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Teachers from schools in the Wellington College Teaching Alliance enjoyed a session with specialists learning about a new exam specification.
The event, hosted at Emmbrook School in Wokingham but facilitated by the WCTA, enabled teachers to meet Martin Hanney and Paul Stover from exam board AQA, who talked them through forthcoming changes to the GCSE English specification.
Emma-Louise Roberts, lead for English and literacy at the Maiden Erlegh Trust, said having the chance to discuss the updates in detail with fellow professionals was extremely helpful.
She added: “The discussion around how best to support students in preparing for writing narrative openings was particularly well received, offering practical insights we can take directly back into the classroom.
“We were also able to explore examples of the new question styles in practice, which provided useful reassurance that the approach to marking student responses will remain broadly unchanged.
“It was a great opportunity to network, build links with AQA, and gain a clearer understanding of the support available to us in our subject area.
“Indeed, I have already booked Martin in to offer a session to some of our trust schools that are new to AQA.
“I am grateful to Lindsay Gowland from WCTA and Julian Bushnell, Wokingham Secondary Federation Manager, for organising the event on behalf of Wokingham schools, and to Emmbrook for hosting.
“It was lovely to connect with English teaching colleagues, both old and new, and we look forward to more opportunities to share best practice in the future.”
