Proposal for changes to KS3 Monitoring and Reporting

Rationale for change Make it fit for the key audience – parents Current monitoring reports are data rich and information poor What do parents of Key Stage 3 parents need to know?  Is my child working hard and behaving?  Is my child making good progress? 

Rationale for change Teaching staff are currently asked to provide a PPG to within a 3rd of a GCSE grade  Exam percentages are difficult to interpret as they are not comparable across subjects Use the language and style of Primary School reporting to support transition

3 Key proposed changes Introduce Target Bands Standardised scoring of Key Stage 3 test results Re-introduction of attitude targets

Target Bands Where do targets come from? The Fischer Family Trust (FFT) processes the National Pupil Database for the Department of Education and provides data and analyses to all schools in England and Wales.   They provide grade predictors for student attainment at the the end of KS4 and we use these to inform the setting of ambitious and aspirational targets for students This is not a perfect system, though used by most schools to inform expectations of students and based on externally assessed and moderated data KS2 SAT scores may not be reflective of student ability in some cases which is why we are building in some flexibility Based on over 7 million student records

Target Bands FFT is based on KS2 scores. They look at the GCSE scores of all the students who got the same scores as your child when they were Yr6, and then use that to work out the probability of your child getting particular grades. Insert predictive graph here

These FFT graphs can be used to inform conversations with students who may be considered to be ‘coasting’

Target Bands From Year 7 students are to be assigned a Target Band This will be based upon FFT targets, which are drawn largely from KS2 standardised scores.   These bands will give a minimum target for achievement at the end of Key Stage 4.  Band 4  GCSE Target 7-9  Band 3  GCSE Target 5-6  Band 2 GCSE Target 3-4  Band 1  GCSE Target 2 

Target Bands Target bands will be shared with teaching staff, parents and students, with an emphasis on minimum expectations Reporting on progress would require teaching staff to allocate 1 of 3 indicators;   Meeting expectations  Exceeding expectations  Working towards expectations  Students who show they are exceeding expectations over a sustained period can move up to a higher band. In the vast majority of cases students will be on the same pathway for all subjects, but a case could be made to move up in one subject area if exceptional performance is shown. 

Standardised Test Scoring The percentage scores given at present are not comparable between subjects and can lead to assumptions about performance being higher in one subject than another due to a raw percentage which does not take account of the demand of the test.  Equally comparison in performance from one assessment window to another is difficult as the demand of the exam may differ.  A standardised scoring system is used for the reporting of KS2 results and therefore parents are familiar with the system.  This could mean for example that a student receives a score between 80-130, with 105 representing average performance.  The system used for KS2 SATS. 

Attitude Targets Parents want to know what their children needs to do to improve their attitude Attitude to learning is more than behaviour Targets re-written in language accessible to all parents