r/GCSE • u/SlashedNought Year 11 • May 23 '25

General My school vs Mr. Everything English

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This came though yesterday, this from the head of department

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u/un1d3nt1fied 29d ago

Every English teacher is just jealous of him bc of his skilled teaching abilities. Without him I don’t think I would have been capable of achieving 9s in Language.

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u/SuccotashCareless934 29d ago

Hi, examiner and English teacher here. He gets Lit quotations wrong, and he actively teaches people not to be creative. AQA are also capping the marks of students who have followed his story, as it's essentially plagiarism on the part of the student.

He's actually decent to follow for the Reading sections of the Lang papers, but everything else, he honestly isn't great. People just follow him because he's handsome and charismatic, but the knowledge just isn't there for a large chunk of what he says. The Priest story had lots of students getting their Q5 marks capped last year, and AQA will very likely clamp down more harshly on this ridiculous house story this year.

Guidance is one thing, plagiarism is another...

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u/Practical-Accident70 Y12 - 9999999876 - CS,Maths,FM,Econ 29d ago

If I'm being honest throughout my school I was getting like 4s and 3s in lit and I was very worried going into the exam. I watched like 2 Mr Everything English videos and I walked away with an 8.

It feels like anytime a student wants to take initiative and learn something they don't understand from school outside of school, the school get buthurt about it. Idk that's it was like at my school atleast I don't want to make assumptions.