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Command words: understand the task
Interpret a question’s command word and select a response structure that matches the requested thinking.
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Deputy Headteacher, Curriculum, Assessment and Standards
Idris Rahman
Keeping a class in my week matters when I discuss assessment workload or how a timetable decision affects teaching; those choices have to work inside real lessons.
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I lead curriculum, assessment and standards, and I teach Year 10 Mathematics. Keeping a class in my week matters when I discuss assessment workload or how a timetable decision affects teaching; those choices have to work inside real lessons.
The assessment calendar brings several data reviews through the year. I look for help turning a data drop into specific next steps for a department, rather than a set of figures that people read once and put aside. The question is what the evidence suggests the team should examine or plan next, with its limits kept in view.
Curriculum planning also has to respect the available rooms and the shape of the school day. Some periods have no spare space, so a proposal that looks sound on paper may not fit the timetable. I want decisions about sequence, assessment and capacity to be considered together.
How I approach a lesson
Turn assessment reviews into a small number of department-level actions.
Keep the limits of each data set visible when discussing next steps.
Check curriculum plans against room and timetable capacity.
Templates I'd use with my class
Explore these templates and decide what fits your own setting.
Study and learning skills
My revision mat
Create a topic list, rate confidence before and after revision, schedule review points and choose next steps for the topics that feel least secure.
Study and learning skills
Self-assessment and peer assessment
Choose a level against a criterion, point to evidence in the work and name a practical next step for self or peer review.
Maths
Topic retrieval grid
Recall and show working for selected methods across four mathematics topics, then use errors and confidence ratings to choose a next revision step.