| The schools’ “…rigorous use of data to track students’ progress towards demanding targets has contributed significantly to better achievement.” - Ofsted |
Assessment and Reporting:
There are three formal Assessment Points at regular intervals over the academic year. The detailed grade card produced from these ‘APs’ share with parents an update on their child’s academic progress (based against challenging personalised targets), and their attitude to learning in each subject. They include a key written target in each subject which, if achieved, will significantly improve their progress. On the reverse of the grade card we report on the pastoral aspect of school: attendance, punctuality and behaviour.
The third and last grade card of the year also contains the end-of-year summative form tutor report, sharing achievements in and out of school, extra-curricular activities undertaken and a section discussing students’ personal development.
Example Grade Card
The information gathered from the Assessment Points is used in a variety of ways to inform many different groups of staff and parents of current and predicted performance, which leads to action plans to ultimately improve students’ performance. The graphic below illustrates examples of the use of Assessment Point data.
Staff meet on a regular basis to discuss any individuals who are giving cause for concern and parents are invited into school to play their important part in the monitoring of their child’s progress.
“Teachers have high expectations of every pupil. Pupils rise to this challenge as a result. The most able, in particular, are on track to make even better progress than in previous years across many subjects because teachers aim high….” - Ofsted
“Teachers regularly check pupils’ work in class and address misunderstandings and reframe questions. As a consequence, pupils rise to these high expectations and make considerable progress from their different starting points.” - Ofsted
“…enabled pupils to make exceptional progress year on year by the end of Year 11.” - Ofsted
“Disadvantaged pupils and pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities attain very well compared to their peers nationally from the same starting points, year on year.” – Ofsted
“…rigorous use of data to track students’ progress towards demanding targets has contributed significantly to better achievement.” - Ofsted
“Teachers mark students’ written work regularly. Some marking is of exemplary quality, for example in English, in showing students the steps that they need to take to improve their work and in insisting that comments are followed up and acted upon.” - Ofsted
| “Teachers mark students’ written work regularly. Some marking is of exemplary quality, for example in English, in showing students the steps that they need to take to improve their work and in insisting that comments are followed up and acted upon.” - Ofsted |