Northgate’s Reporting System Y7 Parents’ Evening May 2016

Types of report Progress check Full report

Attributes Three attributes Classwork, Behaviour, Homework 5 point scale – 5 being best and 1 poorest

Levels Northgate Levels Descriptors on the Northgate website in Parents/Reports and benchmarking

Sample Y7 Progress Check Levels Attributes Sublevels: a - highest b c - lowest Attributes: 5 - highest 1 - lowest

Benchmarks What are benchmarks? How are benchmarks generated?

Y7 Expected current level Flightpath Start of Y7 to end Y11 is 15 terms. By this point in Y7 pupils are approx. 3/15 or 1/5 of their way along the flightpath. By the end of Y9 they will be 9/15 or 3/5 of the way along. End of KS benchmark (end of Y9) KS4 FFT Benchmark (end of Y11) KS2 SATs Y7 Expected current level

Health warnings Benchmarks are not predicted grades Benchmarks are not specifically about your child as an individual Hard work, a positive attitude, great attendance, plus support and encouragement from you are the main factors in deciding the levels/grades pupils will achieve

The future Changes to GCSEs, which will be graded 9 to 1- rolling programme Developing our systems to take this into account – concept of backward design Maintain status quo until all GCSE specifications released

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Any queries Contact me, Mrs Hope, or Mr Burgoyne, Systems and Data Manager Email reports@northgate.suffolk.sch.uk