As half term approaches, we’re moving towards some key activity for getting ready for the June 2025 exam series.
3 February: provisional exam timetables for June 2026 will be published for consultation.
Access provisional timetables.
13 February: deadline for reviews of marking for the November 2024 GCSE exam series
20 February: deadline for reviews of marking for the November 2024 International GCSE exam series
21 February: entries are due for GCSE, A level and the Entry Level Certificate.
21 March: entries are due for International GCSE and International A levels.
Subject Advisor support for June 2025 submissions and coursework clinics
Book onto these support sessions with me to get help with submitting coursework/SLE samples/marks for June 2025; and to set up your next cycle of coursework for A level Literature and our International GCSEs.
GCSE updates
Are you ready to submit your GCSE English language grades and recordings
In 12 school weeks, your grades and recordings will be due.
Access key reminders.
Are you ready to shape the future of GCSE English Language as the Chair of Examiners?
Apply by 10 February 2025.
Free hard copies of the November 2024 2.0 question papers whilst stocks last
Order your free copies to use for mocks or in-class practise on the stationery website.
Catch up with the British Library CPD on ‘The Empress’
This recorded CPD session aims to inspire and support you to teach The Empress in context, with unique insights from the play's award-winning author Tanika Gupta.
Watch the recording.
A level updates
Teaching Keats/The Romantics for 9ET003?
Save the date for a great British Library event: 11 March 2025
Get fresh ideas and resources for teaching Blake, Wordsworth and Romanticism at KS3– 5, with the British Library's panel of renowned writers and teachers. Join Michael Donkor, Iain Sinclair, Helen Mort and Alexander Fairbairn-Dixon for a rich discussion of radicalism and class, nature, climate change and more, using vivid sources from Blake’s notebook to music and painting.
A level English Language June 2025 9EN03 subtopics: responses to questions
Access the answers to the questions you asked from 3 February.
International A level
Don’t miss the unit-by-unit teaching training for both Language and Literature this month.
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