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As a school, we no longer assess children using levels as the new National Curriculum removed them and schools were given the task of designing their own assessment system.
We view assessment as the process of seeking and interpreting evidence for use by pupils and their teachers to decide where pupils are in their learning, where they need to go and how best to get them there. Much of what teachers and pupils do in classrooms can be described as assessment. That is, the tasks and questions used to prompt pupils to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of a concept forms the basis of what is planned for next. If children are to progress, then learning needs to be tailored to their specific needs and this can only be achieved through considering what they already know and what the next suitable learning intention is.
Within the classroom our day to day assessment reviews, considers and judges the progress of both individuals and groups. Our teachers observe learning, analyse the work children produce, interpret the evidence collected, give feedback to pupils and support pupils in thinking about their own work.
Assessment at our school is designed to be:
Overall, our view is that for effective learning to take place pupils need to understand what it is they are trying to achieve and want to achieve it.
Please find below our most recent Ofsted reports and relevant information from the Department for Education Performance Tables.
Assessment
In 2016 the government introduced new national curriculum tests (commonly called SATs) to reflect the revised national curriculum launched in 2014. Test results are no longer reported as levels. Scaled scores are used instead to help calculate the new progress measures for schools.
What has changed?
The way the government measure primary school performance at the end of key stage 2 (KS2) has changed. Instead of measuring progress for individual pupils, the new measures look at progress at a school level. Progress measures provide parents with information to help them understand how their school is performing and to inform school choices. In order to calculate the school level progress measures, pupils’ results (at KS2) are compared to the achievements of other pupils across the country who had a similar starting point (prior attainment). Prior attainment is based on teacher assessment judgements at key stage 1 (KS1). Schools have progress measures published for 3 subjects: reading, writing and maths. There are 2 main advantages to the new progress measures:
· They are fairer to schools because we can compare pupils with similar starting points to each other
· They recognise the progress schools make with all their pupils, highlighting the schools whose pupils go furthest, whatever their starting point.
2019 DATA
Early Years Foundation Stage GLD Results 2019
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St. John's |
National |
Good Level of Development |
55% |
71% |
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Key Stage 1 Results 2019
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St. John's |
National |
Phonics – Year 1 Expected |
78% |
82% |
Phonics – Year 2 Expected |
25% |
56% |
(KS1) Year 2 Results 2019
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St. John's |
National |
Reading |
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Expected standard |
70% |
75% |
Greater depth |
10% |
25% |
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Writing |
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Expected standard |
63% |
70% |
Greater depth |
0% |
16% |
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Maths |
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Expected standard |
63% |
76% |
Greater depth |
0% |
21% |
Science |
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Expected standard |
73% |
% |
Key Stage 2 Results 2019
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St. John's |
National |
Reading, Writing and Maths |
40% |
65% |
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St. John's |
National |
Reading |
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Expected standard |
53% |
75% |
Higher Standard |
13% |
28% |
Progress |
1.6 |
0.0 |
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Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling |
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Expected standard |
50% |
78% |
Higher Standard |
10% |
34% |
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Writing |
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Expected standard |
67% |
78% |
Greater depth |
7% |
20% |
Progress |
3.3 |
0.0 |
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Maths |
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Expected standard |
3% |
24% |
Higher Standard |
10% |
% |
Progress |
0.6 |
0.0 |
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What Progress Measures Mean
Most schools will have progress scores between -5 and +5. If a school has a progress score of 0 this means that on average their pupils achieved similar results at the end of KS2 ( end of Year 6) to pupils in other schools with similar results at the end of KS1 ( end of Year 2).
If a school has a positive progress score it means that on average their pupils made more progress than pupils in other schools with similar results at the end of KS1.
A negative score doesn’t mean a school has failed or pupils have made no progress. It just means that on average their pupils have made less progress than pupils in other schools with similar results at the end of KS1.