BBC Bitesize
The BBC Bitesize website offers online resources to support GCSE and functional skills maths and English learners.
Main Tag: GCSE
#APConnect Constellations
The #APConnect Constellations, which are our communties of practice, are an outstanding feature of the #APConnect programme for Advanced Practitioners.
Citizen Maths
Citizen Maths is a free online course for adults who understand the basics of numeracy, and now want to deepen their grasp of maths.
#StudyGood Conference 2020
Provider achievements from the Education and Training Foundation’s reimagined Study Programme support initiative were showcased at the StudyGood Conference held in Birmingham on the 13th of March 2020.
Study Programme Guides
These three free Study Programme Guides have been developed to support teachers, learners and supporters.
Virtual Reading Groups
Reading Groups for Everyone (RGfE), an initiative from The Reading Agency, is the UK’s largest reading group network. Whether you’re already in a reading group, want to join one or are looking to set one up, RGfE can help. You can also join or set up a virtual reading group.
Teaching Probability
This free online course aims to help you create effective sessions on probability for your learners by using practical and frequency-based approaches.
NRICH maths website
The NRICH maths website provides free curriculum linked resources to help learners develop mathematical reasoning and problem solving skills.
OTLA English
The Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment English programme enabled practitioners to research and develop new approaches for teaching English in the post-16 sector.
Mathematics in Further Education Colleges
A new Nuffield-funded report into the state of mathematics education across England’s further education sector has found that major investment in leadership training and teacher professional development is required to make more significant and sustained improvements.
A new mathematics GCSE curriculum for post-16 resit students
The final report has been published of a project conducted by Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI) to look into the feasibility of a new maths GCSE curriculum for post-16 resit students. MEI says the new course would be the same level as the foundation tier of the current maths GCSE, giving students the chance to achieve a grade 4 or 5, and would have a focus on the maths needed for every day life and work.
#JoyFE
#JoyFE is a collective founded by Stefanie Wilkinson and Lou Mycroft in response to the need for change in education following the Covid-lockdown in March 2020.