Yes, agreed. My only experience of administering it is within English.

No, it certainly wouldn’t and it has major limitations.

It’s a massive amount of work that English teachers are already doing, however, with the additional frustration that the spoken language NEA is compulsory but does not count towards the candidate’s overall grade!

Administration and monitoring would require careful thought but it would potentially be an AI-proof alternative.

I wonder if we might see a return to oral responses in some form. They were permitted for the crossover Lang / Lit cwk essay in the English GCSEs in the 2000s, & the spoken language NEA is still a feature of the Lang GCSE as a separately endorsed component.

I’m fascinated by this area, Claire. I feel strongly that engagement with good-quality research should be part of our professional identity. I’m setting up a journal club within my trust to build confidence & critical thinking when engaging with research. Have you looked at this model at all?

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I didn’t know there was one! I will track it down.

One of my favourite museums!

We're all surviving so far! Hope you are having a lovely summer too and will be able to get a break 😊

I think it’s a perfect storm of v successful STEM promotion (esp for girls), greater awareness of perceived employability as a criterion for parents & students, & perhaps a slightly drier offer at KS4.

I also think the increased popularity of Lang and joint Lit / Lang A Level has divided numbers.

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I never thought English would become a shortage subject but here we are. It’s a worry.

If you enjoy it then I also highly recommend her debut, We All Want Impossible Things 😊