At The Heys School, and as part of The Rowan Learning Trust, we operate a ‘stages’ system in our KS3 assessment process.
Our Practice:
Your ‘Working at Stage’ – Over the academic year, students will be assessed a number of times in each subject. For each assessment, a stage will be assigned based on the attainment in that test/task. Over the year the stage attained in a particular subject are combined to create a running average. This is the ‘Working at Stage’.
Internal Assessment – Assessments conducted in each subject, which provide additional information with regard to attainment and progress over time. This will see students’ progress viewed as a ‘Stage’ derived from key knowledge, skills and competencies in each subject. Targets can then be discussed regarding moving up through stages skill, knowledge and competency.
KS3 Grading System – ‘Stages’ running from 1-11 which map students’ progress against Assessment Objectives (AO) are incorporated into subject assessments. Stages sit within an expected range of progress for a student from a starting point of key stage 2 assessment data. However, they do not hold a student back from making above expected progress in a subject.