Key Stage 3 Assessment

We have redesigned our Key Stage 3 Assessment and Reporting process to make it clearer for parents/carers to understand what your daughter is learning, how they are progressing, and what they need to do to improve to reach their full potential.

At the start of the academic year, your daughter will be placed into a learning band for each of her subjects: Bronze, Silver, or Gold. These bands are determined using baseline assessments, data from primary school, and her CATs and SATs results. They serve as a supportive guide to the grades she is capable of achieving in her GCSE examinations.

They are a guide and will be reviewed at the end of each academic year by subject leaders and adjusted where necessary.

Bronze	They are aiming for a minimum of GCSE grades 3-5 in this subject.
Silver	They are aiming for GCSE grades 5-7 in this subject.
Gold	They are aiming for GCSE grades 7-9 in this subject.

Each subject area has created a progression grid for each of the bands in Years 7,8 & 9. These grids clearly explain what your daughter will learn each term, how they will be assessed and what they have to do to be graded: Above Expected

Progress, Expected Progress, Below Expected Progress, Cause for Concern. They also enable you to see what they would need to do to get to the next level.

If you click on the links below they will take you through to the progression grids.

Subject	Year 7	Year 7	Year 7	Year 8	Year 8	Year 8	Year 9	Year 9	Year 9
Art	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Computing	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dance	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Drama	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Electronics	N/app	N/app	N/app	Gold	Silver	Bronze	N/app	N/app	N/app
English	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
French	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Food Technology	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Geography	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
History	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mathematics	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Music	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
PE	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Product Design	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
RE	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Science	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Spanish	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Textiles	Gold	Silver	Bronze	N/app	N/app	N/app	Gold	Silver	Bronze

At the end of each term you will receive a report outlining your daughter’s progress and attitude to learning.

At the end of each year, you will receive a written target for each subject that tells your daughter what she needs to improve in order to make further progress in that area.

For the subjects taught in carousels, the target can be seen on your daughter’s Google classroom as these targets are set when each rotation of the carousel is completed and this is not necessarily at the same time that the reports are due.

More information about the format of the report can be found on the ‘Reporting to Parents’ page of the website.

If you have any questions about the content of this page please direct them to the subject leaders whose names can be found under the core subject/non-core subject tabs of this area of the website. You can use the ‘Contact Us’ Tab on the website or alternatively e-mail hxs@gmail.com.