I have spent my afternoon / evening thinking through the new GCSE syllabus.

The reason why as a school we picked the CCEA syllabus is it is the most straightforward of all of the offerings from the examinations boards.

The syllabus makes it very prescriptive which makes it easier to deliver as you don’t have to guess what is going to appear on the examination. There will also be enough time left over for some fun and innovation (I hope).

The examination board have also produced a detailed scheme of work which is downloadable in an editable format. In addition they have produced a textbook mapping document which shows how  These are both really useful as they save alot of extra work.

The only disapointing thing is the endorsed textbook will not be available until the end of October. However hodder have agreed to send me a copy of the weather chapter; the section we are delivering first.

I have now produced a plan for how we plan to deliver it and am quite excited. Hopefully it works!