St Helens Primary Assessment Seminar 27 January 2008 Ruth Walker

SIMS - Raising Standards 25% increase in Level 5 SATS scores 2004 – 2007 “The Information we hold in SIMS not only helps us to monitor and provide appropriate support for the children, but also to engage with parents in a more details and meaningful way” Harry Weightman, Head, Easington Colliery Primary School, Durham

SIMS - Raising Standards 12% increase in Level 4+ SATS scores “Pupil performance data from SIMS is ‘mission critical’ for leading the school’s improvement programme” Greg Marsden, Head, Lisle Marsden Primary School, NE Lincolnshire

Why Track Progress?  Provides a focus for professional dialogue to support assessment for learning and personalised learning;  Enables targeted mapping of intervention to support pupil learning;  Provides evidence of the impact of actions on progress and strengthens the accountability of teachers and head teachers. (From ‘The Improving Schools Programme (ISP): supporting schools to secure the progress of all learners’ leaflet, Primary National Strategy, March 2008, Ref LEF-EN.)

Pupil Tracking Grids SIMS Pupil Tracking Grids will enable teachers to visually establish whether pupils are on target, or need intervention to enable them to fulfill their potential.  Tracking Grids can be populated once teacher assessments are entered in the Tracking Progress Marksheets;  They can be cloned and customised for use with other templates;  Options to select the type of grid and the subject, and customise the grid layout;  Types of grid include termly tracking, yearly tracking and tracking current against KS1 results.  The functionality to create these Grids will also be available for advanced users in any School phase.

ISP Pupil Tracking Grids

Tracking Progress Marksheet Templates Provided from May 2008 for optional automatic installation, for tracking pupil progress:  Templates for Years 1 – 6 in Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening, Maths, Science.  English Templates for Years 1 – 6 that aggregate Speaking & Listening, Reading and Writing  Templates for Years 3 – 6 to check comparative progress in English and Maths (England only).  A Template to summarise year on year progress.  Templates to convert Y2 and Y6 teacher assessments to KS1 and KS2 validated results.

New Assessment Features  Tracking Progress Marksheet Templates  Additional Group filters with multiple filtering;  Graphing Grade Distribution in Marksheets;  Applying Nested if then Else to another column;  Opening Marksheets from Template;  Pupil Tracking Grids;  Automatic Upgrade and Installation of AMPARK Resources.  Primary Curriculum: teaching groups

Primary Curriculum Allows primary schools to: Create Teaching Groups from combined Registration Groups; View Assessment data while allocating pupils; Filter marksheets by teaching groups. Benefits:  Create Marksheets and Reports for these Groups;  Makes group allocations easier;  Track progress of target groups.

SIMS in Action

Thank you Any questions? Ruth Walker Partnership Manager

SIMS in the Classroom delivering school improvement

Why have SIMS across school?  Communication  Holistic approach to each child  Consistency of policy  Accuracy of data  Entering data once and using it many times  Reduced administration  Improved activity

The Future  Dinner Money  Recording of meals, money  reports  linking to the attendance register  linking to online/centralised payment systems  Real time reporting to Parents – Learning Gateway  Browser access for parents (pupils)  Extended Services  E-Commerce  On-line ordering/best value

Thank you Any questions? Ruth Walker Partnership Manager