Mr M's PTA

Hello everyone! It is July already! Can you believe it? The summer term is in full swing here in London, and if you have a teenager in the house, you probably know that this time of year brings a very specific kind of tension. Mocks, exam prep, and the looming spectre of next year's GCSEs. I was flicking through my notebook the other night—where I jot down all my half-formed thoughts and late-night musings—and I came across some fascinating notes I had saved regarding GCSE English Literature. Specifically, I was looking at examiner feedback. Now, I know reading examiner reports sounds like a surefire cure for insomnia, but bear with me. There is a golden nugget of advice hidden in those dry, bureaucratic pages that could genuinely transform how your teenager approaches their English exams. And it all comes down to one surprising thing: religious literacy. The Bolted-On Fact Problem Let me set the scene for you. As parents, we want to help our kids revise. We test them on facts, we ...