Page 5 - Assessment leaflet revised Jan 2019

Progress at Key Stage 4

From Year 9 onwards, students are in Key Stage 4 and working towards
their GCSEs.
All subjects have moved onto specifications where students are graded using the
new Number system (9-1) as opposed to the old Grade system (A*-G).

Students will be issued with an Estimated Current Previous
Grade (Number) for each subject, based grading grading
upon their Key Stage 2 data. Estimated structure structure
Grades may change during your child’s
time at Ivybridge Community College as 9 A*
they are based on national data sets and 8
are updated periodically. 7 A
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At each assessment point, students will be 5 B
issued with a Fine Grade Prediction for 4 C
each subject. This is based on the teachers 3
professional judgement and is a Prediction 2 D
of what we think a student can achieve at 1 E
the end of Year 11 if they continue to U F
engage well in their learning and make G
progress in line with national U
expectations.

There is no direct comparison between the
old Letter grades and the new Number
grades.
Ofqual have issued the following
information for guidance.