Exam Insights: GCSE Maths

What can we learn from the 2019 GCSE Mathematics papers? By Jemma Sherwood We have now seen the third year of the new GCSE in Mathematics and we are starting to get a feel for the question types, the mix of procedure and application, and the complexity of the problems. It is clearly a different […]

Exam Insights: GCSE Physical Education

We have taken a detailed look at the examiner reports for the first GCSE PE 9–1 exams in order to understand the issues that students struggled with the most. The reports reveal the following common issues:   Understanding the question Using technical terms Mastering ‘forgotten’ topics Data analysis   UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION A high proportion […]