Assessment

Coming soon – new assessment and reporting arrangements.

KS3 Assessment

Since the abolition of National Curriculum Levels for Key Stage 3, all schools have developed their own ways to assess and report attainment at Key Stage 3.

Recognising the benefits of developing a shared approach to assessment across IAT Secondary Schools, staff across our schools have been developing shared, subject specific assessment criteria that will be used by all IAT Secondary Schools. Schools have now started to assess students against these criteria, enabling staff to identify students’ strengths and their gaps in knowledge and therefore, areas they need to focus on or may need further support with. IAT schools are currently in the process of adopting a new tracking system called Pupil Progress. This will enable details of both attainment and progress to be reported home to parents and carers through detailed subject specific reports and through the use of a Parent app.

Further details will be provided in due course regarding reporting arrangements.

See below the draft descriptors that are being used by staff to assess students.

KS4 & KS5 Assessment

In September 2024, IAT Secondary Schools started to use a tracking platform called Pupil Progress to record students’ attainment and progress throughout Key Stage 4 and 5.

This platform enables Attainment to be reported for a specific assessment, for example, a mock examination grade, or as an average grade over a number of assessments. Progress Grades compare a student’s attainment towards their Minimum Target Grade.

IAT schools are in the process of moving Key Stage 4 and 5 reports over to Pupil Progress. When this is completed, schools will be able to share detailed information with students, parents and carers to include details of gaps in knowledge, and therefore, areas for improvement using a Parent app or through detailed reports.