Hosted by John Gaston and Sophie Gaston · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 46 episodes
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The Exam Man is the number 1 podcast for anyone with an interest in exams, assessment, and education in the UK and beyond. John Gaston and Sophie Gaston, the team behind the exam display tool Examscreen - used in 1500 schools in the UK and internationally- provide listeners with insights and musings on all things assessment, bringing in a variety of voices from across exams, education and beyond, tackling the issues of the moment and looking forward. They explore what we can do to build an excellent assessment system for children, schools, families, and employers, as well as offering a light-hearted take on the business of running and sitting exams. Don't miss out, subscribe today! Wherever you get your podcasts... Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.c
John Gaston and Sophie Gaston hosts The Exam Man, a education show with 46 episodes published.
In this special pre - exam season episode, we chew the fat about all things exams with super experienced Exams Officer Linsey Armstrong-Smith. Linsey shares how she found her way into her current role at Shiplake College
Welcome to a special Christmas episode of The Exam Man, in collaboration with JCQ, In this festive episode, John and Sophie are joined by none other than Margaret Farragher, Chief Executive Officer of JCQ. Margaret is an
To usher in GCSE results week, John and Sophie spent a delightful half hour chatting to Jennifer Halpin, Exams Team Leader at David Ross Education Trust, for a special summer episode of The Exam Man. In her role, Jen sup
SPECIAL EPISODE of The Exam Man is here! Such a pleasure to speak to Amanda Swann, Executive Director at Ofqual, about the imminent summer exam series and the role of Ofqual- with information aplenty, helpful tips, timel
Celebrating One Whole Entire Year of The Exam Man! How to create a podcast... and what we've learned. The Exam Man podcast- despite originally being planned as a scrappy six- week event for the summer exam season- someho
This week on The Exam Man podcast we swing from talking about South Korea's all-in attitude to exams to transforming the exam system- should we? Could we, even if we wanted to? Lisa Greenslade joins us to talk about her
Exams and employability- do exams prepare young people for the many decades following school?This week we are joined by Oli de Botton, the CEO of The Careers & Enterprise Company – the national body for careers education
How do you keep your exams officer? One of the most enlightening and entertaining things about running The Exam Man over the last year has been hearing all about how people have fallen into running exams, and what they w
This week, we are- rather predictably for The Exam Man- digging into exams- but this week, with a particular focus on assessment for students with SEND. John and Sophie dig into why access arrangements and extra time hav
Nick Gibb joins John Gaston and Sophie Gaston for a far-reaching chat, spanning the freedoms that come after 27 years in the House of Commons, his career highlights, the reasons he wanted to work in education, how many s
Understanding how exams run in prisons has been something that John and Sophie have wanted to cover on The Exam Man since the podcast began. It's taken a few months of conversations, approvals and sign offs, and we are d
Well, that’s a wrap for The Exam Man- for Season 2 and for 2024! Our year as weekly podcasters deep diving into everything exams was a fun one for sure. Plenty more to come in 2025, when we will launch Season 3 with a ba
Metacognition is, essentially, thinking about one's thinking. This is certainly a pretty important skill for students as they approach exams, as well as for the people preparing them for them. In this week's episode, we
It's been a big week for big chats about the move from pen-and-paper to digital exams, with several news articles describing the acceleration of online assessments and the plan for rollout by 2030. In response, there has
On the request of The Exam Man listeners, this week's episode involves John running through the practical steps he takes to plan for a public exam season. Certainly niche, definitely technical, and helpful for exams team
Lovely little collaboration on The Exam Man this week as we join forces with the mighty Sam Denno, Educational Assessment Leader at Twinkl. Sam runs the brilliant Obsessed with Assessment podcast, which covers all aspect
To celebrate the 30th episode of The Exam Man, we have brought you a technical episode for true assessment aficionados. Channeling his Data Man alter ego, John takes us on a deep dive into school performance measures and
On The Exam Man podcast this week we are joined by Lord Jim Knight, a leader and advisor across a variety of areas such as education, technology, international schools, assessment, and teacher engagement. His many curren
One for the exams team as the second half of the Autumn team dawns... It feels like a safe distance from May to discuss the most critical time of an exams officers' year- the summer exam period. As most of the UK populat
This week on The Exam Man podcast we go stateside (only virtually, sadly) to chat to Kelly Frindell, PhD - Test Prep Expert (SSAT/ISEE/SAT/ACT) from her home in Hawaii. We were keen to learn more (anything!) about exams
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Nick Gibb
former schools minister
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Nathan Burns
Teacher Consultant · Grand Slam Collectibles
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Dr. Jim Knight
member of the UK House of Lords, Chair of COBIS, Chair of E-Act, on the Nord Anglia Education Advisory Board, on the qualifications committee for Pearson, founder of xRapidGroup
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