Assessment
Assessment is a continuous process and is concerned with what children can do and their “next” steps in learning. Children are assessed daily on an informal basis so that appropriate work can be planned. Periodically, children are assessed on a formal basis. Assessment covers all areas of the curriculum and involves pupils, parents and teachers.
Formal assessment of each pupil consists of:
Recording includes:
Reporting Assessment
To staff:
Pupil’s records and progress tracking records are passed to the next teacher.
To pupils:
This is an important part of the process and is achieved through comments made when marking children's work during lessons, discussing pieces of work and achievements with children, as well as setting targets with them.
To parents:
Parents receive a verbal progress report during the consultation evenings in the Autumn and Spring term. At the end of the Autumn and Spring Term, your child will also receive a progress report. This tells parents whether their child is making progress and also whether they are achieving at the appropriate milestones for a child in that year group. Parents and teachers set targets for improvement in order to make sure that all children continue to make progress. The Summer Term report details every subject and comments on attitudes to work, personal and social development and behaviour. Parents are asked to comment on the report, and this contribution is highly valued.
Formal assessment of each pupil consists of:
- Assessment at the beginning and at the end of Foundation stage.
- Assessment each term Assessment using tests at the end of each year in Year 1, Year 3, Year 4 and Year 5.
- National assessments in Year 2 and at the end of Year 6 in accordance with statutory assessment at the end of Key Stage One and Key Stage Two (SATs).
- Statutory Phonics Screening in Year 1 (and retakes for children in Year 2 who did not reach to the national expectation at the end of Year 1) 9
Recording includes:
- Tickford Park attainment and progress against Foundation Stage and Key Stage learning objectives.
- Reading Record/Journals
- Termly progress reports
- Annual Report to Parents
- Pupil Progress meeting records.
Reporting Assessment
To staff:
Pupil’s records and progress tracking records are passed to the next teacher.
To pupils:
This is an important part of the process and is achieved through comments made when marking children's work during lessons, discussing pieces of work and achievements with children, as well as setting targets with them.
To parents:
Parents receive a verbal progress report during the consultation evenings in the Autumn and Spring term. At the end of the Autumn and Spring Term, your child will also receive a progress report. This tells parents whether their child is making progress and also whether they are achieving at the appropriate milestones for a child in that year group. Parents and teachers set targets for improvement in order to make sure that all children continue to make progress. The Summer Term report details every subject and comments on attitudes to work, personal and social development and behaviour. Parents are asked to comment on the report, and this contribution is highly valued.
