1. Targets, Data and Reporting

2. Targets at KS4
Target Grades –Best case scenario from the analysis of the performance of similar students. Target based on prior attainment and contextual information. Should be recorded in Student Planner.
Targets set at start of the course - previous methodology Fischer Family Trust Model D – Ofsted recognised.
2015 – introduction of single minimum target grade using an Oaklands method.
Professional judgement overrides methodology in some cases . A target – not a prediction. l

3. Change for Y
All GCSEs will be grades 9-1( not Health and Social Care)
New gold standard grade will be 5 ( rather than a C grade as is now). However 9-4 quoted and comparable with old A*-C figures.

4. Ofqual news on Grades 9-1
Broadly the same proportion of students will achieve a grade 4 and above as currently achieve a grade C and above
Broadly the same proportion of students will achieve a grade 7 and above as currently achieve an A and above
For each examination, the top 20 per cent of those who get grade 7 or above will get a grade 9 – the very highest performers
The bottom of grade 1 will be aligned with the bottom of grade G
Grade 5 will be positioned in the top third of the marks for a current Grade C and bottom third of the marks for a current Grade B. This will mean it will be of greater demand than the present grade C, and broadly in line with what the best available evidence tells us is the average PISA performance in countries such as Finland, Canada, the Netherlands and Switzerland

5. Predicted Grades
Staff generate these in March, Summer of Y10 then Autumn , February and May of Year 11.
Psychology and personality – variation sometimes (with actual outcome). Evaluation of accuracy of final predictions – compared with outcomes. We need to get this right – as a school we allocate resources based on predictions.

6. Assessment Calendar
Half termly present attainment grades, learning behaviour grades and homework grades.
Autumn term of Year 10 - Target grades and Subject Comments.
Spring of Year 10 – Progress Dip Predictions
Summer Term Year 10 –Y10 Parents’ Evening ( targets). End of year exam grades. Year 10 Exams (20-27th June )
Autumn term Year 11 –Comments, predicted grade.
February year Practice exam grades and predicted grade. Y11 Parents’ Evening(targets).
May Y11 – Final predictions.

7. Assessment Calendar Progress Tracker on reports Exercise Books
Book Sharing Weeks
Planners / Homework timetables

8. English and Maths KS4
Extra Maths lessons for all in Year 11 (timetabled)
Extra English and Maths lessons in Year 10 (timetabled)
Extra staff in English and Maths in Year 11
Lunchtime and after school classes in other subjects.

9. SLT Review
SLT meet with all students to review progress and plan the next steps.