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4 tips on how to smash GCSE revision

Apr 14, 2022 | Exams | 0 |

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With GCSEs returning for the first time in three years, student revision must be done correctly, so how can this be done? Look at these 4 great tips.

The Guardian recently released a story highlighting how in the UK “close to 2 million teenagers will be gearing up for their exams”. It suggested how students should start revising over Easter to get ahead and avoid stress before exams start.

So, here are 4 tips that could help with revision over Easter and beyond:

Online exams – the better way of taking your exams?

Jun 2, 2021 | Exams | 0 |

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Partly due to the current pandemic, online exams have become a practical alternative to paper exams, potentially for the better.

It’s National Skills Day

Oct 7, 2020 | Pupils | 0 |

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Today is National Skills Day (#NationalSkillsDay) – an important day for building confidence and connections.

At EDClass our motto is ‘education for all’, because we believe that everyone has a skill they can showcase.

The event is part of National Careers Week. How are you planning to use and develop your skills today? Let us know in the comments below.

Being prepared for exams

Sep 10, 2020 | Exams | 0 |

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School exams are to return in 2021 – the Education Secretary in Scotland, John Swinney, has said.

There was significant changes to original grading in the results of 2020 GCSEs and A-Levels, after exams this summer had been cancelled.

Mr Swinney was speaking at the National Parent Forum of Scotland. This blog post is about being prepared for exams.

Assessing and tracking students accurately and continuously

Sep 10, 2020 | School Improvement | 0 |

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Tracking students is essential, especially in modern times where students are behind and the race to catch up is on.

By tracking students accurately and monitor your school can:

Find precisely where individual students are in their learning against a set of learning intentions and success criteria
Help students know what their next steps in learning are, which facilitates significant increases in their students’ achievements

Parental and pupil engagement are boosted by confidently and accurately reporting performance feedback to them. But why is it critical at the present moment in time to track and assess students accurately and continuously? This blog post explains.

GCSEs: Students can sit exams if they don’t like results

Jul 1, 2020 | GCSE | 0 |

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Students can sit exams this autumn, should they disagree with predicted GCSEs in 2020.

Schools will determine an expected grade for pupils using a number of metrics.

If students feel they can do better than the result prescribed, they will though have an option to sit an exam. But how will this work in practice? This blog post explains.

Why you should choose EDLounge for tracking and safeguarding

Apr 9, 2020 | Assessment | 0 |

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By using EDLounge you have access to a comprehensive school improvement platform and learning environment. But there are two things that above others makes EDLounge stand out: tracking and safeguarding.

Ultimately, our system is designed in order to help you to streamline practices, raise standards and increase whole school outcomes.

EDLounge’s advanced tracking system means pupil performance can be monitored closely to improve student outcomes. But how does it work? And how is tracking balanced with safeguarding to help student’s best interests are achieved?

What are the top 10 benefits of CPD?

Feb 11, 2020 | Life Skills | 0 |

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The benefits of CPD impact on professionals, organisations and the community as a whole.

CPD covers the whole spectrum of automotive learning. It is much more than just formal training. By utilising CPD you are maintaining and developing skills which enables you to perform as effectively as possible. It is a business essential, as it means that individuals are improving and therefore the company has knowledge and expertise to outperform competitors.

But what is CPD? Why is it a necessary essential? And what are the top 10 benefits of CPD?

Using learning walks to help deliver effective performance management

Dec 14, 2018 | School Management, Teaching | 0 |

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As the landscape has shifted away from teacher performance observations to learning walks, there has been some discussion as to how they can best be implemented.

Here we want to consider two questions: what are the focuses of learning walks, and how can leaders make sure that they’re looking for the right things?

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