Assessment
Assessment at Kingsmead is an integral part of learning and teaching. This helps to provide students with a picture of their progress and achievements. It also identifies the next steps required in their learning.
We have tried to distil some of the principles of formative assessment into our Language for Learning. In simple terms, students’ progress most when they are given regular formative feedback that responds to their personal position on a ‘learning journey’.
This feedback can be informal or formal, but must be regular and tailored to the students’ individual needs. Feedback can be given by teachers, peers or as part of self-assessment procedures, but it must contain signposts that indicate strengths and areas for development.
Assessment for Learning strategies enable students to become more independent as learners and make faster progress.
At Kingsmead School we have agreed on eight key principles that will support our drive towards outstanding responsive teaching and independent learning:
- 1. Creating a safe and positive learning environment.
- 2. Clarifying, understanding & sharing learning intentions.
- 3. Engineering effective classroom discussions, tasks and activities that elicit evidence of learning.
- 4. Providing feedback that moves learners forward.
- 5. Activating students as learning resources for one another.
- 6. Activating students as owners of their own learning.
- 7. Developing the quality of questioning to deepen learning.
- 8. Supporting quality talk in the classroom.
Reporting
Reporting Calendar Overview 2021-2022 | ||||||
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Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
Year 10 |
Year 11 |
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September |
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Target grade review |
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14/10/21 |
Thursday |
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Supporting your child to be successful evening |
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15/10/21
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Friday
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Interim Report Completed |
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21/10/21 |
Thursday |
Tutor evening for year 7 and 8 |
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Half Term W/B 25/10/21 |
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01/11/21 |
Monday |
Time for writing reports 1 (Year 7 + 8 letters, Year 11 +9 Interim) |
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03/11/21 |
Wednesday |
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Interim Report Completed |
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04/11/21 |
Thursday |
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Interim Report Issued |
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09/11/21 |
Tuesday |
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Subject Target Band Review |
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Interim Report Issued |
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10/11/21 |
Wednesday |
A2L + Home Learning Letter completed |
A2L + Home Learning Letter completed |
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18/11/21 |
Thursday |
Praise & Intervention Letters Home |
Praise & Intervention Letters Home |
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24/11/21 25/11/21 |
Wednesday Thursday |
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Subject Evening |
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01/12/21
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Wednesday |
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Interim Report Completed |
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15/12/21 |
Wednesday |
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Interim Report Issued |
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Christmas Holidays W/B 20/12/21 – Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year |
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06/01/22 |
Thursday |
Subject Target Band Review |
Subject Target Band Review |
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Mocks start for two weeks |
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10/01/22 |
Monday |
Time for writing reports 2 |
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17/01/22 |
Monday |
Time for writing reports 3 |
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20/01/22
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Thursday
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Interim Report Completed |
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Interim Report Completed |
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24/01/22 |
Monday |
Time for writing reports 4 |
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26/01/22 |
Wednesday |
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Full Written Report completed |
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27/01/22 |
Thursday |
Interim Report Issued |
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Interim Report Issued |
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28/01/22 |
Friday |
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Full Written Report completed |
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07/02/22 |
Monday |
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Full Written Report Issued |
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08/02/22 |
Tuesday |
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Full Written Report Issued |
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09/02/22 10/02/22 |
Wednesday Thursday |
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Subject Evening |
Reporting Calendar Overview 2021-2022 | ||||||
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Date |
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Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
Year 10 |
Year 11 |
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Half Term W/B 21/02/2022 |
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02/03/22 03/03/22 |
Wednesday Thursday |
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Subject & Options Evening |
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16/03/22
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Wednesday
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Full Written Report completed |
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24/03/22 |
Thursday |
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Full Written Report Issued |
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Easter Holidays W/B 11/04/2022 |
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27/04/22 28/04/22 |
Wednesday Thursday |
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Subject Evening |
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28/04/22 |
Thursday
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Interim (FAP) Report Completed |
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05/05/22 |
Thursday |
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Interim Report Issued |
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Whitsun Half Term W/B 30/5/2022 |
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06/06/22 |
Monday |
Time for writing reports 5 |
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15/06/22 |
Wednesday |
Full Written Report completed |
Interim Report Completed |
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23/06/22 |
Thursday |
Full Written Report Issued |
Interim Report Issued |
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28/06/22 |
Tuesday |
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Full Written Report completed |
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29/06/22 30/06/22 |
Wednesday Thursday |
Subject evening |
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07/07/22 |
Thursday |
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Full Written Report Issued |
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