
Sarah Waite
@sarahjwaite
Former teacher & Labour adviser, now CEO of @get_further. Love politics, maths & musicals - not necessarily in that order.
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https://getfurther.org.uk 31-08-2009 07:59:45
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Dr Sally Burtonshaw MsEmilyHunt At 9.... Sarah Waite and Lee Elliot Major debated what we should do about GCSE resits: keep them, reform them or scrap them? buzzsprout.com/1874905/episod…

📖 Cheer yourself up this #BlueMonday by reading Dr Alice Eardley #FE’s piece in FE Week which sets out Get Further’s optimistic vision for post-16 English and maths education. #loveourcolleges #gcseresits #furthereducation #curriculum #assessment #educationpolicy


English education is unequal. The % of year 11s with a private tutor has more than doubled in a decade. Yet policies to provide free tutoring to those who can’t afford it were stopped👇 Fifth of state pupils have private tutor at GCSE (and it’s not cheap) thetimes.com/article/7e9fd0…

The PM’s AI announcement is a reminder: AI is built on maths - data, algorithms, analytical thinking. Yet too few continue maths after 16. I wrote about the mathshorizons report’s call for a 16–19 maths entitlement 👇 🔗 feweek.co.uk/we-must-multip… #MathsEducation #AI