consider when choosing your options at

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Exam preparation hints and tips reminder

Examinations create stress for most students (and parents) and nobody at a college or school wishes to see students struggle to overcome exam stress. There are ways to help candidates alleviate their worries: Exercise – regular physical activity will keep your spirits up; increase brain power and

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Problems with the new GCSE exams

This article was written before the summer 2017 exam results were published. Reviewing the points made two years later, in June 2019, we can report that the 2017 and 2018 results showed no more ‘out of tolerance’ results than in previous years. That means that broadly speaking

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