Assessment

Assessment is an integral part of teaching and learning.  At Bradon Forest School students are assessed regularly and meaningfully as part of a broad and balanced curriculum.  Read more about assessment at Bradon Forest School here.

Any questions regarding the data capture sheets should be directed to your child's tutor in the first instance. Link to the list of tutor email addresses.

Reporting to Parents/Carers:

Reporting to parents/carers is an extremely important aspect of the relationship between home and school – parents and carers should expect to receive updates from subject teachers about their child's attainment and attitude to learning

Each year group will have two Student Assessment Reports sent home each academic year.

Each academic report will contain the following information:

For Years 7, 8 and 9 all teachers will report:

For Years 10 and 11 teachers will report
  • The percentage achieved in a recent assessment
  • Attitude to Learning (A-E)
  • Quality of Classwork (A-E)
  • Attainment Band (Emerging to Excelling) based on the percentage achieved in the assessed work
  • The Attainment bands will also be RAG rated against a target band set for each student based on their Key Stage 2 SATs
  • Latest Assessment Grade
  • Projected Grade based on all evidence the class teacher has available
  • Attitude to Learning (A-E)
  • Quality of Classwork (A-E)
  • An end of GCSE Target Grade is also provided for comparison against current attainment – class teachers do not generate this

Attainment Bands and GCSE Grades:

      Years 7, 8 and 9 will receive an attainment band based on the percentage they have achieved in their assessment. These bands are outlined below.

Attainment Band

Description

Excelling

Excelling students have achieved in 90% and above in assessed material. They have an excellent understanding of the content covered.

Confident

Confident students have achieved between 70-89% in assessed material. They have a very good understanding of the content covered.

Secure

Secure students have achieved 50-69% in assessed material. They generally have a good understanding of the content covered.

Developing

Developing students have achieved 20-49% in assessed material. Students in this band understand the core concepts being covered in the subject area but struggle with the more complex content.

Emerging

Emerging students have achieved between 0 and 19% in assessed material. Emerging students will not yet have a full understanding of the content covered for this assessment.

In Years 10 and 11 a GCSE grade is entered for Targets, Assessment and Projected grade. The structure of GCSE grades is outlines below.

A target grade is what a student is capable of achieving at the end of Year 11 when they sit their final GCSE examinations. This is strongly influenced by low absence from school, having a good or outstanding attitude to learning and revising regularly.

An assessment grade is the grade a student has received in their latest assessed work.

A projected grade is the teacher's best determination of what they anticipate a student achieving based on the range of evidence available to them. A projected grade should be based on factors including attendance, attitude to learning and homework. Summative assessment grades will also be considered but will be used in conjunction with the other evidence mentioned.

Bradon Forest Attitudes to Learning and Attitude to Quality of Work

Bradon Forest Examination and Assessments page

Bradon Forest exam results and government performance tables link