by Sarah Hughes | Jan 9, 2021 | Boys, Exam literacy, Literacy, Reading, Speaking and Listening
The Literacy Handbook newsletter #1 Show how brilliant you can be Welcome to the first newsletter. The purpose of the newsletter is to share simple and – as a result – sustainable ideas with you on how to improve learning, confidence and exam results. Our first...
by Sarah Hughes | Jan 14, 2020 | Boys, Literacy, Reading
The statistics tell us that boys are doing significantly worse than girls. At age 11, 70% of girls reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, for boys, it’s just 60%. At age 16, two-thirds of the top grades at GCSE are awarded to girls. As teachers,...