KS3 Progress reports:

Rationale:

• Reporting system has changed to reflect current thinking regarding assessment without levels. The changes we have made will help to ensure teachers make effective use of their professional skills and expertise when assessing students, the reports will be streamlined and easier for parents to understand.
• KS3 Students will have a report 3 times a year that provides information on attendance, they will also be given grades for Attitude to learning and Progress.
• The attitude to learning grade is holistic and reflects motivation, effort made in session, behaviour in class and a will to improve and better themselves.
• The Progress grade is an indicator of whether the student in on track to achieve their target grade at the end of KS4. Target grades will be set using data from Key stage 2 and from CATS testing at St Peters.
• At the end of the year students will receive a written report with details of performance in each subject area.

KS3:

Attitude to learning indicators:

Grade 4 – Outstanding.

Your attitude to learning is outstanding, it will support you in making excellent or outstanding progress. You are a highly motivated, focused and reflective learner who actively contributes in class and who actively seeks and acts upon feedback. You demonstrate a high level of commitment to homework, this out of school learning is also helping to ensure you make excellent progress. Your behaviour is exemplary and you are a role model for the behaviours that we value as a school

Grade 3 – Good

Your attitude to learning is good, it will support you in making good or better progress. You are hardworking, keen to contribute in class and always try to produce work to the best of your ability. Your hard work extends to a good level of commitment to homework, this out of class learning helps to ensure you make good progress. You show initiative and respond to the feedback given to further your learning. You display the behaviours that we value as a school.

Grade 2 – Requires Improvement

Your attitude to learning requires improvement. Your current attitude to learning will not support you in making expected progress.  This means that you may occasionally try hard and contribute in lesson but your effort is not consistent. This inconsistency may also be reflected in your commitment to homework which means you are significantly increasing your chances of making ‘below expected’ progress. You do not always respond to feedback to further your learning. You have demonstrated you can behave in class however, there are too many occasions where you display the behaviours that we reject as a school. Overall, your attitude, organisation and/or behaviour is affecting your learning and preventing you from reaching your full potential.

Grade 1 – Inadequate

Your attitude to learning is not acceptable. Your attitude to learning is likely to prevent you from making expected progress. This means that you are rarely motivated to learn in lessons, rarely contribute in class and overall, your work is not of an acceptable standard. You show little or no evidence of a commitment to homework which means you are significantly increasing your chances of making ‘below expected’ progress. Your attitude and/or behaviours are affecting your own learning and possibly having a negative impact on others.