KS4 Assessments

Each department has an appropriate curriculum plan to match the school Assessment. Recording and Reporting calendar, and the dates of mock examinations series are published in advance of the academic year. All subjects assess students to identify and address gaps in students’ learning and to best secure key concepts to ensure progression through the curriculum for all students.

Periodic assessments – typically, mock examinations and formal assessments in KS4 – are usually ‘higher-stakes’ with important implications for teacher feedback and parental reporting. They must reflect:

  • lesson objectives and learning outcomes from previous teaching;
  • milestones in the student’s learning route.

Our Assessment Policy states that formative feedback takes place in KS4: 

  • twice a half-term for all subjects.  

‘Day to day assessment’ will take place as in KS3.

To reflect our aspirations and ambitions for all students, we set each pupil an Outstanding Progress Target for each subject they study. For information on how these targets are calculated, please click the link below. You will receive information on your child’s OPTs in Year 10.

You will also receive information about your child’s OPTs, together with their current grades in all subjects, in the Progress Reports sent home.

For information on how you can best support your child to make outstanding progress, please refer to guidance here.

Year 10 Events Calendar:

EventDate
Y10 Welcome Event21.09.23
Progress Reports Sent HomeWeeks commencing:
13.11.23
11.03.24
22.07.24
Y10 Virtual Parents Evening21.03.24
Y10 Everyone Succeeds Evening16.5.24
Y10 Rewards Evening 24.06.24
Y10 Mock Examinations1.7.24 – 12.7.24

Who should I contact if I need to discuss my child’s progress?

  • Mr R O’Connor – Year 10 Learning Leader
  • Curriculum Leader
  • Senior Leadership Team:
  • Mr I Young – Principal
  • Mr I Murphy – Vice Principal
  • ELG – Mrs L Cross – Director of Stakeholder Academic Engagement

Year 11 Events Calendar:

EventDate
Progress ReportWeek commencing:
16.10.23
Sixth Form Open Evening for Y1119.10.23
Y11 Everyone Succeeds Evening26.10.23
Y11 into Y12 Day10.11.23
Y11 Practical Mock ExaminationsWeek commencing:
11.12.23
Y11 Written Mock ExaminationsWeek commencing:
10.01.24
Y11 Mock Examination Results and
Progress Report
19.02.24
Y11 Virtual Parents’ Evening02.02.24
Progress ReportWeek commencing:
15.04.24
Y11 Rewards Evening02.05.24
Y11 Prom 27.06.24
  • Mr A Skerry – Year 11 Learning Leader
  • Curriculum Leader
  • Senior Leadership Team:
  • Mr I Young – Principal
  • Mr I Murphy – Vice Principal
  • ELG – Mrs L Cross – Director of Stakeholder Academic Engagement