Least concerned about this month’s new shorter Kent Tests will be the children sitting them. They will just be glad, I expect, to have the

August and the summer holidays is the time of year one thinks of as being most apt for projects of improvement – whether of furnishings, of equipment, or oneself. In

I have recently finished marking 350 GCSE English Literature examination scripts. Apart from the small number that, with special permission, had been word-processed, these comprised

Back in July 2013 I wrote a short article here entitled ‘How to set up a Tuition Centre’. I recounted my personal route into the

A few weeks back I was approached by a journalist for thoughts on the subject of cramming – specifically  ‘to cram or not to cram,

Maths and English are the subjects most important to pass with a Grade C at GCSE – and for borderline candidates,  examiners’ reports on previous

Lines by W H Auden were included in the comedy script writer, John Lloyd’s ‘With Great Pleasure’ selection on Radio 4 (27 December 2013).  You need not

Pisa, properly PISA, is the acronym for Programme of International Student Assessment. Maths, Reading and Science tests are served round the world to 15 year-olds (Year 10s). The results published at the beginning