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Year 12 Parents’ Information Evening
Welcome
Please take a seat
The presentation will start shortly
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• New staff– Philip Berry, Head of English
– Paul Schofield, Head of Geography
– Connie Bennett, Head of Psychology
– Megan Cottam, Head of French
– Sarah Blaine, Deputy Director of Music
– Charlotte Barrett, teacher of chemistry
– Harry Drummond, teacher of English
– Billy Keates, teacher of geography
• Welcome back– Emily King, part-time PE
– Fiona Lewis, returns as Head of RS
– Susannah Hughes, part-time English
– Tracey MacLean, returns as Head of Technology
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Summer Works1. New website2. Chapel roof + several others3. Band Room refurbished (with clock)4. Two China classrooms 5. Science, new wireless ICT classroom6. Gravesend prep room refurbished (new RS base)7. Plasma screens: Gravesend, Training Room,
Kensington classrooms, Business Studies, Balmoral Prep, Chapel House and new China classrooms.
8. Dining Hall refurbished (plus new service and menu)9. Sports Pavilion (on track for autumn half-term break)
Plus 3 new GCSEs – photography, ICT and Computing
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Dining Hall
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Sports Pavilion
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2012/13 Results
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GCSE Results
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A level Results
Subject 1 Subject 2 Subject 3 Subject 4 Subject 5
Student 1 A* A* A
Student 2 A* A* A
Student 3 A* A A A A
Student 4 A* A A
Student 5 A* A A B
Student 6 A* A A
Student 7 A* A B
Student 8 A* A B B
Student 9 A* A B B
Student 10 A A A
Student 11 A A A
Student 12 A A A
Student 13 A A B
Student 14 A A B
Student 15 A A B
Student 16 A A B
Student 17 A A B
Student 18 A A B
¼ of entriesachieved at least AAB
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A level - Value Added
Over the last 3 years student progress (the distance
students have ‘travelled’) has been equivalent to the top
10% nationally.
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Tonight’s Aims
For you to leave with a better understanding of:
• 2012/13 results• Key Stage 5 Ethos• Target Grades• Student Support, Care & Guidance• Assessment, Recording & Reporting (ARR)
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The Key Stage 5 Ethos
Achievement
Work Ethic
Securing the future
Balance
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School
Student Home
Helping students’ realise their
potential Learning
Student Support, Care & Guidance
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What level am I
working at?
How do I know?
What are my next steps?
The fundamental learning process at Gordon’s
Assessment events
Clear, specific targets related to students’ work
School
‘Position’ Statement
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AS level Target Grades
School
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Year 12 Target Grades
AS Level
Grades
Average GCSE Grades
D C B A*A
A
B
C
D
Represents ‘average’ student
performance
Represents top 10% student performance
School
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AS Results 2012
School
Student GCSE Pts AS Target Grades AS Grades
1 5.4 B/C BBBD
2 5.7 B/C DEUU
3 7.2 A/B AAAB
4 7.3 A/B ABCD
GCSE Pts
A* = 8, A = 7, B = 6, C = 5
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Average Effort Grade
Effort Grades 1 - 4
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• High quality teaching and learning
- Lesson observations, student voice, data analysis• Regular ‘next steps’ advice in lessons
- Tri weekly feedback & half termly ‘Key Assessments’• Department reviews
- Triennial • Work sampling
- Students’ books/ folders audited
School
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• Prep
- Weekly ‘mini audits’.
- Prep Timetable ‘on trial’ for 1 week
School
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School
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• Assessment, Recording & Reporting (ARR)
- Statute• Gordon’s ARR Philosophy
- Little & Often
- Conversation is better than written dialogue
- Teacher’s judgement is valued
School
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• ARR Working Party
- Met three times in summer term
- Comprised of teachers & parents
- Lots of discussion about many aspects of the
Curriculum
- Main outcomes of ARR working party
- Modified effort grade criteria
- More context to KS3 NC levels
School
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• Effort Grades 2013 – 14
1 = Outstanding
2 = Very Good
3 = Good but occasionally inconsistent
4 = Cause for concern
5 = Unacceptable
School
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School
Each half term there is a progress report sent home including:•Target Grade•Working Grade•Effort Grade•Next Steps advice*
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ReportingReporting
Target
Grade
A statistically generated AS grade that is personal to each student and subject.
Working
Grade
The AS grade that a student is currently working at.
Effort Grade
The grade that reflects how hard a student is working. It is not a reflection of academic ability or performance.
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• Curriculum
- New school day this year
- More teaching time in almost all subjects
- 5 lessons per subject per week
- Less duties for teachers• Examinations
- Linear (taken at the end of Year 12)
- Includes Controlled Assessments through KS5
School
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• There is no ‘magic dust’ at Gordon’s
• Those students who achieve great grades:
- work very hard
- have 100% attendance
- do the ‘simple things well’
- prioritise their studies & make sacrifices
- see Sixth Form as their ‘full time job’
- spend the right amount of time on prep.
- are resilient
Student
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Home
• Think of Year 12 as ‘Year 11 who have had a 10 week holiday’
• Check books/ folders for quality of work/marking & organisation
• Regularly discuss school and specific subjects.
• Ensure students prioritise prep & get into good study habits
• Reward/ sanction consistently and regularly (accountability)
• Think ahead to career aspirations including University and/ or employment. www.ucas.co.uk
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Miss Connery
Head of Sixth Form & Assistant Headteacher