@mrdhillow.bsky.social
Thanks for sharing. It's reassuring to hear that. I asked as I hear of many schools that boast they finish much earlier and have lots of past paper time and can't see how to do that?
January 16, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Thanks for sharing. It's reassuring to hear that. I asked as I hear of many schools that boast they finish much earlier and have lots of past paper time and can't see how to do that?
Hi, on the subject of a level lessons, when do you usually finish the normal a level with yr13? We always find it very tight. For context we have eleven 50 mins per fortnight.
January 15, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Hi, on the subject of a level lessons, when do you usually finish the normal a level with yr13? We always find it very tight. For context we have eleven 50 mins per fortnight.
And here he is @mrbansalmaths.bsky.social
January 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
And here he is @mrbansalmaths.bsky.social
Thank you, all credit goes to my 2nd in dept. who made the website.
January 15, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Thank you, all credit goes to my 2nd in dept. who made the website.
Yes, and we share them freely here hgsmaths.com. Just go into any year group page and you'll see them.
HGS Maths - Home
HGS Maths
hgsmaths.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Yes, and we share them freely here hgsmaths.com. Just go into any year group page and you'll see them.
Feel free to check out HGSMaths.com. You can go into any year group page and see our 5 year curriculum map, and if you wish, go into the unit booklets to see more precisely that the structure is.
HGS Maths - Home
HGS Maths
HGSMaths.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Feel free to check out HGSMaths.com. You can go into any year group page and see our 5 year curriculum map, and if you wish, go into the unit booklets to see more precisely that the structure is.
Thanks, this is great. As a HoD I can turn this into a quick checklist and ask the team to point out any they haven't heard of.
December 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Thanks, this is great. As a HoD I can turn this into a quick checklist and ask the team to point out any they haven't heard of.
We do a lot with it including using the courses and setting centralised retrieval homework. We are a booklet school and use it a lot in them too.
Other big thing is it is great at ks5 and for FMSQs
Other big thing is it is great at ks5 and for FMSQs
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We do a lot with it including using the courses and setting centralised retrieval homework. We are a booklet school and use it a lot in them too.
Other big thing is it is great at ks5 and for FMSQs
Other big thing is it is great at ks5 and for FMSQs
@drfrostmaths.bsky.social all the way
December 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
@drfrostmaths.bsky.social all the way
This is great and a real help. How did you find the teaching hours amongst your dept?
August 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This is great and a real help. How did you find the teaching hours amongst your dept?
I find any blogs you write which draw on the experiences you gain visiting schools insightful and unique. In that, very few of us can get the wider picture and it really does help you better understand your own context. For eg your sixth form blog. Then the excellent stuff on pedagogy etc links well
July 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I find any blogs you write which draw on the experiences you gain visiting schools insightful and unique. In that, very few of us can get the wider picture and it really does help you better understand your own context. For eg your sixth form blog. Then the excellent stuff on pedagogy etc links well
I'll add a potentially controversial take which is pessimistic unfortunately, the variable that is parents. Too many just don't do the basics and too many are willing to outright lie for their children. It's such a limiting factor and beyond the scope of just education.
June 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I'll add a potentially controversial take which is pessimistic unfortunately, the variable that is parents. Too many just don't do the basics and too many are willing to outright lie for their children. It's such a limiting factor and beyond the scope of just education.
it's largely down to the poor implementation IMO. Namely, too many focii, giving each one HT to implement, and above all else, just poor CPD (lack of applying the science of learning to teachers). But 'you get to mark your own hwk' so you can paper over this if you wish.
May 29, 2025 at 7:27 AM
it's largely down to the poor implementation IMO. Namely, too many focii, giving each one HT to implement, and above all else, just poor CPD (lack of applying the science of learning to teachers). But 'you get to mark your own hwk' so you can paper over this if you wish.
Great read. Could I ask what your thoughts on how AI could develop with online homework platforms or indeed adaptive assessment to replace national exams. That seems more likely?
April 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Great read. Could I ask what your thoughts on how AI could develop with online homework platforms or indeed adaptive assessment to replace national exams. That seems more likely?
Have you tried using AI to do this? @blatherwicksam.bsky.social following on from your post.
February 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Have you tried using AI to do this? @blatherwicksam.bsky.social following on from your post.
Could you share which AI you used a example of prompts? For the example pair did you just feed in a screen clip of original Q?
February 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Could you share which AI you used a example of prompts? For the example pair did you just feed in a screen clip of original Q?
We do something similar to @mrsouthernmaths.bsky.social , but the first report has no grades. In terms of questions we use Edexcel so dip into shadow papers. I also throw in some madas Q's to add extra rigour at the end. I try to use A2 qs as opposed to AS ones. Also look at IAL if you do Edexcel.
February 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
We do something similar to @mrsouthernmaths.bsky.social , but the first report has no grades. In terms of questions we use Edexcel so dip into shadow papers. I also throw in some madas Q's to add extra rigour at the end. I try to use A2 qs as opposed to AS ones. Also look at IAL if you do Edexcel.
Should we still have exams at 16, or should we bite the bullet and workt towards a 14-19 system (inspired by OCR announcing a short GCSE maths for some)?
February 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Should we still have exams at 16, or should we bite the bullet and workt towards a 14-19 system (inspired by OCR announcing a short GCSE maths for some)?
We have very short lunches, 35 mins. This year I asked for a form period once a week. But that just about gives us 20 mins once a week in years 10 and 11. I just feel it's not enough and very disjointed.
January 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We have very short lunches, 35 mins. This year I asked for a form period once a week. But that just about gives us 20 mins once a week in years 10 and 11. I just feel it's not enough and very disjointed.
5 lessons! Is that all of year 11 or just FM? Are lessons an hour?
January 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
5 lessons! Is that all of year 11 or just FM? Are lessons an hour?