Assessment
19/01/10
Key Stage 3
The levels and points students receive at Key Stage 3 are:
Level | B/N | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Points | Below 13 | 15 | 21 | 27 | 33 | 39 | 45 | 51 |
N.B. Level 8 is only achieved in Mathematics.
Students are expected to achieve Level 5+ in all subjects at Key Stage 3.
The meaning of other codes you may see are:
Code | Meaning |
A | Absent |
B | Not entered for the test but assessed by teacher assessment |
N | Took the test but failed to reach the minimum threshold level |
L | Left school |
T | Reaching the minimum threshold level but not able to access the test |
D | Disapplied from assessments |
Key Stage 4
For GCSE's and similar qualifications, students can receive the following grades:
Grade | A* | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | U | X |
Level | Level 2 | Level 1 | No Level | |||||||
N.B. A grade 'U' stands for 'Unclassified' - this is where a student has not achieved enough marks to reach a classified grade and an 'X' represents a student who has marks pending.
If students decide to progress into further education after Year 11, the level of qualification they can undertake will depend on the grades they achieved at GCSE. AS and A Levels are classed as Level 3 qualifications, and students whose GCSE results place them in the Level 1 banding may have to first undertake an additional year of further education to boost their study level, before they are allowed to enrol on a Level 3 course.
Attitude to Learning
5 | A superb attitude to learning evidenced by the student nearly always meeting the Learning expectations in each lesson. |
4 | A very good attitude to learning evidenced by the student meeting Learning Expectations most of the time in nearly all lessons |
3 | A good/satisfactory attitude to learning evidenced by the students meeting Learning Expectations far more often than not. |
2 | An unsatisfactory attitude to learning whereby the students regularly fail to meet Learning Aims. |
1 | A very poor attitude to learning whereby the student very rarely meets our Learning Expectations. |