Assessment and Reporting

The school uses pupils' prior attainment at primary school, as well as standardised reading, spelling and ability tests, to set realistic flight paths towards GCSE targets in year 10 and 11. For example, Year 7 pupils who have achieved highly at primary school and have a reading/spelling age of 15 years or more should be working 'well above' their peers.

This flight path is used to set pupil targets and monitor progress during years 7-9.

A flowchart to show Assessment Criteria and progress through KS3 and 4

KS2 Scaled Scores	End of Year 7	End of Year 8	End of Year 9	GCSE Grades
				8-9
			Well Above	6-7
		Well Above	Above	5
	Well Above	Above	At	3-4
115-120	Above	At	Towards	1-2
108-114	At	Towards	Below
100-107	Towards	Below
90-99	Below
Below 90

(This is based on a flight path between KS2 and GCSE)

More detailed criteria for progress grades given to pupils in KS3

KS2 Scaled Scores

Reading /Spelling Ages

MidYis

Attainment compared to age expectations

Explanation

How does this relate to pupils?

GCSE Grade

115-120

4 years more than age

>130

Well Above

Pupil is working well above the standard expected for their age and should aim for a GCSE Grade 8-9.

This would apply to top performing pupils, such as top 10 in the year group.

8-9

108-114

2 years more than age

110-129

Above

Pupil is working above the standard expected for their age and should aim for at least a GCSE Grade 6-7.

This would apply to most able pupils & those working in top sets and the best few pupils in middle sets.

6-7

100-107

Age expected

96-109

Pupil is working at the standard expected for their age and should aim for at least a GCSE grade 5.

This would apply to pupils who struggle with the academic curriculum and would generally be those pupils in the bottom sets.

90-99

At least 1 year below age

80-95

Towards

Pupil is working towards the standard expected for their age and should aim for at least a GCSE grade 3-4.

This would apply to pupils who struggle with the academic curriculum and would generally be those pupils in the bottom sets.

3-4

Below 90

At least 2 years below age

<80

Below

Pupil is working below the standard expected for their age and should aim for at least a GCSE grade 1-2.

This would apply to the academically very weakest pupils and these pupils should be looking at a more vocational pathway at GCSE.

1-2

Pupil Progress Reports

Pupil progress reports for Years 7-9 are produced each term. The progress report will show how your child is progressing against their targets, as well as indicating their attitude to learning, behaviour for learning and homework for learning.

The following criteria is used by staff on pupil progress reports about attitude to learning, behaviour for learning and homework for learning.

Attitude to Learning	Behaviour for Learning	Homework for Learning
Excellent approach to work at all times	Excellent behaviour at all times	Excellent standard of homework always handed in on time
Generally good approach to work	Generally good behaviour	Generally good standard of homework usually handed in on time
Fair approach to work though more effort/interest could be shown	Fair behaviour though more focus is required to improve learning	The standard of homework is acceptable and usually handed in on time
Inconsistent approach to work and requires improvement	Inconsistent behaviour affecting his/her learning and requires improvement	The standard of homework is either inconsistent or not regularly handed in on time
Poor attitude and non-completion of work. *Major cause for concern*.	Poor behaviour in lessons affecting the learning of other pupils. *Major cause for concern.*	Poor standard of homework produced and/or not handed in on time. *Major cause for concern*

You will be informed when these reports are ready to view and can be found in Go4Schools.

How to access progress reports in Go4schools

Parents should go to the Parents tab above and choose Go4schools.com

First time users should enter their personal email address under the “First-time User” area and click “Please send me a password”. The email address MUST match the email we have on our system in school, otherwise it will not be recognised and you will have to contact the school to update your email address.

When you have received your password, please enter your email address and password under “Welcome” section of the log in page.

Parents evenings

There will be a tutor evening for parents/carers of Year 7 in October to discuss how their child has settled into life at South Charnwood.

There will be subject specific evenings for parents/carers of every year group throughout the Spring and Summer terms. This allows parents/carers to discuss their child’s progress with each of their subject teachers.