Quite wrong for a reputable educational platform that disseminates teaching resources to link this wholly pragmatic item with anything positive about the teaching of writing.

Sadly supplied for teachers struggling to deal with meaningless SPaG SATs, the worst offense is this line Develop your students’ writing skills and help them prepare for GCSE.

This is not how to teach writing at any level, and it is most definitely not they way to treat students in preparation for GCSE writing.