Graham Cumming
@mathsnot.bsky.social
Former Maths Subject Adviser at Edexcel
Well, if you’re going to cheat on an exam…
December 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Well, if you’re going to cheat on an exam…
Beef up your #coremaths
A quick google informs me that after this surge, Australia provides about 4% of our beef imports, and our beef imports are about 25% of our consumption. So this headline is basically saying “anger as 0.6% becomes 1% of total” and I’m not sure that’s particularly justifiable
December 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Beef up your #coremaths
In the UK there would just be a petition
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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South Korea exam chief quits after complaints English test was too hard
Notoriously difficult entrance exam is regarded as gateway to economic security and even a good marriage
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
In the UK there would just be a petition
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
I’m old enough to remember when AQA used to routinely promise this by 2025
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Some GCSEs and A-levels in England could be taken on laptops by 2030, Ofqual says
Qualifications watchdog launches consultation amid complaints from pupils about writing fatigue in exams
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I’m old enough to remember when AQA used to routinely promise this by 2025
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Petition for another budget after the first one was leaked
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Petition for another budget after the first one was leaked
New GCSE exams in 2031 then - start preparing your Year 6 now! Plenty of time to reduce the number of exam papers, replace the 9-1 grading system with A-E and maybe even scrap exact trig values in Foundation tier Maths
For every child across our country, this Curriculum and Assessment Review provides an invitation not just to share in our national story, but to write the next great chapter.
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
New GCSE exams in 2031 then - start preparing your Year 6 now! Plenty of time to reduce the number of exam papers, replace the 9-1 grading system with A-E and maybe even scrap exact trig values in Foundation tier Maths
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 0 - Raxstraße/Rudolfshügelgasse to Bruno-Marek-Allee, Vienna (pic credit: @themathsbazaar.bsky.social)
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 AM
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 0 - Raxstraße/Rudolfshügelgasse to Bruno-Marek-Allee, Vienna (pic credit: @themathsbazaar.bsky.social)
Good luck to all those Year 12 resitting Foundation tier GCSE Maths this week - remember, about 10,000 students will achieve Grade 4 or better this time round, so be one of them and take the first exit off the “demoralising roundabout” (© Jacqui Smith)
November 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Good luck to all those Year 12 resitting Foundation tier GCSE Maths this week - remember, about 10,000 students will achieve Grade 4 or better this time round, so be one of them and take the first exit off the “demoralising roundabout” (© Jacqui Smith)
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 1 - Ribera to Foz, Porto
November 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 1 - Ribera to Foz, Porto
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 2 - Jászai Mari tér to Közvágóhíd
November 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 2 - Jászai Mari tér to Közvágóhíd
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 3 - Museispårvägen Malmö
November 2, 2025 at 6:56 AM
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 3 - Museispårvägen Malmö
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 4 - Zürich Tiefenbrunnen, Bahnhof to Zürich Altstetten, Bahnhof N (the Design & Culture line)
November 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 4 - Zürich Tiefenbrunnen, Bahnhof to Zürich Altstetten, Bahnhof N (the Design & Culture line)
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 5 - Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam to Stadshart, Amstelveen
October 31, 2025 at 7:04 AM
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 5 - Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam to Stadshart, Amstelveen
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 6 - Basel, Wiesenplatz to Allschwil, Dorf
October 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 6 - Basel, Wiesenplatz to Allschwil, Dorf
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 7 - Nybroplan (Stockholm) to Liljevalc Gröna Lund
October 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
#GCSEMaths Foundation tier resit November 2025 countdown in days featuring European trams: 7 - Nybroplan (Stockholm) to Liljevalc Gröna Lund
£10,000 question on Impossible
October 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
£10,000 question on Impossible
Looking forward to seeing what white working-class maths looks like
October 21, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Looking forward to seeing what white working-class maths looks like
Reposted by Graham Cumming
In LEUCHARS news
#LargeDataSet
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Here's the more traditional #DataViz plot!
The data is this week's #TidyTuesday data from the @metoffice.gov.uk, where I focused on hours of sunshine per day in Leuchars! 🌤️
#RStats #ggplot2
The data is this week's #TidyTuesday data from the @metoffice.gov.uk, where I focused on hours of sunshine per day in Leuchars! 🌤️
#RStats #ggplot2
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
In LEUCHARS news
#LargeDataSet
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... If government are after parity of esteem for vocational quals, the process could be kickstarted by rebadging some A levels as V levels - for instance: Engineering, Business Studies, Law, Psychology, D&T, maybe some of the art subjects like Graphic Communication, etc
New V-level courses to be brought in for students after GCSEs
Ministers say new vocational courses will simplify the
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October 20, 2025 at 6:08 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... If government are after parity of esteem for vocational quals, the process could be kickstarted by rebadging some A levels as V levels - for instance: Engineering, Business Studies, Law, Psychology, D&T, maybe some of the art subjects like Graphic Communication, etc
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What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 10, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Not long now until the least needed exam in England - the GCSE Maths resit at Higher tier, required by only ~1000 students. Good thing we’ve got four exam boards on the case, producing 11 different exam papers for it!
October 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Not long now until the least needed exam in England - the GCSE Maths resit at Higher tier, required by only ~1000 students. Good thing we’ve got four exam boards on the case, producing 11 different exam papers for it!
Good to see a current version of this ever-popular table (thanks Matt Man). You can assume, though, that many of the 9/A* students also took Further Maths
After going to the "Exam Insights Summer 2025" CPD session by Pearson Edexcel, it made me think of the below questions. We'll discuss this at the start of my workshop on "Moving 'em up to the next grade!" for #ALevelMaths #MathsConf39 @lasalleed.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Good to see a current version of this ever-popular table (thanks Matt Man). You can assume, though, that many of the 9/A* students also took Further Maths
Resits aren’t endless - whether you get grade 4 or not, they come to an end www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Endless resits of maths and English to be scrapped in GCSE reform
Review of assessments is expected to suggest that the government create alternative routes for pupils who repeatedly fail core subjects
www.thetimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Resits aren’t endless - whether you get grade 4 or not, they come to an end www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Some interesting data on English and Maths resits - shows that very few students who achieved grades 1 or 2 for GCSE Maths go on to resit and achieve grade 4 or above ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2025/09/how-...
How many pupils resit English and maths? - FFT Education Datalab
Although it is a requirement that pupils who do not achieve grade 4 in English (or maths) at GCSE continue to study English (or maths) post-16 by no means all of them enter a qualification.
ffteducationdatalab.org.uk
September 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Some interesting data on English and Maths resits - shows that very few students who achieved grades 1 or 2 for GCSE Maths go on to resit and achieve grade 4 or above ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2025/09/how-...
Want to get serious about your A level results? Get serious about maths. Students who do maths at A level do better overall in all other subjects
September 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Want to get serious about your A level results? Get serious about maths. Students who do maths at A level do better overall in all other subjects