Curriculum Assessment
Summative Assessment
Core principle of summative assessment is to examine what has been learnt and remembered over time.
Summative assessments take place twice per year for each year group.
Year 10, 11, 12 and 13
There are timetabled weeks in the assessment calendar where these assessments take place. All assessments take place in the hall.
Year 7 to 9
For assessment period 1, departments identify a suitable point in their curriculum to assess students, prior to the data deadline in February. These assessments take place in class.
Assessment period 2 takes place at the end of the year in assessment weeks identified on the assessment calendar. Some subject assessments in yr7-9 will take place in the hall, the rest will be in class.
Three weeks prior to assessments departments will provide revision resources for students to prepare for upcoming assessments, timings of assessments will also be communicated to parents, along with revision resources.
Following assessments at KS3, students receive a raw score, a percentage and class average, at KS4 and 5 students will receive a grade. This information is reported to parents. All students have the opportunity to go through their assessment and self-reflect on their work, setting themselves targets on how to improve. Teachers will also identify ant barriers to learning that a student has. These can include:
- Attendance
- Attitude
- Confidence
- Homework
- Independent Study
- Lateness to lessons
- Organisation
- Quality of classwork
- Lack of detail in written answers
- Exam Technique
Formative assessment takes place during lessons throughout the year.
At KS3, knowledge tests are completed at certain point in the curriculum. Students receive a raw score, a percentage and class average, this is recorded in books. At KS4 and 5 subjects have identified assessments in their curriculum plans. Next step marking provides feedback to students on these assessments. When responding to teacher feedback, students will respond by making improvements to their work in green pen.
A range of formative assessment strategies are also embedded into lessons to check progress and inform planning. This may take different forms, depending on the subject and key stage. For example, consolidation questions at the start of lessons, quizzes, written and verbal questioning.