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Assessment Information

Assessment and Mock Exam Information

Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Year 12

Introduction

On this page you will find links to Assessment Information Booklets for each year group. These booklets contain key information about that term's assessments your child will be taking in their subjects. Please note that for Year 7-10, assessments will take place during lesson time and your child will be given a timetable of when each assessment is happening in which lesson.

Watch this video to see the best techniques to revise from our Vice Principal, Mr Rowe.

Year 7

We use assessment to support us in teaching our curriculum and of course to support pupils’ reflection on their learning. Regular ‘low-stakes’ assessments such as quizzes, allow us to identify misconceptions or gaps and to plan appropriate immediate interventions such as re - teaching specific content or addressing issues with individual pupils or groups. Pupils can also learn from these experiences, identifying their mistakes and correcting and improving their work so they can do better next time.

Challenging and fair end of year tests allow us to grade pupils and indicate where they are in relation to national expectations for their age group. Parents receive a report with a grade at the end of each year.

Both forms of assessment inform our improvement of curriculum planning and inform any training needed.

Autumn Assessment Period Monday 25th November - Friday 6th December
Spring Assessment Period Monday 10th March - Friday 21st March
Summer Assessment Period Monday 16th June - Friday 27th June

 

  • 2024-25 Y7 Spring Assessment Information Booklet (294.81 KB)

Year 8

We use assessment to support us in teaching our curriculum and of course to support pupils’ reflection on their learning. Regular ‘low-stakes’ assessments such as quizzes, allow us to identify misconceptions or gaps and to plan appropriate immediate interventions such as re - teaching specific content or addressing issues with individual pupils or groups. Pupils can also learn from these experiences, identifying their mistakes and correcting and improving their work so they can do better next time.

Challenging and fair end of year tests allow us to grade pupils and indicate where they are in relation to national expectations for their age group. Parents receive a report with a grade at the end of each year.

Both forms of assessment inform our improvement of curriculum planning and inform any training needed.

Autumn Assessment Period Monday 25th November - Friday 6th December
Spring Assessment Period Monday 10th March - Friday 21st March
Summer Assessment Period Monday 16th June - Friday 27th June
  • 2024-25 Y8 Spring Assessment Information Booklet (317.27 KB)

Year 9

We use assessment to support us in teaching our curriculum and of course to support pupils’ reflection on their learning. Regular ‘low-stakes’ assessments such as quizzes, allow us to identify misconceptions or gaps and to plan appropriate immediate interventions such as re - teaching specific content or addressing issues with individual pupils or groups. Pupils can also learn from these experiences, identifying their mistakes and correcting and improving their work so they can do better next time.

Challenging and fair end of year tests allow us to grade pupils and indicate where they are in relation to national expectations for their age group. Parents receive a report with a grade at the end of each year.

Both forms of assessment inform our improvement of curriculum planning and inform any training needed.

Autumn Assessment Period Monday 25th November - Friday 6th December
Spring Assessment Period Monday 10th March - Friday 21st March
Summer Assessment Period Monday 16th June - Friday 27th June
  • 2024-25 Y9 Spring Assessment Information Booklet (253.52 KB)

Year 10

We use assessment to support us in teaching our curriculum and of course to support pupils’ reflection on their learning. Regular ‘low-stakes’ assessments such as quizzes, allow us to identify misconceptions or gaps and to plan appropriate immediate interventions such as re - teaching specific content or addressing issues with individual pupils or groups. Pupils can also learn from these experiences, identifying their mistakes and correcting and improving their work so they can do better next time.

Challenging and fair end of year tests allow us to grade pupils and indicate where they are in relation to national expectations for their age group. Parents receive a report with a grade at the end of each year.

Both forms of assessment inform our improvement of curriculum planning and inform any training needed.

Autumn Assessment Period Monday 25th November - Friday 6th December
Spring Assessment Period Monday 10th March - Friday 21st March
Summer Assessment Period Monday 16th June - Friday 27th June
  • 2024-25 Y10 Spring Assessment Information Booklet (273.32 KB)
  • 2425 Y10 Easter Break Homework Task 1 (125.2 KB)

Year 11

Autumn Mocks Tuesday 5th November - Friday 15th November
Spring Mocks Monday 10th February - Friday 28th February
GCSEs Thursday 8th May - Friday 20th June
  • 2024-25 Y11 Spring Assessment Information Booklet (479.63 KB)
  • Easter Year 11 Revision Letter (372.75 KB)
  • 2425 Y11 Easter Break Homework Task 1 (204.94 KB)

Year 12

  • 2425 Y12 Easter Break Homework Task 1 (138.29 KB)
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