The County High School, Leftwich Year 10 Information Evening

An Overview of Year 10 September/October Careers Fair (30 th Sept) Target Grades Set

Targets Re-set this term. Based on measures of ability - ie Key Stage 2 Test Results. Minimum performance targets - many students will do even better! Reported to parents and reporting system will reflect the progress made towards those targets. Numbers for English/Maths (new GCSEs).

Grades ‘old’ GCSE‘new’ GCSE

Grades ‘old’ GCSE‘new’ GCSE A* A

Grades ‘old’ GCSE‘new’ GCSE A* 7, 8 or 9 (with top 20% of 7-9 gaining Grade 9) A

Grades ‘old’ GCSE‘new’ GCSE A* 7, 8 or 9 (with top 20% of 7-9 gaining Grade 9) A B C

Grades ‘old’ GCSE‘new’ GCSE A* 7, 8 or 9 (with top 20% of 7-9 gaining Grade 9) A B 6 5 C 4

Grades ‘old’ GCSE‘new’ GCSE A* 7, 8 or 9 (with top 20% of 7-9 gaining Grade 9) A B 6 5 C 4 D E F G U

Grades ‘old’ GCSE‘new’ GCSE A* 7, 8 or 9 (with top 20% of 7-9 gaining Grade 9) A B 6 5 C 4 D3 E2 F 1 G U0

‘Good’ Grades

‘old’ GCSE A* A B C D E F G U

‘Good’ Grades ‘old’ GCSE‘new’ GCSE A* 7, 8 or 9 (with top 20% of 7-9 gaining Grade 9) A B 6 5 C 4 D3 E2 F 1 G U0

An Overview of Year 10 Throughout Year 10 Controlled Assessments

Replacement for former ‘coursework’. The task may be set directly by the Awarding Body, or it may be adapted by the school to suit the students’ learning. Research can be done unsupervised out of the classroom. Writing-up will need to be done in the classroom in normal lesson times. The usual practice is that controlled assessments are marked by teaching staff (and then moderated by the Awarding Body).

An Overview of Year 10 December ST1 ‘exam window’ (weeks beginning 7 th /14 th Dec)

An Overview of Year 10 January ST1 Progress Reports issued (25 th ) Parental Consultation Day (29 th )

An Overview of Year 10 March Mock Interviews (14 th ) Science ST2 ‘exam window’ (week beginning 21 st Mar)

An Overview of Year 10 April Main ST2 exam ‘window’ (weeks beginning 25 th April & 2 nd May)

An Overview of Year 10 May ST2 Progress Reports issued (23 rd ) GCSE Science Exams

An Overview of Year 10 June Year 11 Information Evening (21 st June) Sports Day (28 th June)

An Overview of Year 10 July Year 10 Parent Consultation Evening (5 th July) Media Arts Day (7 th July)

An Overview of Year 10 August GCSE Results Day (25 th, 11am)

‘Progress 8’ Change in school headline performance measures from % achieving 5+ A*-C grades (including English and Maths) New measure will capture all students in nearly all their subjects Hence the focus will be on the progress of all students in all subjects – as it always has been

Science (‘Double’ Science students)

Science A Complete the Controlled Assessments (ISAs, worth 25% of the GCSE) Plan, do and answer questions on an experiment and then answer questions on data from a similar experiment (2 papers per ISA) 2 ISAs: w/b Mon 2 nd & 9 th November and w/b Mon 22 nd & 29 th February 2 weeks per ISA; best mark counts; undertaken in lessons with opportunity to do research outside of lessons

Science Exams (25% each) Biology Unit 1 (1 hour) - Tuesday 17 th May (pm) Chemistry Unit 1 (1 hour) - Thursday 19 th May (am) Physics Unit 1 (1 hour) - Wednesday 25 th May (pm)

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