1. Statutory Assessment at SPRINGFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL1

2. Aims:
To introduce parents to the assessment framework for Years 2 and 6.
To help parents in Year 2 and 6 understand how their children are assessed at the end of each Key Stage and why.
2. To help parents in Y2 and Y6 understand the expectations for the year and the impact of results.

3. Why Assess?
Knowing how each pupil is performing allows teachers to plan and help individuals improve.
Assessment plays a key role in helping schools to improve outcomes.
This in turn promotes improvement at class level, then at school level.
Assessments help the next school to plan for pupils – all information is passed to KS 3

4. The system
Prior to 2016 children were allocated a level at the end of KS1 and KS2 to indicate how well they had achieved.
Level 2B and Level 4B were average grades for the end of each of the Key Stages.
The government changed this system in 2014 and removed levels as an indicator of achievement and progress.
Children are now assessed as being at an expected standard in either reading, writing or maths

5. Year 6 tests Set externally Marked externally
Writing is moderated internally and externally
Schools can ask for papers to be remarked in the case of errors
Schools can ask for special consideration
Schools can make applications for additional time for some pupils

6. Formal Assessment in Year 6
ASSESSED BY TESTS (May)
MATHS
READING
SPaG
PAPER 1
PAPER 2
PAPER 3
SPELLING
GRAMMAR & PUNCTUATION
ONE PAPER
* No Calculator Paper
WRITING
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

7. Formal assessment in Year 6
Potentially an online timed tables test for pupils – needs to be confirmed.
However tables need to be learnt up to and including 12x12
Knowledge of tables and mental strategies are key to success in the arithmetic papers
From September 2017 children who do not achieve the expected standard will have to resit in Year 7.

8. KS 2 tests English reading – 1800 – 2300 words
English Grammar, punctuation and spelling
Paper 1 – short answer questions
Paper 2 – spelling
Maths
Paper 1 – arithmetic
Paper 2 – reasoning
Paper 3 – reasoning. All are non-calculator

9. Year 6
Scaled scores will be used to report national curriculum outcomes.
For the KS2 tests a scaled scores of 100 will represent the expected standard
Each pupil will receive a raw score, a scaled score and confirmation of whether or not they attained the expected standard.
Schools are set floor targets – 85% and progress measures from KS1 to KS2

10. Reading – 21/50 to achieve a scaled score of 100 – 42%
Maths – 60/110 to achieve a scaled score of 100 – 55%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling – 43/70 to achieve a scaled score of 100 – 61%
The school’s progress measure is based on comparing end of KS1 results from 2013 to results in ( 2 different systems)

11. Reminders
If you think you might be eligible for the Pupil Premium Grant please take a leaflet.

12. Examples of papers
Any questions?