Single Level Testing

Upon getting to grips with curriculum change, one of the first questions that immediately follows is “What about assessment?”. With the pervading culture of reporting headline external assessment results many teachers are torn between a perceived need to keep a tight ship with regard to performance in exams and unshackling teachers and reinvigorating pupils.
Whilst I [...]

Support for History

Just a quick entry. Hidden away on the QCA website I came across this link that may be of interest to heads of history departments:
http://www.qca.org.uk/history/innovating/key3/index.htm
The material is NOT from the new curriculum site but does contain elements outlining some cross curricular approaches, assessment, progression, etc. If you dig around the QCA site (delete the stuff [...]