at Manor Primary School Assessments without Levels at Manor Primary School

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K What has changed? •Lots of changes – the new curriculum is a lot more prescriptive in English and Maths, less prescriptive in the Foundation Subjects. •The expectations are much higher than ever before, with much of the curriculum being shifted down into a lower year group, particularly in English and Maths. For example some old Y5 expectations can now be found in Y3, some Y7 / 8 in Y5 / 6.

Old Curriculum New Curriculum English Level 4 writing Vocab, Grammar & Punctuation Y 5/ 6 Questions marks, accurate use of speech punctuation. Commas in a list to occasionally mark clauses Using brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis Using commas to clarify meaning and avoid ambiguity Using hyphens to avoid ambiguity Using semi-colons, colons or dashes to mark boundaries between independent clauses Using colon to introduce a list Punctuate bullet points consistently   We are used to teaching these skills for 12 – 14 year olds but now this is an expectation for Y5/6 pupils.

What assessments tell us: K What assessments tell us: • How well your child is doing compared to the national picture • How well your child is progressing from one term to the next • How well the school is doing compared to the national picture • Areas of strength and weakness in the school

Government Guidelines K Government Guidelines •Schools have the freedom to decide how to track the progress of the children •The new National Curriculum identifies the skills a Year 2 child and a Year 6 child should have in order to meet the nationally EXPECTED LEVEL •Internal teacher assessments and external testing are important in supporting these judgements

K Assessments in Year 2 •Teachers will assess children in reading, writing, maths and GPS (grammar, punctuation and spelling) and confirm whether a child is either: –Working BELOW the National Standard –Working at the NATIONAL STANDARD –Working ABOVE (at greater depth within) the national standard •The teacher’s judgments have to be backed up by tests and through local moderation meetings

K The DFE have only produced these documents for Year 2 and Year 6.

Assessments in Year 6 •In reading, writing, maths and GPS, the class teacher will assess the children and confirm whether a child is either: –Working BELOW the National Standard –Working at the NATIONAL STANDARD –Working ABOVE (at greater depth within) the national standard •SATs test will be used to give a more detailed account of how well a child a has performed. This will be reported IN ADDITION to teacher assessment. •There is no test for writing at either KS1 or KS2, but teachers in Year 2 and 6 will also be able to assess the children ‘Working at TOWARDS THE NATIONAL STANDARD’. Please note that this refers to a set of standards which must be met in order to be working at a greater level than ‘below the expected standard’.

The DFE have only produced these documents for Year 2 and Year 6.

How are the Year Six SATs results reported?

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What will my child’s report look like? English: Reading Progress Attainment Effort Below expected progress Making expected progress Above expected progress Below expected national standard Making expected national standard Above expected national standard Some-times tries hard Mostly tries hard Always tries hard This report will indicate the progress made by your child, irrespective of them meeting the national standard.

K •It is really important for parents to understand that the expectations of the new Curriculum are much higher at the end of each year group. •Pupils being judged on the expectations for the end of Year 5, for example, will still have gaps and may not reach the ‘expected standard’ for their year group as they have only completed one year of the new curriculum. •There is also a focus on children being able to explore the curriculum in more depth and being able to apply their learning before moving on – the concept of MASTERY. So it is likely that not so many children will be ‘exceeding’ because of these raised expectations.