1. Welcome Assessing without Levels
Caldecote Primary School
Welcome Assessing without Levels
Did you know?
New National Curriculum
Levels Year group learning
The National picture
Termly & Annual reports
In a time of unprecedented change in Education:
New curriculum
New Inspection Framework
New Assessment
- Leadership and school organisation changes: Free , Academies, Trust, etc.

2. Shift Happens – part 2 Caldecote Primary School
Shift Happens – part 2
This will give outline of what the future will be for your children
Google – will be able to find out anything they want / need

3. The future for your children
Caldecote Primary School
The future for your children
# 1 skill employers look for is communication
Employment Toolkit- key competences are
problem solving
teamwork
positive attitude
These are the main factors when recruiting
(CBI & Lord Sandy Leitch report)
These are skills that your children will need
They will be able to source information but it is what they can do with the information that will distinguish them

4. New National Curriculum
Caldecote Primary School
New National Curriculum
Year group expectations not End of Key Stage
More challenging particularly for maths e.g. Year 1 name ¼ of object, shape, amount
Most children will work within the Year group expectations
‘Catch up’ or ‘pre-learning’ for children below
Mastery :
Shallow learning: surface, temporary, often lost
Deep learning: it sticks, can be recalled and used
Mastery learning: can be transferred and applied in different context
Specific objectives for each year group
Much more content / challenge
Key objectives – children need to know these, building blocks for future learning
Teaching will continue very much the same
Support for those who need
Mastery is a term you will hear
Children able to use information in different contexts, make connections between learning and apply independently

5. Caldecote Primary School
Caldecote Primary School
Caldecote Primary School
Website
Key documents
Year group expectations
Key objectives in bold
Year group expectations are on website
Key objectives (identified by NAHT – not government) are ones that should be learnt / prioritised in each year group

6. The old system of levels:
Caldecote Primary School
The old system of levels:
Ranged from 1c, 1b, 1a, 2c ………….. 6b (equivalent to working at Year 9 level)
National End of Year expectations e.g
Year 3 range = 2a, 3c, 3b
Our new system of Year group expectations:
In Year 1 = Year 1 curriculum
In Year 2 = Year 2 curriculum etc.
6 ‘steps’ within every year group
(ties in with our 6 assessment points throughout year)
Levels had become familiar
Same across all schools
Moderation across schools
Schools have decided their own system
We have been waiting for an indication from Government – hasn’t come
Using our tracking system ‘Target Tracker’
Many schools in network are using same – will be able to moderate with them

7. The 6 steps Caldecote Primary School Beginning
The 6 steps
Beginning
None (or a few) of the year group objectives are secure
Beginning +
Some key objectives and some of the other objectives secure
Working Within
Half of the key objectives and some of the other objectives secure
Working Within +
Most of the key objectives plus around 75% of each strand are secure
Secure
All key objectives plus most other objectives secure. Pupil beginning to apply knowledge and understanding across a range of contexts with some support
Secure +
All key objectives plus all other objectives secure. Pupil is working at mastery level and is able to apply knowledge and understanding across a range of contexts independently
Working within + & Secure are national end of year expectations i.e. this is where we expect most children to be by end of year
Some may be Working within if they have been consolidating learning from a year below
Some may be Secure + or, in exceptional cases, work on some objectives from year above

8. Less and more able children
Caldecote Primary School
Less and more able children
Work continues to be differentiated to meet needs (working to achieve objectives - especially key objectives from previous years)
If a child makes exceptional progress and achieves ‘secure +’ they will not routinely progress to the next year objectives as previously. They will be expected to deepen and extend their knowledge and understanding through a range of activities which will challenge and broaden their thinking
Very little difference to how we teach now

9. Caldecote Primary School
The national picture
SATs at Year 2 and 6 will continue (no level 6 tests)
2016 & 2017 are ‘interim’ years
As yet, no decision on how they will be reported
Indications are it will be
working towards expected standard
working at the expected standard
working at greater depth within the expected standard
Tests will continue
These will be much more challenging to reflect changes in curriculum
After tests, will decide what ‘expected level’ is and communicate in July

10. Termly & annual reports
Caldecote Primary School
Termly & annual reports
Children who are working either below / above year group, there will be a sentence to indicate this
Criteria for each of the 6 steps will be printed on the reverse of the reports

11. How we track progress Every child is tracked individually
Caldecote Primary School
How we track progress
Every child is tracked individually
Targets are set dependent on their ‘starting point’ for each year
Half-termly pupil progress meetings focusing on progress of every child
We continue to track every individual child
Assessment is ongoing (formative) and there are 6 points where teachers look at collection of work and determine progress which is entered onto tracking system
Some of this may be ‘tested’ (summative)

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