📚 Mrs Hart 📚

Fantastic news for Maddie, our 1st IX Hockey Captain.

Could not be prouder of Derin’s achievement; gaining a place at Cambridge University is the cherry on top of a wonderful school career. 🧑🏾‍🎓 🌟 📚

Congratulations to our sports captains who do so much to lead their SJCR teams to victory. 💫

When the new Sixth Form cafe is just a few steps from your office and there’s freshly made pizza straight from the oven every day! 🍕

Year 12 doing the Sixth Form proud in their first peer mentoring session of the year.

This week educating the Sixth Form outside of the classroom: watching the #KamalaHarrisVP acceptance speech and the #EmiliaWatchParty. Empowering and inspiring the next generation one day at a time. #thatsmyjob

Ofqual has approved our revised changes to GCSE English Literature for summer 2021. More info > bit.ly/2E6VhuC

We’ve listened to your feedback about our changes to GCSE English Literature for summer 2021. As a result, we’ve been reconsidering our changes – so, as promised, here’s an update for you > bit.ly/2Rplac9

@AQAEnglish @ofqual Yes or @OCR_English which would also work.

@AQAEnglish This is unacceptable. @ofqual made it clear only Shakespeare is compulsory. What if students have already studied the pre & post 19th options, but not Shakespeare & Poetry. They’d now be at a huge disadvantage. Schools need to decide what is best for their students not AQA.

We know you've been asking questions about changes for GCSE English Literature for summer 2021. We're pleased to confirm these > bit.ly/33eZ9SL Thank you for your patience!

@MrHVijayan @AQAEnglish That is exactly the situation I am in. Arbitrary is completely the word to use for it. These students are now at a huge disadvantage. @AQA need to rethink this ASAP.

We can only hope @AQAEnglish listen to the teachers and reinstate a fair system which allows all students the chance to succeed. Centres need to decide for themselves which options students will benefit from studying, based on what has already been taught in Y10.

The AQA guidance for Lit 2021 is out

‘Oh damn. I left my water bottle in L6, my year 11 books is U5, my board markers in M4, and the room I’m in teaching in next doesn’t have a remote for the projector.’ (Secondary teachers- if you know, you know).

@Soarpoints @madelaineacooke Oxbridge is offering tutorials/supervisions (which makes up the bulk of their teaching and is a unique teaching style at UK universities) in person.

@madelaineacooke Given most lectures will be on zoom not sure accommodation is the issue

#examshambles Oxford and Cambridge #oxbridge have abandoned those waiting for appeals.

@Deborah_dee7 @florencerounda2 @madelaineacooke @AldhousRalph Sadly that’s not true.

@florencerounda2 @madelaineacooke @AldhousRalph I read that Birmingham were honouring places based on teacher predictions, but havent seen any wider coverage?

@SkyNews @joncraig The problem is, at the moment you can only appeal if you think a mistake was made with the input of data (ie a clerical error). You can’t appeal if you don’t like your grade or feel it wasn’t fair. Until that appeal IS allowed there’s no point saying govt will pay for appeals. 🤷‍♀️

BREAKING: Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has pledged that the government will cover the cost of all appeals against downgraded results. Chief political correspondent @joncraig says it's a "major climbdown". More on this breaking story: trib.al/ptFab6k

@AlisonMPeacock @CharteredColl Thank you for speaking out Alison. However at the moment there is no appeals process if students are unhappy with the grades and think they’re unfair. Please call on the government to create an appeals process, and quickly.

@eltvasconcelos @MrRDenham Now that’s a good idea I hadn’t thought of. Will definitely be investigating that in 2022! 😂

Also, have I missed an announcement from AQA about Speaking and Listening endorsements for entries for 2021? Are they still going ahead?