How to read the Grades
We want to give you more information than before and to answer the question all parents ask, How well is my child doing?
We have therefore introduced a simple numerical Grade to supplement the written Assessment. The Grade quite simply tells you how well your child has coped with the work set by the teacher using the following numerical scheme:
| 1 |
Poor |
| 2 |
Achieves some aims |
| 3 |
Achieves most aims |
| 4 |
Achieves all aims |
| 5 |
Exceptional |
The assessments are based purely on each child's day to day performance during the reporting period and do not attempt to assess effort, intelligence, maturity or parental input. These features may well be mentioned in the written comments which amplify the Grade. Grades cannot be used to rank children in any sort of order - we do not believe this to be realistic or useful.
Most children will get a Grade of 3 for most subjects. Children achieving higher grades will have tackled the work more successfully. Children getting Grades of 2 or 1 will be struggling against the set tasks and this could be for a number of reasons - lack of maturity, a specific problem or periods of absence due to illness, for example. You will probably want to discuss a Grade of 2 or lower with the Form Teacher.
The system of Grades is consistent and used for all years through from Reception to Year 8, the final year of the senior school. Most children's Grades will probably not vary greatly from year to year and the consistency should enable you to track progress over time and across different Year groups.
Please keep this report and the folder provided for it as further reports can then be filed in the same folder for ease of reference. |
