Reporting
The Misbourne is committed to keeping families up-to-date with students' progress. We use a number of tools to achieve this, that vary as students progress up the school. Please access the relevant year group information below to find out how we report on students' progress throughout their school career.
Key Stage 3 (Years 7-9)
Reporting throughout Key Stage 3 (Years 7-9)
In Key Stage 3 (KS3) students’ progress and understanding of the curriculum is assessed at multiple points throughout the year.
There are two assessment points each year for attainment in subjects for all year groups and each assessment point checks for understanding of the curriculum through summative assessments of knowledge, understanding and skills learnt so far that year. This is reported home as a percentage alongside an average percentage for that cohort. Teachers also provide an Attitude To Learning (ATL) score and a Home Learning (HL) score as outlined below, highlighting any area of concern.
Students also complete GL assessments in English, mathematics and science at the beginning and end of the year to assess progress in the core subjects across the year and how students are doing compared to their peers nationally. These reports are shared with parents and detail not only their level compared to students nationally, but also specific areas of weakness and strength.
Teachers report on students’ attitude to learning and their home learning using the criteria below:
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Attitude to Learning (ATL) |
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I demonstrate an excellent attitude to learning by working hard in my lessons, participating fully and always behaving appropriately. I am always punctual and properly equipped. |
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2 |
ATL is mostly good but there may be occasional issues in relation to equipment. Any challenges around effort and behaviour are isolated incidents. |
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3 |
ATL is inconsistent or concerning. Behaviour may be falling below expectation or lower levels of effort may be impacting on your achievement and progress through the curriculum. |
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4 |
ATL is poor. Behaviour for learning is consistently below expectations meaning that academic progress is seriously jeopardised. Urgent improvements are required. |
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0 |
The teacher has insufficient information to reach a judgement at this time. |
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Home Learning |
1 |
I engage fully with home learning, always completing it to the best of my ability by the set deadline. I seek help when needed. |
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2 |
Home learning is not always submitted on time or not completed to a consistently high standard |
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3 |
Home learning engagement and completion is a concern, multiple deadlines have been missed impacting on achievement and progress through the curriculum. |
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4 |
Home learning is rarely completed to an acceptable standard despite support provided by teachers. This is having a significantly negative impact on achievement and progress through the curriculum. |
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0 |
The teacher has insufficient information to reach a judgement at this time. This may also apply in subjects that do not routinely set homework. |
Key Stages 4 and 5 (Years 10 - 13)
In Key Stages 4 and 5 we report to families twice per academic year.
For both key stage 4 and 5 the all four reports contain a Forecast Grade (FG) for each subject. This is the grade that the teacher thinks that the student will achieve at the end of the course based on the information given to them. This is compared against their Minimum Expected Grade (MEG), which is the grade students with similar prior attainment nationally would achieve if they were to make good progress across the key stage.
The reports also include information about students' attitude to learning (ATL) and home learning (HL), highlighting any specific areas of concern.