Assessment, Reporting and Parents' Evenings

Assessment and Reporting

Teachers will do a range of assessments with students, from in-class work on mini-whiteboards to regular topic tests and whole school mock exams in preparation for public exams.

These assessments then feed into our Assessment Profiles for all students:

• Year 7 to Year 9 use Learning Paths (LPs) to track their progress against key statements for each subject.

• Year 10 to Year 13 use Projected Grades (PGs) to track their progress against their Minimum Expected Grades (MEGs) for each subject.

Every year we will provide parents with more specific information on how the various parts of the profiles are created (for example how the MEGs and PGs are generated). The Assessment Profiles will be published to parents via MCAS (website and app), and an email sent to confirm they are available to view. Each Assessment Profile is accompanied with an additional page to explain its various parts.

In addition to Assessment Profiles, we will also be sending Attitude to Learning (A2L) Reports reflecting student's attitudes to learning in the classroom and their independent learning, as well as whether they come fully equipped to each lesson. Students will receive one of four grades for their attitude, which are:

Exceptional - this means the student is going above and beyond in this aspect of their learning, and is demonstrating an outstanding attitude and commitment to their academic growth and success.

Consistent - this means the student is consistently demonstrating a positive attitude to this aspect of their learning and is fully engaged with striving for academic success in this subject.

Improvement Needed - this means the student is not demonstrating the appropriate level of commitment to this aspect of their learning and is at risk of concerning underperformance.

Improvement Critical - this means the student is failing to demonstrate the right attitude towards this aspect of their learning and is at risk of significant underperformance.

Parents' Evenings

All year groups have at least one parents' evening per year in which teachers update students and parents on progress in each subject. We use School Cloud to manage appointments as effectively as possible for parents and staff. Parents' evenings take place each term for the year groups shown below:

Term 1	Year 13
Term 2	Year 11 and Year 12
Term 3	Year 10 and Year 9
Term 4	Year 11 and Year 13
Term 5	Year 7 and Year 8

Year 11 and Year 13 have two annual parents' evenings to support transition and preparation for public examinations. Specific dates for the year ahead can be found in the academy calendar and the key dates section for each year group.