Explaining ‘Depth of Learning’ Tracking System and a Child’s ‘Good Line of Progress’. As a child leaves Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) they are assessed against a national expectation which is outlined by the government. At the end of the year, in accordance with statutory requirements, this will be reported against each of the 7 subjects in terms of Not met (they are still working towards this expected level) Met (they have met the National expected level by the end of EYFS) Exceeding (They have achieved beyond the National expected level).

Good Line of Progress This assessment is known as EYFS Exit Data and from this point your child’s progress can be measured against a predicted ‘good line of progress’ whereby expected progress can be calculated and projected with a view to be met by the end of Milestone Three (year 5 and 6). In short, what will be reported on an annual basis, is whether your child, working in years 1-6, is achieving (as in EYFS) according to three broad assessment grades of Working towards national expectation Meeting national expectation Exceeding national expectation

Gawsworth’s Grading Terminolgy At Gawsworth, in our reports to parents, we have decided to call these three assessment grades Developing Secure Fluent

A child could leave EYFS as a ‘secure’ pupil and remain as this throughout their time at Gawsworth, so how will progress be measured? On leaving EYFS, your child then enters ‘Milestone One’ (years 1 and 2). Their progress will be monitored and measured against their ‘good line of progress’ throughout year 1 and 2, until the final point of exit from Milestone One at the end of year 2. This end of Milestone One exit point then allows for an assessment to be made, judging if your child is still meeting their good line of progress and if they are projected to continue to do so until their exit point from Milestone Three at the very end of year 6.

How is ‘Depth of Learning’ calculated within a milestone? There are three ‘milestones’: Milestone One (Years 1 and 2), Milestone Two (Years 3 and 4) and Milestone Three (Years 5 and 6). Each of these milestones are sub- divided into six terms with terms 1, 2 and 3 being at the beginning of a milestone in years 1, 3 and 5 and terms 4, 5 and 6 at the latter end of a milestone in years 2, 4 and 6. Your child’s progress will be measured in points across these terms and there will be a possibility to gain up to 6 points by assessing against milestone learning objectives.

Table 1 Attainment Expected point Scores within each milestone Emerging Pupil - Developing 0-3.9 Expected Pupil - Secure 4.0-4.9 Exceeding Pupil - Fluent 5.0-6.0

A pupil who left EYFS with expected attainment, by the end of Milestone One (please reference Table 2 on the next slide, looking at the middle yellow band ). This pupil will be expected to have made 4 points progress. This is deemed to be meeting a continued good line of progress as ‘Depth of Learning’ operates in that only the most able of pupils make a full points progress every term and that for the vast majority of pupils there will be a deepening of their learning which won’t culminate in the achievement of a full point of progress term on term. (As can be seen between terms 2 to 3 and 5 to 6).

Table 2 M/S 1 EYFS Attainment Term1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 Emerging- Developing 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 2 3 Expected – Secure 4 Exceeding – Fluent 5 6

Please reference Table 3 shown on the next slide. However, to demonstrate that there is continuing progression being made, this may be shown in a decimalised form. So that the child who left EYFS with an expected level of achievement and appears to be making no progress between terms 2 and 3 and 5 and 6 in Milestone 1 in fact made part of a point progress (0.7 and 0.8 respectively). The pupil shown in the table below would therefore still be considered to be on target to meet their good line of progress.  

Table 3 M/S 1 EYFS Attainment Term1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 Emerging – Developing 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 2 3 Expected – Secure 2.7 4 4.8 Exceeding – Fluent 5 6

Progression continues to be measured at the exit from milestone one in term 6. (Summer Term Year 2) The expected pupil above had scored 4.8 and was meeting their good line of progress. At entry to milestone two, meeting national expectations (MNE) was achieved. Once more, there is a possibility for the most able pupils to achieve up to 6 points but the pupil meeting national expectations will be deemed to be meeting their good line of progress having achieved 4.7 points by the end of term 6 at the end of milestone two (reference Table 4).  

Table 4 M/S 2 Final DoL at end M/S 1 Term1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 Emerging – Developing 0-3.9 Working towards N.E. 1 2 3 Expected – Secure 4.0 -4.9 Meeting N.E. 2.5 4 4.7 Exceeding – Fluent 5.0 – 6.0 Mastering N.E. 5 6

How is the ‘good line of progress judged across the milestones? Our expected child has scored 4.8 at the end of milestone one (end of year 2) and then 4.7 at the end of milestone two (end of year 4) so will then have their scores added together to provide a cumulative score of 9.5 which has maintained the expected position along the good line of progress.

M/S 2 Final DoL at end M/S 1 Term1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4 Term 5 Term 6 Our Child entered with a score of 4.8 from M/S 1 Expected- Secure 4.0 -4.9 Meeting N.E. 1 2 2.9 3 4 4.7 Total Cumulative Score 5.8 6.8 7.7 7.8 8.8 9.5 M/S 3 Final DoL at end M/S 2 Our Child entered with a cumulative score of 9.5 from M/S 2 Expected – 4.9 -9.8 2.5 4.8 10.5 11.5 12.0 13.0 14.0 14.8 Attainment Expected Points by end of Milestone 3 if good line of progress is met. Developing Pupil - working towards national expectation 9.0 - 11.9 Secure Pupil - meeting national expectation 12-0 - 14.9 Fluent Pupil - exceeding national expectation. 15-0 - 18.0

At 14.8 the above pupil has followed and met their good line of progress at their exit from EYFS to their exit at the end of milestone three.

Gawsworth Primary School Much more effort required   Gawsworth Primary School Interim Report March 2016 Name: Milestone: Current Depth of Learning Assessment Meeting ‘good line of progress’. Attitude to learning Reading Secure  Yes   B Writing   Secure Yes Maths Attitude to Learning Outstanding Good More effort required Much more effort required A B C D Attainment Developing Secure Fluent Working towards national expectation Meeting national expectation Exceeding national expectation