Statutory Assessment
Reception – RBA
Children participate in the Nationa RBA (Reception Baseline Assessment). This is a short, practical and interactive assessment of a child’s early literacy, communication, language and maths skills. It provides a assessment of each child’s starting points so that schools can measure progress between reception and Year 6.
The data from the assessment, including scores, is not shared with parents or schools and there are no published scores at pupil, school or national level.
Year 1 – Phonics
In June each year children take the National Phonics screening Check. This is a check to see how children are progressing with their phonics. It consists of reading 40 words. 20 real words and 20 ‘pseudo’ or ‘alien’ words. The threshold for passing is usually 32 out of 40. If a child does not achieve the threshold then they will retake the check in year 2. The results and scores are reported to parents on the end of year report.
Year 4 – MTC
Year 4 children complete the Muliptlication Tables Check in June each year. This tests their recall of their multiplcation facts up to 12×12 through 25 online questions. There is no pass or fail mark and scores are reported to parents on the child’s end of year report.
Year 6 – Key Stage 2 SATs
In May each year Year 6 children will take National Tests in maths, reading and grammar, spelling and punctuation. These will be externally set and externally marked. Children will be given a scaled score, which parents will be able to compare with the average for the school, the local area and nationally. The scaled score will be out of 100, where 100 is the expected standard for that stage. Children will also be assessed through ongoing teacher assessment throughout the whole of Year 6.
Internal School Assessment
In addition to the statutory assessments, teachers will assess and track all children’s progress throughout the year. Assessment may be formal eg tests, or more informal, eg when a teacher is working with a small group of children and asking questions.
At the end of each year, children will be tracked against the progress made towards meeting the end of year expectations. A child’s achievement in each subject of the curriculum in compariosn to age related expectations is reported to parents on the child’s end of year report.