School Sets

I do kind of but don't say oh your middle set you top set because being bottom set can demorlise pupils it's humiliating knowing your among the least able in the school which can lead to behaviour problems which of course makes its harder for teachers and the pupils who want to learn and improve. What I don't agree with is the tired foundation and higher papers at GCSE why not just give everyone the same paper and not limit them to a 5 that agin is demoralising. When I was at school I was in foundation maths we had letter grades there were 3 tiers (foundation intermediate and higher) and we were told we could only get a D equivalent to a 3 so essentially we were told we could fail that was all there was to it so yeah get rid of foundation and higher papers and let the pupils pass with the grade they deserve.

I never stated that sets are the best thing ever and can agree with the idea that no sets can sometimes be better but can't agree with the idea that it's better for subjects like maths and science unless we scrap tiers and make the content more accessible for all in my opinion.

But it is not better for subjects like maths and science. If you have some pupils doing a different paper, put them in a different class, just like you put people sitting geography in a different class to people sitting Art. For everyone else doing the same paper, put them in the same classes all mixed up and deploy mixed ability teaching strategies before sitting back and seeing your average scores go up!

But it is not better for subjects like maths and science. If you have some pupils doing a different paper, put them in a different class, just like you put people sitting geography in a different class to people sitting Art. For everyone else doing the same paper, put them in the same classes all mixed up and deploy mixed ability teaching strategies before sitting back and seeing your average scores go up!

I never stated that sets are the best thing ever and can agree with the idea that no sets can sometimes be better but can't agree with the idea that it's better for subjects like maths and science unless we scrap tiers and make the content more accessible for all in my opinion.

I'm curious about how we can make content more accessible for all. Do you have any thoughts about how this might work?

I'm interested in this post given you have also said it's not longer about passing exams here.

The difficulty in content that being assessed, things hotpud has suggested like supporting struggling students, changing the our attitude towards exams (how they are done, how many exams etc) I don't like the current way exams (in secondary school only, not uni) are done.

Okay, and do you think that policy would sit well with voters?

I'm curious about how we can make content more accessible for all. Do you have any thoughts about how this might work?

I am dodging the question because it is a poor question. To paraphrase, you are effectively asking the question - how do I teach MFL and Maths to different pupils in the same class? Obviously you can't teach foundation maths and top tier maths to the same class because they are different papers, with different syllabuses and different assessments, just like History and Geography or Art and Science.

You have avoided my question - do you teach Maths in a secondary school?

When did you last watch a lesson in a Primary classroom?