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Summary of key issues for Edexcel GCSE RS 2019:

January 13, 2020March 20, 2020Oxford RE Team
MFL GCSE exam insight

The examiners’ reports for the 2019 series reported many positives from candidate responses, and give lots of examples of excellent answers. They also noted some common areas where candidates could improve their work. There are summaries below to help students avoid this for future exams. 1: Part a) questions. Students generally answer these questions well. […]

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Making the most of GCSE past papers, mark schemes and examiners’ reports

April 15, 2015March 16, 2016Oxford Geography Team
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As a GCSE Geography examiner, I often feel that examination board websites are designed in ways to support teachers rather than students. As a result, many teachers download past papers, mark schemes and examiners’ reports to their own VLE or choose to point students in the right direction via specific web links. However, we still […]

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