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Required Practicals in GCSE and A Level Sciences

November 30, 2021April 8, 2024Oxford Science Team
Required Practicals in GCSE and A-level Sciences

Sam Holyman outlines required practicals for GCSE and A-level Science specifications and why they are vital in the school curriculum.

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Closing the vocabulary gap from a Key Stage 3 perspective

September 22, 2021September 23, 2021Oxford Education

The vocabulary gap is perhaps more difficult to spot at Key Stage 3 than it is in the earlier years. By this stage, students will have 7 years of schooling under their belt, yet, when questioned directly, will struggle to define words they should be very familiar with by now. Exacerbated by Covid interruptions, teachers are faced […]

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10 things to say about ratio?

August 27, 2019January 22, 2020Oxford Maths

I was surprised to hear that in the pre-2013 Key Stage 3 national curriculum there was only one statement about ratio, whereas in the current version there are ten statements. I was surprised because I did not remember, from my work on the development of the current curriculum, that there were so many, so I […]

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