CRACKE RJACK NEWS Welcome to the Autumn edition of Crackerjack Training News. In This Issue GCSE results A Day in the Life of a Maths and English teacher The Crackerjack Library Macmillan coffee morning TAQA courses GCSE Success at Crackerjack Training GCSE Success On the 20th August our first cohort of GCSE students received their English and Maths results. We had some excellent results with a pass rate of 50% for Maths, and 60% pass rate for English. All of these students had to re-take either GCSE Maths or English as they did not achieve the desired C grade at school. With the introduction of the government’s compulsory re-sit policy and the costs implemented with running a GCSE programme, should training providers and FE colleges really have to foot the bill for schools downfall? In a recent repot from Policy Exchange thinktank, Natasha Porter stated, “It is unfair for some schools to pass the buck to FE colleges, who are already facing extreme funding pressures to fix a problem they have not created themselves. To recognise the additional burden on FE colleges and shoulder more responsibility, schools should cough up and pay a re-sit levy”. It is not acceptable for young people to leave school without a C in Maths or English, which will undoubtedly hold them back for the rest of their lives. “At a time when employers are crying out for talented workers, young British men and women should be literate and numerate as possible”, Natasha Porter added. Those who had to re-take GCSE Maths or English in June this year at Crackerjack Training, undertook an intensive learning programme, with teachers having to cram four years of teaching into just one year, putting immense pressure on both staff and students. The hard work has really paid off and we are extremely proud of our students achievements. Crackerjack Training Ltd Newsletter Autumn 2015
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CRACKERJACK NEWS
Welcome to the
Autumn edition of
Crackerjack
Training News.
In This Issue
GCSE results
A Day in the Life of a
Maths and English
teacher
The Crackerjack
Library
Macmillan coffee
morning
TAQA courses
GCSE Success at Crackerjack Training
GCSE Success
On the 20th August our first cohort of GCSE students received their English and Maths results. We had some excellent results with a pass rate of 50% for Maths, and 60% pass rate for English.
All of these students had to re-take either GCSE Maths or English as they did not achieve the desired C grade at school. With the introduction of the government’s compulsory re-sit policy and the costs implemented with running a GCSE programme, should training providers and FE colleges really have to foot the bill for schools downfall?
In a recent repot from Policy Exchange thinktank, Natasha Porter stated, “It is unfair for some schools to pass the buck to FE colleges, who are already facing extreme funding pressures to fix a problem they have not created themselves. To recognise the additional burden on FE colleges and shoulder more responsibility, schools should cough up and pay a re-sit levy”.
It is not acceptable for young people to leave school without a C in Maths or English, which will undoubtedly hold them back for the rest of their lives. “At a time when employers are crying out for talented workers, young British men and women should be literate and numerate as possible”, Natasha Porter added.
Those who had to re-take GCSE Maths or English in June this year at Crackerjack Training, undertook an intensive learning programme, with teachers having to cram four years of teaching into just one year, putting immense pressure on both staff and students.
The hard work has really paid off and we are extremely proud of our students achievements.
