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Phil Brown
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‘It’s the lull before the end of term - the perfect time to show passion in the classroom’
How can we keep the pupils engaged when the summer holidays are within touching distance? Well, one English teacher argues that staff should use this opportunity to unleash the part of their subject that they are most passionate about – they’ll find their enthusiasm is infectious
7 July 2017
‘The new GCSE English exams are a fine example of “going off half-cocked”’
Taking stock of how the great GCSE experiment has played out, one English teacher worries that the new exams will not be accessible to many of his students
5 June 2017
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