Assessment:

Assessment is an important way of communicating to parents and children about academic progress and attainment. We teach our children that assessment is a means of measuring how far they've come and every improvement in their own learning journey, no matter how small,  is worth celebrating.

We use informal assessment practices daily to gauge an understanding of how well the children are learning. This can be done during the lesson or whilst books are being marked after the lesson. We do this to identify the best next steps for each individual child, to understand if someone needs some intervention and to inform our planning for the next lesson. 

We use formal assessments, not only to help understand your child's progress, but also to teach them vital skills they will need for secondary school and life such as time management, critical thinking and resilience.  Staff also analyse the results for common misconceptions in order to inform planning for the next term.

Children in Years 1-6 will sit formal assessments termly. Y6 children take the national SATs in May. Y1 children take the phonics screening test in June and can re-sit in Y2 if necessary. Y4 children take the multiplication test in June.  Teachers will use their teacher assessment of the child's performance in the classroom alongside their test results to summarise the child's attainment.

The following codes are used for summarising attainment:

WTS - Working towards the expected standard for their year group.

EXS - Working within the expected standard for their year group.

GDS - Working at a significantly greater depth within the standard for their year group.

Below - Children who are not currently accessing their year group’s curriculum are assessed within a previous academic year. This is indicated by a number before their stage (e.g. Y2 EXS for the expected standard in Year 2)

Reports:

Your child’s progress is monitored continuously and a written report is issued annually at the end of the Summer term. We hold parents’ evenings in the Autumn and Spring terms. At any time, if you have any questions or concerns regarding your child’s attainment and/or progress, please don’t hesitate to make an appointment with us.

Cultural Capital:

Cultural capital is the accumulation of knowledge, behaviours, and skills that a child can draw upon and which demonstrates their cultural awareness, knowledge and competence;  it is one of the key ingredients a child will draw upon to be successful in society, their career and the world of work. Cultural Capital runs through our curriculum, it is not an 'add on' that is only taught at certain times.

Cultural capital promotes social mobility and success within our society.

Cultural capital helps children to achieve goals, become successful, and rise up the social ladder without necessarily having wealth or financial capital.

Cultural capital is having assets that give students the desire to aspire and achieve social mobility whatever their starting point.

Cultural capital engenders an appreciation of human creativity, where children are given opportunities to form opinions on the work of others.

We recognise that for children to aspire and be successful academically and in the wider areas of their lives, they need to be given rich and sustained opportunities to develop their cultural capital