Assessment
Introduction to Assessment at St Paul'sAt St Paul's CE Primary School we care about our children – our mission statement explains how we aim to enable pupils to maximise their potential; both intellectually and socially, by creating a stimulating, secure and caring environment in which a broad and balanced education is provided. We hope that our broad and balanced curriculum and fantastic pastoral care allow our children to achieve and be happy at our school.
The national picture for assessment in schools has never been more complicated for children and parents to understand. We hope that we can explain our ethos for purposeful assessment and how and why we carry out assessments.
We have created a system so that the children follow the same assessment process throughout their time at St Paul's. Children are assessed against AGE RELATED EXPECTATIONS.
In each year group children are assessed against their knowledge, skills and understanding of the learning that they have been completing over periods of time. We use a range of written assessments, questioning and progress tasks to make a judgement on how the children are learning.
Assessments in the Core Subjects (including statutory assessments)|
Assessment in EYFS (Reception) |
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| Statutory Assessment | Baseline Assessment | As children enter our reception they will complete a Baseline Assessment to set targets for their future education, this is completed in the first 6 weeks. | |
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End of Year Assessment Early Learning Goals |
As children leave reception they will be assessed as achieving expected age-related expectations or not. | ||
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Assessment in Key Stage 1 (Year 1 and Year 2) |
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Statutory Assessment |
Phonic Screening Check (Year 1 ) |
As children enter the Summer term they will complete the phonic screening check which will assess the sounds that they know and can read. | |
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Key Stage 1 SATs (Year 2) |
Throughout May, the children will complete statutory tests in Reading (2 papers) and Maths (Paper 1 Arithmetic & Paper 2 Reasoning). They will also complete a Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation assessment. | ||
| Assessment in Key Stage 2 (Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, and Year 6) | |||
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Multiplication Check (Year 4) |
In June, children's multiplication knowledge is assessed through an online test. | |
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Key Stage 2 SATs (Year 6) |
In the first week of May, the children will complete statutory tests in Reading (1 paper), Maths (Paper 1 Arithmetic, Paper 2 & 3 Reasoning). They will also complete a Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation assessment. | ||