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Carla Da Silva 📚 @silvamay82.bsky.social · 1d

Again, iGCSEs - which aren't available to those in state schools - gain a possible advantage. While I don't disagree with open book (learning quotations is a waste of learning time), this just widens the gap and creates further inequality in an already unfair system.
www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Cambridge to make all IGCSE English literature exams open book

Students already had the possibility of consulting drama texts in the exam but, in future, all Cambridge IGCSE literature in English papers will be open book, including prose

www.tes.com

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Peps @pepsmccrea.bsky.social · 16d

To boost learning & reduce workload...

Agree the toolkit:

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Chris Curtis @xris32.bsky.social · 16d

All set for tomorrow!

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Mrstinac @mrstinac.bsky.social · Sep 14

Olo edu people. Does anyone have a writing mat for creative writing and analytical writing they could kindly share with me so that I don't have to reinvent the wheel. Happy to share resources back. @englishassociation.bsky.social @literacyengine.bsky.social
Thank you in advance.

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Carla Da Silva 📚 @silvamay82.bsky.social · Aug 31

Teachers: here's your Sunday night checklist:
✅️ lanyard
✅️ keys
✅️ alarm
✅️ passwords

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Carla Da Silva 📚 @silvamay82.bsky.social · Aug 29

Yep

Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · Aug 28

On reflection, I think a decade ago we had the privilege of deeply worrying about education policy because other areas weren’t so problematic. Now, the overbearing issues are economic and social, and not really within the sector’s control.

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · Aug 28

Exclusive: The names, addresses, phone, national insurance and passport numbers of school staff members may have been 'compromised' in a cyber attack on the IT provider of a firm that maintains background check records for schools

schoolsweek.co.uk/school-staff...

School staff data potentially 'compromised' in cyber attack

Data breach reported by IT firm Intradev may have affected data held by School Central Record

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Carla Da Silva 📚 @silvamay82.bsky.social · Aug 25

I actually need to find this on (the horrible) Centre Services

Carla Da Silva 📚 @silvamay82.bsky.social · Aug 24

Important enough for a 17-page report. But not important enough to count as part of their grade on their understanding and use of language.

Chris Curtis @xris32.bsky.social · Aug 24

A 17 page report on speaking and listening. @AQA Finally seems that there is sea change about speaking and listening.

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Carla Da Silva 📚 @silvamay82.bsky.social · Aug 21

Absolutely

Amy Forrester @amymayforrester.bsky.social · Aug 20

I know I say this every year, but with results day on the horizon, please remember that for some kids grade 1-3 is a huge achievement. It represents years of hard work and determination. It’s not a fail. It is a GCSE qualification that they can and should be celebrated for.

Carla Da Silva 📚 @silvamay82.bsky.social · Aug 21

Food for thought

Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social · Aug 20

1/ Michael Gove reshaped English education more than any minister since 1944. His reforms continue to structure the present despite many changes of Government. A thread.

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 21

📈 How did your subject perform in this year’s GCSEs? @jasminenorden.bsky.social and @cerysturner.bsky.social dig into today’s results data… #GCSEResultsDay2025

How did each GCSE subject perform in 2025?

While maths and English saw a small drop in those achieving a grade 4, many other subjects had slightly better results than last year

www.tes.com

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · Aug 21

Ofqual declines to say how many papers were affected or provide more details about a major cyberattack that took place earlier this year, affecting GCSE exam papers from two major exam boards

GCSE exams hit by February cyberattack

Exam papers from two boards were affected, but Ofqual says students can have ‘full confidence’ in their results this year

www.tes.com

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · Aug 18

Year 7 KS3 recommended reading list of books for school pupils aged 11-12 including books by Malorie Blackman, Louis Sachar and Elizabeth Laird #YAlit #ukedchat schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-list...

Books for Year 7 - our reading recommendations including easy reads and challenging titles for pupils in secondary school KS3 aged 11-12.

schoolreadinglist.co.uk

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Carla Da Silva 📚 @silvamay82.bsky.social · Aug 18

Absolutely! I would love to see the shikigami on film

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Carla Da Silva 📚 @silvamay82.bsky.social · Aug 17

I really enjoyed this series and Ann Sei Lin is so lovely!

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · Aug 17

Great graphic novels for 12-16s including stories by Tony Medina, Terri Libenson, Raina Telgemeier & Rob Williams. #kitlit #YA #YAlit #ukedchat #RfP schoolreadinglist.co.uk/secondary-ks...

Graphic novels for young adults aged 12-16 in KS3 & KS4

Graphic novels for teens and young adults to appeal to reluctant and able readers including stories by Tony Medina and Meg-John Barker.

schoolreadinglist.co.uk

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clarefeeneyuk.bsky.social @clarefeeneyuk.bsky.social · Aug 17

A good news story!

'Waterstones opens 10 new stores a year as younger adults embrace reading.'

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Waterstones opens 10 new stores a year as younger adults embrace reading

Bookshop chain says people are keen to escape their screens and says rise in sales is partly down to BookTok

www.theguardian.com

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Carla Da Silva 📚 @silvamay82.bsky.social · Aug 14

I want (and am fortunate enough) to have both a normal whiteboard and an interactive oen in my classroom 🙂

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Teacher Tapp @teachertapp.bsky.social · Aug 3

Now that teacher pay rise costs are confirmed, school leaders can finally get to work finalising their budgets. But just how tough is that task this year? 🤔

7% of leaders told us it’s impossible to balance the budget, and another 43% said it’s harder than last year.

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · Jul 29

Exclusive: Exam entry fees will rise at a greater rate than school funding again next year, with England’s largest exam board putting up the price of some language GCSEs by over 8 per cent

schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-over...

Schools 'over a barrel' as exam fees rise again

Cost of exams will again rise at a greater rate than school funding, with some going up by over 8%

schoolsweek.co.uk

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English and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · Jul 24

A recent national survey by Pearson gathered insights from over 800 secondary English teachers.

Is GCSE English still fit for purpose?

From Pearson’s #LetsTalkEnglish campaign.
[Link] bit.ly/3GAKAAy

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Neal Zetter @nealzetterpoet.bsky.social · Mar 23

#poem #poems #BookSky #poetry #poetrylovers #PoetrySky #PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · Jul 7

Wrote something earlier this year on Musk (and other techbros) inability to understand sci-fi.

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

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clarefeeneyuk.bsky.social @clarefeeneyuk.bsky.social · Jul 5

Homoioteleuton, anyone?
My colleague who is marking GCSE English scripts reports that she is having to look up the meaning of quite a few obscure terms. It seems there's still a tendency to teach unnecessary terminology to students.

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