That actually does explain a lot of things - thanks Graham

Yeah I agree to be honest I don't think I have any issue with the actions they took, but I am more intrigued as to why they needed to withdraw the original paper 2. We will probably never know (officially).

Is it known why the backup paper was used? Was it leaked?

I used to make "slides" in one note, e.g. using a subpage per worked example. And you could have collapsible pages with subpages in them. (At least I think thats the right terminology - been a while)

Thats what C grade stands for now; Crow Standard

When we were on PGCE we had vocal and body language training from a Drama teacher at the school. What they said and taught was undoubtedly right, but I hated every second of it 😆

Mine too - used to set some of my classes with the challenge to locate me in the Year 11 photos by reception!

I keep coming back to the idea that we should make re-taking a year a common strategy to help students
Do it a lot in sixth forms where students retake year 12 and often works really well. Why not let a student retake say year 9 to set them up with a far better foundation for GCSE?

the one with the fish is great - lovely animations

Are you saying you don't agree with it or just that its exaggerated?

It does seem to say its budget is being reduced rather than shut down entirely, but will see what that actually means

Shortage subject, and a hard subject to upskill people for. Shooting themselves in the foot here I think