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Is there a hidden writing problem in secondary schools?

Are pupils new to secondary school this year prepared for the challenges of academic writing? After a couple of terms of secondary school, it becomes clearer whether pupils are getting to grips with the academic demands. As they write narratives in English, essays in history, notes in science, or annotate in art, pupils are expected …

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Testing Times

We live in testing times. As a parent of two young primary age children, and a secondary school teacher, I have a great interest in the debate around testing and assessment. The primary debate is raging! Fronted adverbials and synthetic phonics are seemingly enough to spark bar-room brawls on social media walls. Pretty much every …

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