Assessment & Reporting
Assessment is used throughout the curriculum in order to provide appropriate feedback for students, staff and parents.
Our Data for Learning Policy can be viewed in our Key Information and School Policies section:
Key Stage 3
Year 7 students will receive a report in Term 1 on the following:
- Attendance
- Achievements Points
- Behaviour Points
- Four attitude to learning indicators
- Reasons for Concern
Parents will receive a second and third report in Terms 2 and 3 on the following:
- Attendance
- Achievement Points
- Behaviour Points
- Five attitude to learning indicators
- Progress indicator for English and Maths (Term 2)
- Progress indicator for all subjects (Term 3 only)
- Reading Normalised Referenced Standardised Score (NRSS) (Term 3 only)
- Reasons for Concern
Year 8 students will receive a report in Term 1 on the following:
- Attendance
- Achievements Points
- Behaviour Points
- Four attitude to learning indicators
- Reasons for Concern
Parents will receive a second and third report in Term 2 and 3 on the following:
- Attendance
- Achievement Points
- Behaviour Points
- Five attitude to learning indicators
- Progress indicator for all subjects
- Reading Normalised Referenced Standardised Score (NRSS)
- Reasons for Concern
Key Stage 4
Key Stage 4 students will receive three reports a year.
Year 9
In Term 1 the report contains:
- Attendance
- Achievement Points
- Behaviour Points
- Five attitude to learning indicators
- Causes for concern if applicable
In Term 2 and 3 the report contains:
- Attendance
- Achievement Points
- Behaviour Points
- Latest Assessment score per subject
- Assessment Average and Highest % scores for the cohort
- Five attitude to learning indicators
- Causes for concern if applicable
Years 10 and 11
In Term 1 the report contains:
- Attendance
- Achievement Points
- Behaviour Points
- Five attitude to learning indicators
- Causes for concern if applicable
In Term 2 and 3 the report contains:
- Attendance
- Achievement Points
- Behaviour Points
- GCSE Target Grade
- Latest Assessment score per subject
- Assessment Average and Highest % scores for the cohort
- PPE Grade, if taken
- Five attitude to learning indicators
- Causes for concern if applicable
Key Stage 5
Year 12 students will receive four reports throughout the year. The first report does not include grades.
Reports include:
- Attendance
- Target Grade
- Latest Assessment score per subject
- Assessment Average and Highest % scores for the cohort
- Attainment, if applicable
- PPE grades, if applicable
- Four attitudes to learning indicators
Year 13 students will receive three reports throughout the year.
Reports include:
- Attendance
- Target Grade
- Attainment
- Assessment Average and Highest % scores for the cohort
- PPE grades, if applicable
- Four attitudes to learning indicators
A separate report containing the UCAS predicted grades will also be received at the start of Term 1.
