Page 2 - Assessment leaflet revised Jan 2019

in 2015 the government removed National curriculum assessment ‘levels’
from primary and secondary schools. There is no longer a national
system of levels, therefore giving ivybridge community college the
freedom to introduce its own assessment system.

Also, from 2017, the government introduced new, tougher GcSEs. These
new GcSEs are graded on a scale from 9 -1: Grade 9 being the highest,
Grade 1 being the lowest. This is the same for all schools in the country.

This leaflet explains how we will track, assess and report on the progress your child
is making on their learning journey through ivybridge community college.

So, how will this happen?

1 The College will assess each student at four points through the year and

report back to parents in November, January, April and June.

12 Information will be provided on two areas: Effort and Progress.

Effort

All students are awarded an Effort Grade on a scale of 1-4 for each subject at every
assessment point. Students are awarded the Effort Grade which best describes their
characteristics as a learner.

Progress

Progress information is presented differently at each Key Stage.
Key Stage 3 (Years 7 and 8) Flight Paths based upon their attainment in Key Stage 2
Key Stage 4 (Year 9 onwards) Students are working towards their GCSEs and are
graded using the new Number system (9-1)