Reformed GCSEs Reporting and Assessment PARENTS ASSOCIATION Reformed GCSEs Reporting and Assessment

To introduce some of the changes to the national curriculum Aims of the session To introduce some of the changes to the national curriculum To explain how students are assessed at Drayton Manor To describe reporting and assessment cycle

By the End of the Session you will... Know which changes will affect your child Understand how the curriculum will differ from previous years Be able to describe how students are assessed at Drayton Manor and when this reported to parents

GCSE REFORM

GCSEs: The Main Changes The new GCSEs will: make more demands of students, to help them achieve as much as students in countries with the best education systems. be taken by the same range of students who take GCSEs currently, across a range of abilities. be awarded in grades from 1 up to 9, with grade 9 being the highest grade.

GCSEs: The Main Changes Where possible students will be assessed by exam, with other forms of assessment only for particular subject skills (e.g. in art and design or physical education). All exams will be at the end of a two year course of study. In most subjects, students will not be grouped in different ability tiers for the purposes of assessment – only maths, sciences and languages will have different papers for different groups of students.

New GCSE Grading https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F Y_mn2skrNE

New GCSE Grading broadly the same proportion of students will achieve a grade 4 and above as currently achieve a grade C and above broadly the same proportion of students will achieve a grade 7 and above as currently achieve a grade A and above broadly the same proportion of students will achieve a grade 1 and above as currently achieve a grade G and above All other grade boundaries will be set arithmetically

GCSEs Reform Timetable September 2015 (first exams 2017) New GCSEs - English language, English literature and mathematics. September 2016 (first exams 2018) New GCSEs – history, science, geography, languages, art and design, citizenship, computer science, dance, drama, music, physical education, food preparation and nutrition, religious studies. September 2017 (first exams 2019) New GCSEs – other subjects which Ofqual decide will be developed as reformed GCSEs. For example, the boundaries at grades 5 and 6 will be set based on the difference in marks between grades 4 and 7; grade 5 will be set at one third of the difference in marks, and grade 6 at two thirds the difference in marks.

GCSEs Reform Timetable Summer 2016 Last exams in old GCSEs – English, English language, English literature and mathematics. November 2016 Final resit in old GCSEs - English, English language, English literature and mathematics. Summer 2017 Last exams in old GCSEs – history, science, geography, languages, art and design, citizenship, computer science, dance, drama, music, physical education, food technology and religious studies.

A Level Reform content refreshed with greater input from universities AS results will no longer count towards an A level will be linear, with AS assessments typically taking place after one year of study and A levels after two will keep the A* to E grading scale (A to E for AS level) degree of non-exam assessment will reflect balance and nature of new subject content grading standards stay the same

Assessment Students progress is assessed regularly by the setting of tasks by the teacher These tasks are then reviewed by the teacher who provides feedback to show elements that were done well and how improvements can be made Students then respond to this feedback the following lesson

Assessment Students sit an internal exam paper half way through the year and at the end of the year at Key Stage three In Year 10 students have an exam half way through the year and at the end. In Year 11, students sit Mock exams in December and March In the sixth form students currently have mock exams in January (this will change next year)

Assessment Students sit an internal exam paper half way through the year and at the end of the year at Key Stage three In Year 10 students have an exam half way through the year and at the end In Year 11, students sit Mock exams in December and March In the sixth form students currently have mock exams in January (this will change next year)

Reporting Parents will receive half termly reports from each subject with regard to performance on: Effort Behaviour Homework Results from exams will also be reported home Parents are encouraged to look in books to see comments made by teachers on student progress

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