Year 8&9 Information Evening

KS3 Assessment, Recording and Reporting

New GCSE Numerical grade Approximate conversion to Old GCSE grades What are we doing now? New GCSE Numerical grade Approximate conversion to Old GCSE grades 9A A* 9B 9C 8A 8B A 8C 7A 7B 7C B 6A 6B 6C 5A 5B C 5C 4A 4B 4C 3A D 3B 3C 2A E 2B 2C F 1A 1B G 1C Below GCSE Level U Move to the new GCSE Assessment of 1-9 A high L4 – or low L5 is equivalent of old GCSE Grade C

Progress Flight Path Start point End of Year 7 End of Year 8 4b 5c 5a 6a 7a

Data Tracks 3 Data Tracks through the year Target Grades (End of Year, End of Key Stage, End of Year 11) ‘Well Below’ expected progress ‘Just Below’ expected progress ‘Meeting’ expected progress ‘Exceeding’ expected progress

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