1. Understanding CAT and PASS Assessments
Mr P Brunt
September 2018

2. CAT and PASS Assessments
The assessments used to provide data and inform interventions are:
Cognitive Ability Test (CAT)
Pupil Attitudes to Self and School (PASS) survey
CAT very important I assessing potential attainments and is used to measure against PTM and PTE in identifying under-achievement and overcoming barriers to learning
PASS can tell us what the attitudes of our students are to 9 Factors, helping identify students who may be disaffected or at risk and overcoming barriers to learning

3. CAT Three parts – approx 40 minutes each
No preparation needed – don’t worry!
Will give us results (100 is average) to help understand your child’s abilities:
Mean CAT Score
Verbal (words / English)
Non-Verbal (images / visual)
Quantitative (numbers / Maths)
Spatial (shapes / Sciences and Technology)
800,000 pupils each year across the UK

4. PASS Short survey (approx 20 minutes)
Completed during registration with the Form Tutor
Assesses pupil wellbeing
Reveals hidden barriers to learning
Helps plan interventions
Gives us results based on pupil feelings about learning, school, self-regard, teachers, attendance, school-work demands
An “early warning” system

5. Why take these assessments?
To identify and overcome barriers to learning by putting in place early intervention strategies
To identify and close attainment gaps by putting in place early intervention strategies 1 2
Last year training baseline
Building on this
Becoming part of school procedures
Data helping us with early warnings, flagging up students at risk
Allowing us to put in place early intervention
Allowing us to baseline performance and then measure against future assessment results

6. GL Assessments 2018-19 CAT PASS Survey Y8 September Y9 October Y10 Y11
CAT
PASS Survey Y8
September Y9
October
Y10
Y11
Y12
Y13
Y14

7. Intervention strategies put in place
Pupils sit CAT and PASS
Relevant pupils
identified
Intervention strategies put in place
Barriers to learning overcome / pupil results improve 
Satff Area resources

8. Intervention Form Tutor Pastoral Mentoring / individual meeting
Whole class rapport
Head of Year
Year Assemblies / Guest speakers
Pastoral Time activities
Subject Teacher
Differentiation
Academic Tutoring
Head of Department
Revise schemes of work
New resources
Senior Leaders
Staff training
School improvement
Including Gifted and Talented

9. The assessments No need to prepare or revise Don’t worry!
Form Tutor will tell pupils when and where
Pupils get an individual login
Follow the link on the computer desktop
Answer all questions
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