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Summer term at Lilian Baylis School in south London, where National Challenge status requires at least 30% A*-C GCSEs. While former Australian test cricket captain Allan Border bowls long-hops in the playground, Year 11s are taking their exams. In the English department the tensions facing C/D borde...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Evans Woolfe (Firm) (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: [England] : Teachers TV/UK Dept. of Education, 2009.
Series:Education in video
Challenge ; 1
Subjects:
Educational tests and measurements > Great Britain.
Examinations > Great Britain.
Academic achievement > Great Britain.
School employees > Great Britain.
Tests et mesures en éducation > Grande-Bretagne.
Examens > Grande-Bretagne.
Personnel scolaire > Grande-Bretagne.
Academic achievement.
Educational tests and measurements.
Examinations.
School employees.
Great Britain.
Alexander Street Video.
Instructional television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
Émissions pédagogiques télévisées.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Summer term at Lilian Baylis School in south London, where National Challenge status requires at least 30% A*-C GCSEs. While former Australian test cricket captain Allan Border bowls long-hops in the playground, Year 11s are taking their exams. In the English department the tensions facing C/D borderline students is contrasted with those in the top set who successfully took their exams early, and are now studying English literature. Some staff members are disappointed that this is a privilege for the few but headteacher Gary Phillips disagrees.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012).
Physical Description:1 online resource (15 min.).