A guide for Parents and Carers
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Changes to
assessment and
reporting of
children’s attainment
• Along with schools across the nation, we have had
to develop our own assessment format with the
removal of “Levels”.
• As with all new systems in school they need
tweaking in response to external changes and new
knowledge and information gathered throughout an
academic year.
• We have listened to feedback from consultants
(Rising Stars and FOCUS Education) teachers and
parents about last year’s system.
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First of all…why has this document been
updated?
• We have adjusted the % threshold to reach “Expected” to 80%
across all year groups for all subjects - outlined on page 12.
WHY?
• The end of year assessments, produced by Rising Stars, we
used last year in Y3, Y4 and Y5 gave a pass rate for “Expected”
as 65%. However, these tests only test against a sample of the
Curriculum content, plus not all of the curriculum can be
assessed in a written exam. Rising Stars assessments are
deemed to be the closest in format to those we expect to see
for the new external KS1 and KS2 SATS. FOCUS EDUCATION,
who we have used since the very beginning of our transition
away from levels, still recommend a % closer to 100%. Our SLT
has agreed 80% of End of Year Expectations to be a fair
compromise between the above.
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So what are the changes?
• We have removed the Handwriting expectations from the Writing
Expectations – Handwriting will be graded separately.
WHY?
• Well some of our children are fantastic writers. They produce high quality
writing of excellent content. However if their handwriting is poor, it may
have meant that they wouldn’t have achieved 2 or 3 of the old Writing
Expectations that focused on presentation/handwriting. Therefore these
children could be graded Emerging, yet possibly the best writer for their age.
As an SLT, we have removed the Handwriting Expectations from each year
group’s Writing Expectations for this year. Handwriting will be graded
separately in your child’s End of Year Report.
• MASTERY has replaced the word EXCEEDING.
WHY?
• MASTERY is now the phrase used by the DfE, Educationalists and other
consultants, so we have incorporated it into our own school’s assessment
language.
• We have new information about the new KS1 and KS2 SATS – page 17
onwards.
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So what are the changes?
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What changes have come
from the Department for
Education (DfE)?
National curriculum and assessment from September 2014: information for schools
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• “As part of our reforms to the national curriculum, the
current system of ‘levels’ used to report children’s
attainment and progress will be removed from
September 2014 and will not be replaced. By removing
levels we will allow teachers greater flexibility in the way
that they plan and assess pupils’ learning.
• The programmes of study within the new National
Curriculum (NC) set out expectations at the end of each
key stage, and all maintained schools will be free to
develop a curriculum relevant to their pupils that teaches
this content. The curriculum must include an assessment
system which enables schools to check what pupils have
learned and whether they are on track to meet
expectations at the end of the key stage, and to report
regularly to parents.”
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How will this change the
assessment and reporting of
my child’s attainment?
• With levels now gone, all schools have been given
the freedom to select an assessment procedure that
is clearer for parents and carers.
• As a school we must report back on whether a pupil
is achieving the expectations for the end of each key
stage.
• At Beaver Road we have taken this a step further and
have split the national curriculum in to ‘End of Year
Expectations’ for English and Mathematics. This is a
list of the key objectives that pupils need to know by
the end of each academic year.
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Moving assessment at Beaver
Road forward
achieve by the end of each academic year in English and Mathematics.
• At parental consultations you will be notified if your child is “on track” to
achieve the Expected grade – along with some areas you can support
your child’s learning at home.
• If you child is NOT “on track” you will be provided with information
about what the school is doing to support your child for the upcoming
term, as well as how you can support your child’s learning at home.
• For your child’s end of year report, you will be given information on: an
assessment of either Emerging (split into 3 stages), Expected or Mastery
based on the percentage of expectations they have met AND suggested
targets to help support your pupil over the Summer break ready for
September and a new set of expectations
• The ultimate aim is by the end of Year 6, is for every pupil to be ready for
Secondary school, by achieving the Year 6 Expected grade.
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How will we report back to
parents?
From Year 1 to Year 6, every pupil has a set of ‘End of Year Expectations’ to
• the new curriculum is very challenging. The bar has been raised
for every year group.
• to achieve an ‘Expected’ grade in Year 6, researchers and
educationalists have compared it to an old level 4A/5C. Previously,
a child only had to reach the level 4C threshold to have met the old
national expectations for the end of Key Stage 2.
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It is important to note that…
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So what will this new
system look like?
Level 6
Level 5a
Level 5b
Level 5c
Level 4a
Level 4b
Level 4c
Level 3a
Level 3b
Level 3c
Level 2a
Level 2b
We moved to a system where pupils are assessed against a
key set of expectations per Year Group. The children are
learning in greater depth and apply their learning to a wide
variety of situations. They are not accelerated through levels,
instead they are developing a deeper understanding and an
ability to apply this understanding across other subjects and
in a variety of situations. At the beginning of each year they
face the challenge of a new set of End of Year Expectations
Emerging
Expected
MASTERY
Year 6
Emerging 1
Year 6
Emerging 2
Year 6
Emerging 3
Year 6
Expected
Year 6 MASTERY
Year 5
Emerging 1
Year 5
Emerging 2
Year 5
Emerging 3
Year 5
Expected
Year 5 MASTERY
Year 4
Emerging 1
Year 4
Emerging 2
Year 4
Emerging 3
Year 4
Expected
Year 4 MASTERY
Year 3
Emerging 1
Year 3
Emerging 2
Year 3
Emerging 3
Year 3
Expected
Year 3 MASTERY
Year 2
Emerging 1
Year 2
Emerging 2
Year 2
Emerging 3
Year 2
Expected
Year 2 MASTERY
Year 1
Emerging 1
Year 1
Emerging 2
Year 1
Emerging 3
Year 1
Expected
Year 1 MASTERY
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We move away from an
assessment system that
runs throughout the School
and across Year Groups
where children are
encouraged to accelerate
through the levels.
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How will our assessment
system work within each
Year Group?
Achieving a “Mastery” standard for an
expectation? For children to reach the
“mastery” standard for an expectation they
must show continually that:
• They make no mistakes
• They work at a rapid pace
• They can consistently apply that objective
in a range of situations
• They can apply what they know to other
subjects
• They have an “unconscious competence” –
they can do it without thinking
Emerging is split into 3 parts to aid monitoring progress
throughout the early portion of the school year, when
the children are beginning their work towards achieving
a new set of expectations.
Expected is the aim for
children to achieve by the
end of each academic year.
Below the National
Standard
Emerging 1
Emerging 2
Emerging 3
EXPECTED
MASTERY
Exceptional
Children are not
able to access their
age-related
expectations and
are working on
expectations from
previous year
groups
Children are
meeting 50% or
below of the
Expectations
Children are
meeting between
50% and 65% of
the Expectations
Children are
meeting between
65% and 80% of
the Expectations
Children have met
80% to 100% of
the Expectations
and can apply
them to different
contexts.
Children have met
100% of the
Expectations and
25% of the
Expectations are to
a “Mastery”
standard
Children have
completed 100%
of the Expectations
to a “Mastery”
standard. This is
the stage that
describes children
with attainment
significantly
beyond age typical
expectations.
potential progression
throughout the year
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All children at the start of each Year begin at
Emerging 1. As they begin to achieve the
objectives for that year, they move towards
‘Expected’. This is the desired grade for the end of
each academic year, to be ready/prepared for the
following Year.
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How will Teachers know
which stage my child is at?
• Teachers will keep a running record of children’s understanding of these expectations
• Teachers will make a judgment of when a child has achieved an expectation – adding
notes where necessary
• A percentage can be then calculated of expectations achieved against expectations
needed, to show an assessment of Emerging 1, Emerging 2, Emerging 3, Expected
• If a child completes all the end of year expectations before the end of the year, they begin
to work on the expectations in a variety of situations and settings, where they can apply
their knowledge IN DEPTH – Mastery.
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Example – Below is the Year 4 End of Year Expectations for Mathematics
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When does this new
assessment and reporting
system begin?
• Since June 2014, with this expected change in mind, the Beaver Road
Senior Leadership Team and Subject Leaders in English and
Mathematics, began creating the ‘End of Year Expectations’.
• Since the start of last academic year, lessons have been taught to
begin achieving these expectations in line with the new National
Curriculum requirements.
• ‘End of Year Expectations’ have been added to the front of children’s
books, and teachers are beginning to make their judgments.
• At your next parental consultation evening, you will be able to view
your child’s progress towards achieving these ‘End of Year
Expectations’.
• We have updated our end of year reports in response to the
curriculum changes and subsequent changes we have made to our
assessment procedures.
• Year Group expectations can be found on your child’s Year Group
Page at www.beaverroad.org.uk/year-groups
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It is already in place…
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What about the new KS1 and
KS2 end of year assessments?
• Tests that are externally set but internally marked
continue as before but with new tests to reflect the new
curriculum from summer 2016.
• The output of the tests will be scaled scores. A scaled
score is defined as ‘a score where 100 will represent the
new expected standard for that stage’. The scaled scores
will inform teacher assessment. Little detail is given
about scaled scores other than pupils with a score of 100
or above will have met the new standard and those with
a score of less than 100 will not. It is not clear how the
scaled score will relate to current measures for KS1.
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Key stage 1
• New, more challenging, externally set and marked
national tests will be introduced from 2016 for use at the
end of KS2 in mathematics, reading and GPS. Sampling
tests for science will continue as will teacher
assessments for mathematics, reading, writing and
science.
• The output from the reading, mathematics and GPS
national tests will be scaled scores (similar to Key Stage 1
tests). Parents will receive details of their own child’s
score, the average score for the school, local area and
nationally.
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Key stage 2
November 2015
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Assessment Changes