The proposed plans to overhaul GCSEs and replace them with the new baccalaureate represent a massive change both for pupils and educators. Whatever misgivings we may have about the suggested approach – or, indeed, the need for it – I have no doubt that change will be beneficial for all involved. Why? Because change provides an opportunity for progress and personal growth; it allows us to break bad habits, and adopt new ways of doing things.
I believe that the existing GCSE curriculum has become stale and predictable; teachers must experience something akin to Groundhog Day, teaching the same material over and over again, and marking what are effectively the same essays and tests year after year.
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