Improving the understanding pupils and their families have of how assessment and feedback work at the school has been a school priority. We have constructed an assessment calendar for families with pupils in each year group, to help support you with revision and know when assessments will be held.

More detailed information regarding the nature of the assessments and what your child needs to do in order to prepare for an assessment can be found on the relevant Google Classroom pages. Occasionally, assessments may take place at different times than those stated on the calendar. This may happen depending on various factors such as staff absence, trips and visits or the teacher's professional judgement to move assessments around in the curriculum, depending on what is best for the pupils' learning.

Assessment Thresholds

At Key Stage 3, we set benchmarks (end points) for each subject and specific learning thresholds for each term. We use these benchmarks to determine progress against a pupil’s attainment band.

Pupils have been assigned an attainment band. These bands are designed to be aspirational and the minimum attainment that pupils need to aspire to during Key Stage 3. The meaning of each learning threshold is different in different subject areas as this will be detailed below.