LUDDENDENFOOT J&I SCHOOL
ASSESSMENT POLICY
By law teachers must formally assess pupils’ progress as follows:
At Luddendenfoot assessment forms an integral part of the curriculum provision. Pupils are set targets for improvement and assessment is the tool used to measure the progress towards those targets. Pupils will develop a portfolio of work during the first week of each term. This should help to show pupil progress and progression.
Teachers use assessment to:
1. Inform planning for individuals and for the class group.
2. Identify pupils who have special needs.
3. Track pupil progress towards targets.
4. Compare progress locally and nationally.
5. Set future targets and pitch them realistically.
6. Include children and parents in the target-setting process.
7. Inform parents regularly of their child’s progress.
8. Inform other teachers and professionals of individual children’s progress.
9. Facilitate a smooth transition for the child between classes, key stages and schools.
10. Assist teachers in placement of pupils in appropriate classes.
1. By the end of October Baseline Assessment for Reception children completed.
2. Individual targets to be set each term through discussion with the child and the parents. All children will have curriculum targets but some targets set for children with their parents may be for personal/social development.
3. Salford Reading tests will be given each term.
4. Pupils’ learning will be assessed regularly in order to inform future planning.
5. Assessment will also inform the teacher of any special need and action will be taken.
6. Evidence of assessments in the core subjects will be recorded as targets are met throughout the year. These will be kept in individual pupil folders.
7. Each term working on agreed rota basis assessments will be linked to the topics or to a discreet area.
8. Teaching staff will bring together samples of the children’s work and moderate the levels by consensus.
9. Parents’ evenings held in:
October/November – informal open evening when parents may view their children’s work.
January/February – Progress towards targets and new targets set using most recent assessment data.
July – Written reports, SAT information Y2 & Y6 only and optional SAT results for other year groups.
The Headteacher working through moderation meetings and work scrutinies with the teaching staff will monitor the implementation of the policy.
This policy will be reviewed every 2 years
This policy was written after due regard was paid to:
A Guide to the Law for School Governors, January 2000
The National Curriculum – Handbook for Primary Teachers in England 1999.