Assessment Procedures

Without continual growth and progress,

such words as improvement, achievement, and success

have no meaning.

• Benjamin Franklin

School wide assessments allow us to track the learning progress of our students over time, ensuring that rates of progress are in line with national expectations.

• Assessment data will be collated and analysed at class, syndicate and whole school levels to identify patterns, trends and needs.

• Assessment data is regularly reported to the Board of Trustees.

• All required assessments serve the dual purpose of providing both formative and summative information about student’s progress and achievement.

The Assessment Schedule

• The schedule is updated at the beginning of each year by the Senior Leadership Team and/or curriculum lead teachers

• Teachers

• conduct assessments listed in the school schedule as well as their own class based assessments, to monitor learning and to identify next steps for students.  

• use a range of assessment tools and formative assessment practices, and collate information in a class assessment folder.

• ensure that assessments are conducted according to the timeframes given in the schedule.

• enter assessment data into eTAP, unless the test is completed online (e.g. STAR, PAT-mathematics) before the date given in the schedule.  

New Entrant and Year 1 tests

Teachers of Y1 and Y0 children will select from the range of tests available in the School Entry Assessments (SEA), 6 Year Net, as well as using Yolanda Sorryl’s Phonics Assessments.

It is not necessary for teachers to use all tests available for all children to show progress.

Special Learning Needs

We recognise that some students require special accommodations when sitting tests.  Where this is the case teachers will allow such accommodations as may be necessary for the student to show what they can do independently, including;

1. Extra time to complete a test

2. Components of the test completed over more than one sitting

3. Test papers enlarged or copied onto coloured paper

We recognise that in for some standardised tests the above accommodations fall outside of the testing procedures set out in administration instructions, and that test results may be affected to the point of being invalid.  Teachers will consider these matters carefully and note the limitations of any results achieved with special accommodations.

Assessment Schedule

Year 4 - 8

Year 0 - 3