Reporting and Assessments

Key Stage 3

New student report format.

We have introduced a new report format which we hope will provide a more informative picture of your student’s attainment and learning behaviour.

Report Overview

 Teacher – Your child’s main teacher, the first person to contact if you have a query about this subject.

Average Unit Grade can be one of 4 descriptors:

• Emerging – Students are working at a basic level. They are learning new concepts and skills. They are yet to establish firm long-term memories of this subject.
• Developing – Students have begun to develop long-term memories of this subject. Concepts and skills are beginning to be applied to new scenarios.
• Securing – Students have many ideas and skills securely established in their long-term memory. They can apply some of these, with growing confidence, to new scenarios. 
• Excelling – Students have a sophisticated understanding of required concepts and skills established in their long-term memory. They confidently apply them to new scenarios, establishing links with wider experiences.

In future reports we will be developing subject specific descriptions for these grades.

Attitude to Learning

O= Outstanding Resilient, asks good questions in class, plays a full and active role in all class activities, hardworking, highly motivated to succeed and homework is always of high quality.
G= Good Resilient, plays an active role in all class activities, hard worker who wants to do well and homework is always good quality.
RI= Requires Improvement Tends to give up, does not fully engage in class activities, lacking in the motivation needed to succeed, and homework quality is variable. 
SC= Some Concerns Gives up too easily, does not engage in class activities, lacks the motivation needed to succeed. 

Behaviour.

O= Outstanding Behaviour is excellent. The student is always polite and helpful.
G= Good Behaviour is good as would be expected from students in the college.
RI= Requires Improvement Behaviour may occasionally fall below expected standards. Students may occasionally be rude or offhand and need reminding of good behaviour. 
SC= Some Concerns Behaviour has fallen short of what is expected. Parents have been informed and detention issued. 

Homework.

Outstanding= Always Completed 
Good = Mostly Completed
Requires Improvement = Rarely Completed
Serious Concern = Never Completed 

Sport.

We will use the following assessment areas for Key Stage 3 and 4 PE

 Accessing your reports.

We will be moving away from paper-based reports* to e-reports during 2023-2024.
Reports will be available on our School Synergy app 
All reports will be available under Documents, accessed from the dropdown menu. 

*Paper copies will always be available on request.

Key Stage 4

New student report format.

We have introduced a new report format which we hope will provide a more informative picture of your student’s attainment and learning behaviour.

Report Overview

Minimum Target Grade – this is what the student is expected to achieve based on their prior attainment at KS2.
Teacher Predicted Grade – this is what the teacher believes a student will achieve if they continue to work at their present level, which is based on classwork, quality of homework and the teacher’s professional judgement. 
Average Unit Grade – this is an average of what the student has achieved in their assessments throughout the course so far.

A – Some subjects are mainly coursework in Year 10, so it is misleading to give an “Average Unit Grade” for these subjects. However, teachers will give a “Teacher Predicted Grade”. 
B– “Average Unit Grade” is colour coded by comparing this grade to a student’s “Minimum Target Grade”.  Students might appear “off target” in year 10 as they have yet to complete important sections of the syllabus. It is important to look at this grade in conjunction with Teacher Predicted Grade to get an overall picture of your child current performance.

C – At this stage of Year 10 students have been focusing on English Language only so there will not be an English Literature grade at this point.

Attitude to Learning

O= Outstanding Resilient, asks good questions in class, plays a full and active role in all class activities, hardworking, highly motivated to succeed and homework is always of high quality. 
G= Good Resilient, plays an active role in all class activities, hard worker who wants to do well and homework is always good quality. 
RI= Requires Improvement Tends to give up, does not fully engage in class activities, lacking in the motivation needed to succeed, and homework quality is variable. 
SC= Serious Concerns Gives up too easily, does not engage in class activities, lacks the motivation needed to succeed. 

Behaviour

O= Outstanding Behaviour is excellent. The student is always polite and helpful.
G= Good Behaviour is good as would be expected from students in the college.
RI= Requires Improvement Behaviour may occasionally fall below expected standards. Students may occasionally be rude or offhand and need reminding of good behaviour. 
SC= Some Concerns Behaviour has fallen short of what is expected. Parents have been informed and detention issued. 

Homework

Outstanding= Always Completed 
Good = Mostly Completed
Requires Improvement = Rarely Completed
Serious Concern = Never Completed 

Accessing your reports.

We will be moving away from paper-based reports* to e-reports during 2023-2024.
Reports will be available on our School Synergy app 
All reports will be available under Documents, accessed from the dropdown menu. 

Who do I contact if I have a question about my child’s report.

General questions :

Office@blessededward.co.uk

Subject Specific: