Head of English at Dorothy Stringer
Brighton, England
Joined April 2021
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SolaMs retweeted
Expectations for staff that they have to work outside their paid hours is problematic to say the least. To make their willingness measurable is simply absurd. Pay and conditions? Measurable by Ofsted? School funding? Once again cart before the horse
The enrichment benchmarks for schools have finally been published – but the government cannot confirm whether schools will receive direct funding to achieve them
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SolaMs retweeted
When I mark yr 11 lang mocks, I think:
1. Teens don’t read good non-fic enough so how are they supposed to put down their opinions on paper accurately if they don’t see it modelled often.
2. They aren’t used to being asked their opinions so literally don’t know what they think
SolaMs retweeted
Another email from an English teacher this morning about the appalling NATIONAL SCANDAL of GCSE English marking. They gave their permission to quote the email in full & I want to share it because it is so shocking. What are @ofqual & @educationgovuk doing about this?
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Every English teacher for 40+ years saying yes - the mark from home day is called Sunday 2-6pm
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How many marking errors are there in the 6 million exam scripts marked each year? The figures we have on re-marks are probably just the tip of the iceberg, writes @noookophile
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SolaMs retweeted
With the same breath English Lit could do with allowing an unannotated poetry anthology. 🧐
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Current GCSE exam unreliability
1. Impacts on students & their futures
2.Impacts on HoDs stress levels, the very people schools are desperate to keep in a retention crisis
3. Involves a vast amount of admin for HoDs, reviewing scripts, writing reports for SLT etc
Not acceptable.
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Experts raise concerns over ‘unreliable’ marking of GCSE English theguardian.com/education/20…
When is something going to be done? This is destroying our subject.
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What a lovely idea! September 2026 will be my 20th year at my school and next year is my 20th as a teacher. It really doesn't seem that long!
During today’s INSET training we issued long service award badges to staff in increments of 5 years. We even had someone someone receive a 30 years service award and our longest serving member received 35 years! #Braysbelonging #Recruitmentandretention #Valued
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Absolutely agree. It's a total mess.
When it comes to GCSE and A level English, the assessment system is broken. Unreliable marking, opaque and inconsistently applied mark schemes, shambolic moderation & standardisation procedures, unfair appeals processes. Never mind curriculum revamps. it's time to fix this mess.
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Yes to all of this - feeling inspired this morning!
SolaMs retweeted
🧵What the world needs now...
There is so much noise at the moment. Sometimes it's so deafening I shut down. Much of the noise has a personal and professional overlap for me. I am torn between shouting into the abyss and finding an island far away.
Today a thread...
SolaMs retweeted
It’s no mystery. The first woman he targeted was a mum & a 9 month old baby.
He killed 5 women & a man. The man was a security guard trying to protect women.
8 women are in hospital. He ran past men to stab women. He targeted women. His actions tell the story. His ideology was misogyny. Misogyny kills
