Pupils

• To develop their capacity for self assessment so that they can become reflective and self managing
• Pupils using self and peer assessment strategies promotes commitment to learning goals and a shared understanding of the criteria by which they are assessed
• Opportunities to reflect upon their own work and that of their peers, identifying what the achievements and improvements are

Class Teachers

• Plan for day to day assessment through their use of questioning, discussion and marking of pupils’ work
• Amend planning in light of these assessments as necessary, both daily and termly
• Plan future work based upon such assessments, ensuring a match between achievement, attainment and challenge
• Make professional judgements as to the attainment of pupils based upon the complete range of gathered evidence
• Create differentiated targets and objectives that are shared with pupils and parents
• Engage pupils in reflecting upon their own successes against targets and objectives
• Produce working walls to model improvements the children can make in their work in the core subjects
• Use must, should and could statements linked to attainment levels in lessons to target and challenge children at an appropriate level
• Keep accurate, up to date records of achievement and attainment
• Celebrate success with the children, parents and school community
• Identify barriers to achievement and seek help in removing these through intervention strategies
• Class teachers identify children who they feel need additional challenge, extension and increased differentiation in order to maintain progress.
• Teachers use their knowledge of children and assessments that are in place in class to recommend children to be named on the gifted and talented register

Marking and feedback are used to:

• Celebrate achievements with the pupils.
• Provide targets for children to work towards
• Help children to understand the next steps they need to make in their learning
• Provide examples of modelling to help children understand concepts more clearly.

Senior Managers and Subject Leaders

• Monitor, analyse and evaluate the achievement and attainment of pupils across the school. The findings of which inform the SIP, subject leader plans and teachers planning of teaching and learning
• Know the level of achievement and attainment throughout the school
• Track children and cohorts once a term, ensuring that progress is maintained looking for trends and patterns in results including gender and ethnicity patterns of achievement and value added
• Challenge and support areas where achievement is not in line with prior progress
• Ensure that assessment procedures are clear, effective, manageable and operational
• Ensure that learning objectives are clear and pitched at the appropriate level
• Ensure the consistency of assessments between teachers throughout the school
• To report to teachers, parents and governors on the achievements of the school

HOMEWORK POLICY

We believe that homework should provide children with the opportunities to develop enjoyment of and a commitment to learning.  It must help pupils to develop the important skills of independent study and self-discipline, as well as teaching them that school is not the only place for learning.  We also believe that through homework we can provide the day to day links between home and school by helping parents to understand what their children are learning in school whilst also encouraging them to participate in that learning.  Above all, we believe that the child is responsible for the completion and management of their homework.

Homework that is set weekly by the class teacher will always be appropriate to the child and the topic / theme for the week.  It could be in the form of games, independent research based, discussion based e.g. speaking and listening, debate preparation, persuasion, a question or idea that has been researched at home, on-going target based homework focused on throughout the term, online activities such as Knowledge box, Education City or MyMaths even practical activities, such as cooking or shopping.

Homework is communicated to the children in class by their teacher and is often written down in the child’s Home/ School Diary.  This diary can also be used for communication between the parents and the teacher and vice versa.  It can also be a useful log for children to record their own thinking on the homework and their success with it.