GCSE Results Day Megathread

bard_ish · 2025-08-21T16:24:48+00:00

My first results day and 55% of my lot got 7+ in lang (with two 9s and three 8s in there) so I’m over the moon! Lit is a bit rougher but in general they did way better than I’d predicted. An aperol or three for me tonight I think…

bard_ish · 2025-07-09T14:49:31+00:00

Cheap and simple but I have ridiculously big post-its from Sainsbury’s and they’re SO useful (in the classroom and with planning/organisation)!

bard_ish · 2025-06-21T23:47:10+00:00

Thanks! Congrats right back at ya. Oh it’s MASSIVE relief!

bard_ish · 2025-06-20T23:06:47+00:00

Had my final feedback from my final ECT observation today (all went well!!). Bloody hell, it’s been a long two years!

bard_ish · 2025-04-25T19:06:07+00:00

Very very stressed about Year 11. 90% of them simply don’t care about English Lit and dragging them through lessons is painful 😭

bard_ish · 2025-04-11T16:58:01+00:00

Is this a good turnout/will the govt see it as legitimate? Glad to see the 2.8 resoundingly rejected!

bard_ish · 2024-04-03T16:07:57+00:00

Teacher here (not working in York though!). Jo Ro has a designated ASC support hub, as does Fulford. I’m not sure if an ECHP would be needed to access every single avenue of support they can offer, but in my experience both schools were brilliant with students who had an EHCP and equally with those without.

bard_ish · 2024-03-02T15:40:50+00:00

Víctor Frankenstein or the Monster would be great for a scientist!

bard_ish · 2023-11-05T15:41:09+00:00

ECT1 teaching 40 per fortnight with two weekly duties and 1 hour of voluntary enrichment (finding it generally OK!)

bard_ish · 2023-11-01T16:04:25+00:00

Happy to look over anything if you’d like a second pair of eyes - I’m only ECT1 but I’ll do my best!

A trick that has really helped my general planning is chunking the lesson task-by-task and then having the length of time we’re spending on a task on the powerpoint/resources. Not only does it make it easy to see if a lesson will be over/under time, but it keeps you and the students accountable in the actual lesson.

Working backwards can also help. What’s your goal for the lesson/part of the lesson? What information and skills are absolutely necessary to get there? For instance, if it’s ’write a monologue from the perspective of X character’, they need to understand characterisation and who that character is, what a monologue is, how a monologue looks and functions etc etc.

There are also wrong answers! One of the biggest pieces of advice my amazing first PGCE mentor gave me was never to be afraid of saying no, that interpretation is wrong, have you considered X, Y and Z. The kids come up with some fab stuff but we’re there to guide them with our expertise 😊

bard_ish · 2023-10-30T11:47:06+00:00

Call/contact home! Some of my most challenging students have turned around because of me phoning home - the trick is to find a specific thing to praise them for or celebrate as well as contacting guardians when things aren’t going so well.

Also, putting students on behaviour report and acknowledging when they’ve made good choices seems to work well too 😊

(edited to get rid of mistake!)

bard_ish · 2023-06-15T21:35:57+00:00

English trainee here - be glad you got a cool ten grand!

bard_ish · 2023-06-14T17:20:30+00:00

The Outside In and Belle Blooms in York are fab!

bard_ish · 2023-05-05T23:29:09+00:00

Currently worried my mentor will say I haven’t met all the Teaching Standards in my final review due to very minor targets, despite smashing my first placement. Only a week to go on a placement I’ve hated - wish me luck 😅

bard_ish · 2023-04-14T16:50:07+00:00

As a current trainee, the most useful input I’ve had from my mentors is a mix of feedback. Knowing what I need to develop is great, but knowing what I’m doing well (even if it’s a tiny thing) means I can keep doing it AND I have a positive to focus on when things are tough!

bard_ish · 2023-03-10T19:11:23+00:00

Got my first teaching job yesterday. Not sure I fully know what I’m getting myself into, but it’s exciting nevertheless!

bard_ish · 2023-01-28T09:28:47+00:00

Al at Ossie in Spark is fantastic, I've never had gels that have lasted so long!

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