Well done to all of you for negotiating your way through the new gcse syllabuses - especially to Sam and Lily for their well-deserved 8s and to Chloe and Charlie for their igcse grade As. Congratulations to Will, Brandon, Yasmin and Ben L who all passed both exams with a variety of levels 4-7. Special mentions also to Ben W who was third time 'lucky' with his re-take ('lucky' because it was the result of hard work, really) and to Luke P who gained a B in the prestigious ne

Results so far from: Ben who gained a 4 in English Lit and a 5 in English Language! And another Ben who gained a C in English Language on his third attempt - third time lucky! Eagerly awaiting another 15 or so results. Get texting!

Two results in so far for Charlie: A in English Lit and B in English Language! Absolutely delighted with his results. Fantastic! Well done.

...who passed both literacy and numeracy tests for teaching. Wishing you lots more success in the future.

Student BT received a massive confidence boost yesterday when all of the students he taught on a one-day course passed their end-of-session exam. BT has been attending lessons with me for a year now and struggles with severe dyslexia meaning he finds it very difficult to identify sounds within words to help with working out their spelling. BT was concerned that his difficulties would impede his ambitions to become a trainer/assessor but I am thrilled to say that his determi