A few years ago, I got into a robust discussion on social media with a high-profile English teacher working in a school who told me I wouldn’t know anything about teaching GCSE English Language because I taught English in an FE college. I was pretty taken aback by this. From my position immersed in a college, it seemed inconceivable that someone wouldn’t be aware of the scale of GCSE English Language delivery that routinely takes place in colleges up and down the country.
The exchange highlighted the lack of widespread knowledge there is outside the sector about what we actually do when we deliver English - and maths - in FE and about our expertise in those subjects. But it also got me thinking about how those of us within the sector share information about English and maths and about the stories we tell – to each other and to those around us.
