The ContinU Plus Academy
2014 2015
Marking Policy
To be revised September 2015
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All written work by key stage 3 students to be completed in exercise books. This will include
any assessment tasks that arise as part of the programme of study/SOW.
Books will be regarded as ‘best books’, and students’ encouraged taking pride in them. To
this end, they will be provided with a set of guidelines at the beginning of the year, and will
be expected to follow these whenever they are working in their exercise books. All work
should be undertaken in exercise books.
Books must not be covered in anything other than clear backing paper. The school logo, and
student and teacher details must be clearly visible on the front cover.
Students must use blue or black ink or pencil in their books.
Students will be issued with the marking symbols guide at the beginning of the year. These
symbols are at the end of this document and are generic. Subject Leaders will need to create
additional symbols for their own subjects. Marking Symbols will be stuck into the front of
the book, and will be used for teacher marking and peer assessment purposes.
Marking of books should be undertaken by teachers in purple pen so that teacher marking is
clear to students and other staff members.
Peer assessment should be undertaken by students in green pen.
Teachers will undertake ‘formal’ marking of the exercise book at least every 3 weeks, but no
more than once a fortnight. This enables students to receive regular written feedback
directly from a teacher but it allows for some flexibility. In this marking session, the
expectations are:
 One overall summative comment for all pieces of work up to that marking session
(N.B. not one comment on every piece of work), including: one positive comment
and one area for improvement.
 Every assessment task (one per subject) needs the following evidence of teacher
marking:
i.
One error (the first seen by the teacher) highlighted using department marking
symbols.
ii.
A tick on one positive part of the work linked to the skills assessment focus for
that lesson.
Work does not need to be marked immediately. This fits into the 3 week marking period,
but when marking is completed, every piece of work needs evidence of assessment.
We recommend that formal marking encourages a dialogue between student and teacher.
To this end, students are expected to respond to specific questions/comments from the
teacher and time should be built in to lessons to allow this to happen.
We would expect to see evidence of peer assessment, and informal in-lesson evidence of
teacher viewing of books in addition to any ‘formal’ marking in most student exercise books.
Exercise books will not be taken home by students, as they will form the basis of important
summative assessment at regular intervals through the year.
To be revised September 2015
Generic Marking Symbols
SP
Symbol
Meaning
Spelling
P
Punctuation
Gr
Grammatical error
CL
Capital Letters
?
Meaning/Clarity
!
WWW
Difficult to
Understand
What Went Well
EBI
Even Better If
COM
Correct Our Mistakes
Remember - it matters where the mark is:
• Next to a line - means you can find it in the line.
• Against a vertical pen line - means you can find it in this section.
• At the end – means there is a problem throughout.
Making Your Mark – Formal Assessment Feedback between Teacher and Student
These need to be completed by Teacher and Student and stuck in books alongside the half-termly assessment.
Assessment Title
WWW
EBI
Progress
Pupil Target
Teacher Target
Grade
Pupil Comment
Teacher Comment
Ratified at a Full Governing Body Meeting on Monday 8th December 2014
To be revised September 2015