Assessment @ Bishop Walsh

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans

to give you hope and a future”

Jeremiah 29:11

Did you know:

• You can become cleverer• Your intelligence is not limited – by doing certain things you can

become more intelligent (Check out the how to become cleverer slideshow on your VLE homepage

• Hard, long term, focussed effort can transform your abilities

‘Smart isn’t what you are, it’s what you get’

Dylan Wiliam

How can you become really successful in your learning?

• We want you to be really successful in your learning at Bishop Walsh. We are therefore always trying to look at ways to help you to be more successful……..

This year we are changing the way we assess your work and help you to improve.

These are the key areas…………

• There will be no more Attainment Levels – all pupils (Y7-11) will be assessed using GCSE grades

• You will get GCSE grades from Y7

• From Y7 - we have worked out, based on your key stage 2 SAT’s and other useful information, what you are predicted to get at GCSE in year 11

Term by term, you will be able to track your journey towards your predicted grade……..

Y7 Y10Y8 Y9 Y11

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Your GCSE journey……….

……. You will not only have a GCSE Predicted Grade

……… you’ll also have a GCSE Challenge Grade (at least one grade higher - and this can be raised

further if you reach it)

This will be your own Progress report………..(On your VLE home page)

You will be given GCSE grades from Y7

You will have a PREDICTED grade

(The basic grade you should get)

You will also have a CHALLENGE grade (This is what you should aim for)

This will be on the homepage of your VLE

This will be on the homepage of your VLE

Each term you will have a Traffic Light

report

RED – below – we will help

you to improve

Amber – ok

Green – Aim for

this

You will have a Traffic Light report each term:

RED – You are below your Predicted grade for GCSE. A set of interventions and support plans will kick in including contacting your parents, extra lessons etc

AMBER – You are on course for your Predicted grade at GCSE

GREEN – You are well above your predicted grade for GCSE. This is where we want you to be!

Marking

Some interesting facts that have been discovered about marking……

• Teacher comments above about 15 or so words are generally ignored by pupils

• If a grade is added to a teacher comment, the whole comment is generally ignored

• If a pupil is given a good grade for their work it has no impact on progress

• If a pupil is given a poor grade - progress is worse

So….

We have therefore developed a new marking policy based on what works…….

• Teachers will use comment only marking. (Apart from some key assessments)

• Comments will clear, short and tell you how to improve

Many Departments will use the assessment stamp (or something similar) ……..

Self & Peer Assessment:

• This is a powerful tool to help you understand how to analyse your work and progress.

• Peer and Self-Assessment will be regularly undertaken in lessons as well as teacher marking.

• Many pupils initially find comment only marking difficult as getting grades is interesting (When they are good!)

• However, we are committed to doing what works

You will still get GCSE grades for key assessments and occasional pieces of work

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How to progress & be more successful