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ASSESSMENT AND TARGET SETTING AT WHITBURN CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY

THE GCSE GRADING SYSTEM 9-1

• 1. From 2019 all GCSEs will be graded 9-1, with the majority of subjects graded 9-1

from 2018 (current exceptions at Whitburn are Business, ICT, Media and some subjects within Technology)

• 2. New GCSE content will be more challenging
• 3. Fewer 9 grades will be awarded than A* grades
• 4. In 2018, broadly the same number of pupils attained 1, 4 and 7 as previously

attained G, C and A

• 5. 20 per cent of those students awarded at least a grade 7 are awarded a grade 9

THE NEW GCSE GRADING SYSTEM 9-1

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/ uploads/attachment_data/file/645278/Ofqual_po stcards_Sept_2017_Master.pdf

WHITBURN GRADING SCHEME KS3 & KS4

• Students in KS3 and KS4 are regularly

assessed through ‘key assessments’

• Progress will be formally reported to

parents/carers six times per year:

• 1 full report
• 1 parents’/carers’ evening
• 4 data-capture points, via Go4Schools

NB due to the frequency of our reporting points progress may not always be evident at every assessment point

The Academy has adopted a unified GCSE style grading scheme through Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 based upon the 9 - 1 GCSE system

• We have added fine levels to the grades e.g.

+/- to give a more detailed picture

• Students will ‘build’ their GCSE grade from

entry in Year 7 to their final Year 11 GCSE

• grade. For example:

KS2 Score: 100/4b End of Y7: 1+ End of Y8: 2+ End of Y9: 3+ End of Y10: 4+ Y11: GCSE grade 5

TARGET SETTING

End of Y7: 1+ (3) End of Y8: 2+ (3) End of Y9: 3+ (3) End of Y10: 4+ (3)

• Over the next few weeks all students in Years 7–11 will

receive updated targets for every subject they take:

• a minimum expected grade;
• and a target grade.
• Both grades are generated by taking the student’s KS2 SATs

scores, and generating a predicted GCSE grade in each subject

• The GCSE grade is then regressed at broadly 1 GCSE grade

per year to generate end of year targets

• We use Fischer Family Trust Aspire (FFT) to generate expected

GCSE grades

‘FFT Aspire is the UK’s leading education data analysis tool. It is

used by over 13,500 schools, MATs, local authorities and academy chains’ https://fft.org.uk/

• FFT 50 is used for the minimum expected grade
• FFT 20 is used for the target grade
• FFT 50 is considered average difficulty, when compared to

national outcomes

• FFT 20 is considered high, when compared to national
• utcomes

Pupils attaining their FFT 20 targets in their GCSEs would be in the top 20% of pupils nationally who had similar SAT results

Y11: GCSE grade 5 (2)

WHITBURN ASSESSMENT GRIDS

• The Academy has published assessment grids
• n the website
• These allow students, parents and carers to see

what is needed to move onto the next grade: CLICK HERE FOR SUBJECT ASSESSMENT GRIDS

QUESTIONS?

This presentation can be found on the Academy Website Further information produced by the Government can be found here: https://ofqual.blog.gov.uk/2018/03/0 2/gcse-9-to-1-grades-a-brief-guide-for- parents/