ASSESSMENT POLICY
Assessment should fulfill these fundamental principles; it should:-
- assist the teachers to facilitate pupil learning
- enable teachers to make appropriate judgements about pupil achievement
- provide information about children for a range of third parties ie teachers, parents, governors, LEA.
LONG TERM RECORDS KEPT IN PUPILS PERSONAL FILES
- Statutory teacher Assessment Records and 'SATS' scores for NC purposes on each individual pupil.
- Personal medical details plus other relevant information (special needs etc).
- National Transfer Form for children leaving school.
OTHER LONG TERM RECORDS
- Year Group Planning (units of work in subject areas)
- School Portfolio samples from across the school.
- Schemes and Units of Work.
- Special Needs records where appropriate.
SHORT TERM RECORDS
- Teacher planner or Mark Book with week ahead plans or lesson notes.
- Current pupil's work.
HALF TERMLY/TERMLY YEAR GROUP PLANNING
This planning details units of work in all subject areas. They are based on policies and scheme outlines devised by co‑ordinator led working parties and are written by the team of teachers involved in teaching the units and will be modified as and when appropriate. All plans will be transferred to the school network. Teachers own personal lesson plans are developed from these units.
NATIONAL CURRICULUM RECORD/ASSESSMENT
The main teacher assessment record used is the individual sheet which will be transferred between year groups and schools. In addition any SATS scores will be recorded and kept on file. This is the summative record for the year.
Teacher assessment should be based on every day teaching routines which will include planning, observations, verbal interactions, general marking and the availability of pupil's work around the classroom. These routines and daily contact with a class will help to build the professional knowledge a teacher has of a child enabling him/her to make assessments against National Curriculum levels.
TEACHER PLANNER/MARK BOOKS
This is a more personal system of recording information as compared to NC records. It is used to aid weekly planning and record everyday marking such as internal class/year group test scores, comments, commendations etc. As most marking is based on a comment system which is difficult to transfer to a record, teachers will summarise their thoughts with a coded system that identifies to everyone, the performance of individual pupils in relation to graded comments that are integral to our Assessment and Reporting System.
GUIDED READING RECORDS
All children are part of the Guided Reading Scheme and staff record all books that a child works on.
ANNUAL SCHOOL REPORTS
The report provides parents and the school with a summative record of academic progress in all NC subjects plus RE. In addition a comment is made with an overview of other aspects of school life including behaviour and particular contributions/interests. Statutory requirements regarding reporting on a pupil's attendance and national test results are also included.
In writing the report the teacher will draw on his/her professional knowledge of the child built up through daily contact. Formal records like the reading age scores and NC records/mark books etc may aid in the writing of the report. Although these records tend to be more comprehensive in the core subjects planning across the curriculum and curricular work examples will provide a teacher with the necessary sources of information to complete all reports. Each child will also have a summary of curriculum content covered during that year.
TRANSFER OF RECORDS BETWEEN SCHOOLS
Years 3‑4
- In pupil personal file Year 2 official reported NC scores (keep separate)
- Year 3 NC TA record Optional SATS
- Annual reports
- Personal information eg medical/special needs
- Summary of learning experiences Year 3 ‑ reading age records
- National Transfer form for KS2
Years 7‑8
- In Pupil Personal File Year 2 and 6 official reported NC scores on National Transfer Form for KS2
- Year 7 TA record on National Transfer Form KS3
- Summary of learning experiences Year 7
- Personal information
- Year 7 staff also complete forms from individual secondary schools.
- BETWEEN Official reported NC scores
- YEAR GROUPS NVR Scores
- Optional Tests
- Personal information eg medical records etc
- Special Educational Needs
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