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WrothamSchoolCurriculumandAssessmentPolicy

WROTHAM SCHOOL

CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT POLICY

ThispolicywasadoptedbytheGovernorsCurriculumCommi8ee

Date:July2019(PENDING)

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Tobereviewedonanannualbasis–September2020

WrothamSchoolCurriculumPolicyVision&Principles

CurriculumAtWrothamSchoolourcurriculumisdesignedtopromoteourethosofHighExpecta<ons,ChallengeandOpportunity.Weaimtocreateacurriculumthatmeetstheneedsofeverystudentwhilstofferingopporun<tytoexperience,enjoyandsucceedinawiderangeofsubjects.Webelievestronglyintheimportanceofbaciskeyskillssuchasliteracyandnumeracyandthattheseformthefounda<onforachievingprogressinallsubjectareasandimproveskillsthatfacilitatesocialmobilityandsuccessinadultlife.

Weofferanincreasinglyacademiccurriculumthatisdesignedtosupportarangeofabili<esandbalancesthiswithanappropriatemenuofvoca<onalqulaifica<ons.OurfocusisonprovidingIAGthatengagesstudentsinmakinginformedchoicesatKS4and5andchallengesstudentstoachieveandexceedpriorexpecta<ons.

Differen<a<onisakeyaspectofourcurriculumandcoursedelivery.AtWrothamSchoolweagreethatdifferen<a<onineachsubjectareaisthekeytoensuringallstudentsmakeandexceedexpectedprogress.

LowerthanexpectedLiteracyandNumeracyskillsonentryarerecognisedasabarriertogeneralcurriculumaccessforsomestudents.Wherestudentsareiden<fiedasbehindintheirprogressinMathsandEnglishweoffercatchupsessionstoquicklyimprovereading,wri<ngandnumeracyskills.ThesetakeplaceassoonaspossibleinKS3toensurethatstudentshavetheskillsneededtoaccessthecurriculumassoonaspossible.

Weemphasisethetransforma<onalpowerandimpactofcrea<vesubjectsandtheartsatKS3,4and5asavehiclefordevelopingemo<onalintelligence,confidence,resilienceandcommunica<onskills.Itisforthisreasonweplaceaclearemphasisonthesesubjectsatallstagesbutpar<cularlyatKS3.

Extra-curricularlearning,PSHEandSMSCunderpinallofourcurricullumlearningwithaddi<onalopportuni<esforstudentstoengageinbroaderskillsrela<ngtomorality,healthandteamwork.

Religiouseduca<onisasuccessfulpartofourcurriculuminwhichstudentsachieveexcellentprogress.RElessonsinKS3offerlearningopportuni<esthatrelatetospirituality,ethics,religionandphilosophyandcoverabalancedrangeofworldreligionsandbeliefsystems.

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AtKS3webegintodevelopandintegrateGCSEskillsintoourKS3SOWsandinallsubjectsstudentsareassessedusingtheGCSE1to9systemorBTECequivalentofpass,dis<nc<onormeritsystem.

AtKS4and5wefollowarangeofcoursesthatarerecognisedassuitableforlevel2andlevel3studybythegovernmentandtheDFE.

KEYSTAGES

Weruna2yearKS3inyears7and8.KS4lastsfor3yearstoensurethatstudentsaregiventhebestchancetopreparefortheirGCSEexamina<ons.

KS3

KS3 Years7and8

KS4 Years9,10and11

KS5 Years12and13

YEAR7 YEAR8

LearningHours LearningHours

Subject SETF/E/D

SETC/B SETA Subject

SETE/D

EBACC

SETC/B

PROFAC

SETAASPIRE

English 4 4 5 English 4 4 5

Maths 4 4 5 Maths 4 4 5

Science 3 3 3 Science 3 3 3

Geography 2 2 2 Geography 2 2 2

History 2 2 2 History 2 2 2

Art 1 1 1 Art 1 1 1

Design/Media 1 1 1 Design/Food 1 1 1

Drama 1 1 1 Drama 1 1 1

Music 1 1 1 Music 1 1 1

PE 2 2 2 PE 2 2 2

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RE 1 1 1 RE 1 1 1

French 2 2 0 French/Spanish 2 2 0

ICT 1 1 1 ICT 1 1 1

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KS4-CoreandOp]on

SomeYear9andYear10studentsaretakingSta<s<csandthisistaughtwithincoreMathema<cslessons.

SomestudentsinYear9aretakingTripleScienceaspartofthecorescienceprogramme.TheextracontentwillbetaughtwithincoreSciencelessons.

Year9 Year10 Year11

Subject LearningHours Subject Learning

Hours Subject LearningHours

English 5 English 4 English 5

Maths 4 Maths 4 Maths 5

Science 4 Science 5 Science 4

PE 3 PE 3 PE 2

ExtraGeography(insteadofPE)

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Op]on Op]on Op]on

A 3 A 3 A 3

B 3 B 3 B 3

C 3 C 3 C 3

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KS5

Year13 Year12

Subject Op]onblock

LearningHours Level Subject Op]on

BlockLearningHours Level

Biology A 5 A Film A 3 IB

Business A 5 BTEC Finance A 5 LIBF(voca]onal)

FilmStudies A 3 IB Chemistry A 5 A

EnvironmentalScience

A 2 IBStandard Geography A 5 A

Criminology A 5 Voca]onal

Chemistry B 5 A EnglishLiterature B 5 A

EnglishLiterature B 5 A Biology B 5 A

ICT B 5 OCRNa]onal IT B 5 OCR

Na]onal

ProductDesign B 5 A Environmental

Science B 5 IBStandard

History C 5 A Sport C 5 BTEC

Mathema]cs C 5 A Theatre C 3 IB

Mathema]calStudies C 5 IB

Standard Mathema]cs C 5 A

Criminology C 5 Voca]onal Mathema]calApplica]on C 2 IB

Standard

VisualArts D 3 IB VisualArts D 3 IB

Sport D 5 BTEC SocialAnthropology D 3 IB

Physics D 5 A Business D 5 BTEC

Criminology D 5 Voca]onal

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IBCore:

Thisisdeliveredastheenrichmentprogrammetoyear12students,unlesstheyaretakingpartinthePro-SoccerAcademy.

SocialAnthropology

D 3 IB

Photography E 5 A Criminology E 5 Voca]onal

Poli]cs E 2 IBStandard History E 5 A

TheatreStudies

E 3 IB Photography E 5 A

Finance E 5 LIBF(voca]onal) Physics E 5 A

Pro-soccer E 5 Pro-soccer E 5

SupervisedStudy

All Min5 N/A SupervisedStudy

All Min5 N/A

IBCore

Subject LearningHours

Reflec]veProject(onlyifthestudentiscomple]ngtheIBCP) 1

CommunitySupport(insteadoftheReflec]veProject–for

studentsnottakingtheIBCP)1

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LanguageDevelopment 1

ServiceLearning 1

PersonalProfessionalSkills 1

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AbilityandSecng

WecurrentlyteachstudentsindifferentteachinggroupsinKS3.TheseteachinggroupsaredeterminedbyCATStestdatacollectedinyear6andtermlyAssessmentsinEnglishandMaths.

InEnglishandMathstheseabilitysetsarecon<nuedatKS4.Noncore,op<onssubjectsaremixedability.

Year7

Year8

TEACHINGGROUPFEBACC(Year7)

HigherPriorAbainmentinMathsandEnglish

TEACHINGGROUPEEBACC

HigherPriorAbainmentinEnglish

TEACHINGGROUPDEBACC

HigherPriorAbainmentinMaths

TEACHINGGROUPCProfessionalAcademic

MiddlePriorAbainmentinEnglish

TEACHINGGROUPBProfessionalAcademic

MiddlePriorAbainmentinMaths

TEACHINGGROUPAAspire

Nurturegroup-addi<onalsupportinEnglishandMaths

TEACHINGGROUPEEBACC

HigherPriorAbainmentinEnglishandMaths

TEACHINGGROUPDEBACC

HigherPriorAbainmentinEnglishandMaths

TEACHINGGROUPCProfessionalAcademic

MiddlePriorAbainmentinEnglishandMaths

TEACHINGGROUPBProfessionalAcademic

MiddlePriorAbainmentinEnglishandMaths

TEACHINGGROUPAAspire

Nurturegroup-addi<onalsupportinEnglishandMaths

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Assessment

Whyisassessmentimportant?

AtWrothamSchoolwebelieveitisimportanttomeasureandreportonallofourstudents’progressatkeypointsintheyear.Thisallowsustomonitorprogress,supportstudentstomoveforwardandtosharethisinforma<onwithparents.

Itisofthehighestimportancethatassessmentis:

• Usefultostudents,parentsandteachers.• Aimedatsuppor<ngprogress.• Easilyandclearlyunderstoodbyeveryone.• PresentedinawaythatmakessensewhenmovinguptoKS4andKS5.

AssessmentinYear7and8

KeyChangesSummary

PleasefindbelowanoverviewofchangestoassessmentatKS3:

- Wehaveanintroducedan‘allthroughschool’gradingsystemwhichmeansthatstudentsaregradedusingGCSEcriteriafromyear7inallsubjects.

- Eachstudenthasanindividual‘flightpath’whichmapsouttheirtargetgradesfortheendofeachacademicyear.Theflightpathissetusingthestudent’spriorabainmentatKS2(primaryschool).

- GCSEgradeswillbeawardedonceastudenthasmetthegradingcrieria,demonstra<ngclearlytherequiredskillsandknowledge.

- Aspartofourassessmentcycle,allsubjectswillreportonstudentprogresstowardstheirtargetgradeattwopointsduringtheyear.

- AllstudentswillreceiveatermlyATLclassgradeandaATLforHomeworkscore.

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ASSESSMENTATKS4

- AssessmentatKS4and5isbasedonGCSEandALevelCriteriaandmarkingschemes.Studentsareassessedtothesyllabustheyareworkingtowardsandgivenandcurrentgradethatcanbecomparedtotheirtarget.

- InKS4,aspartofourassessmentcycle,allsubjectswillreportonstudentprogresstowardstheirtargetgradeattwopointsduringtheyear.

- InKS4,allstudentswillreceiveatermlyATLclassgradeandaATLforHomeworkscore.

ASSESSMENTATKS5

- InKS5,allsubjectswillreporthomeonatermlybasis.- InKS5,allstudentswillreceiveatermlyATLclassgrade,anIndependencescoreandaATL

forHomeworkscore.

TheAssessmentProcess

WrothamSchoolfullyendorsesthebeliefthatassessmentisoneofthemostpowerfultoolsinencouragingandmanagingprogress.WecollectdataattwopointsinKS3andKS4duringtheacademicyearandusethisdatatoinformplanning,interven<on,feedbackandimprovementstrategy.InKS5dataiscollectedonatermlybasisandisusedfortargebedinterven<onandac<onplanning.

Asaschoolwebelievethatassessmentshouldbetransparent,clearandalwaysfocussedonencouragingimprovementandfocus.

Markingandassessmentisusedtogivediagnos<ccommentsonhowtoimprovework.Supportisthenprovidedtohelpstudentsimprovebeforestar<ngtheprocessagain.Werefertothisas“levelling-up”asstudentsaregivenasecondchancetoreposndtomarkingandassessmenttoimprovetheirworkandtheirabainmentlevel.

Assessmentpolicy:

PleaseseeAssessmentPolicy2018document.

Monitoring:

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Markingandqualityofworkismon<oredregularlyandthroughlyatWrotham.Modera<onsessionstakeplaceinleaduptoeverydatadropandincludescru<nyofbooksandassessmentsatKS3,4and5toobserveandmonitorthequalityofmarking,assessment,presenta<onandlevelofchallenge.MarkingismonitoredbyHODsandthroughlessonobserva<onsandlearningwalks.HODsfeedbacktheirfindingstobothstaffandtheirLineManager.

MeasuringProgress

FromSeptember2016weareusingourgenerated‘flightpaths’tosetchallengingtargetsforallyeargroups.Studentprogresswillbemeasuredagainsttheflightpathtargets.TheflightpathsarecreatedbasedonKS2averagepointscoresandforKS5thesearebasedonGCSEscores.

GCSEgrades

WemeasureprogressusingGCSEgradingcriteriafromyear7.Whereappropriate,BTEC‘pass,dis<nc<onandmerit’gradesareawarded.InKS5Interna<onalDiploma(HigherandStandardLevel)gradesareawardedinsomesubjectareas(TheatreStudies,Film,SocialAnthropology)

Linkstootherpolicies

• Abendance,Assessment,Homework,SMSCandBehaviourforLearning

Implementa]onandRoles&Responsibili]es

• HeadsofDepartmenthaveresponsibilityforadvisingtheHeadteacheraboutresourcesand<merequirementsforsubjectsandthedeploymentofstaff.

• Followingconsulta<onwithstaffandstudents,theLeadershipTeamconstructsanannualcurriculummodel.

• TheHeadteacheran<cipatescurriculumneedsandstaffingrequirementstoinformaboutteacherrecruitmentandreten<on.

• TheHeadteacherpresentsthecurriculummodeltogovernorsforconsidera<on.• TheHeadteacherrecruitsappropriatestafftomeettheneedsofthecurriculum.• Governorsdiscuss,amendandapprovetheannualcurriculummodel.

Monitoring,evalua]on&review

TheLeadershipTeamcon<nuouslymonitorstheimplementa<onofthecurriculumtoensurethat:

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• Curriculumisappropriate,challengingandreleventwhilstfollowingguidancefromtheDFEandexamina<onbodies.

• Thecurriculumisdeliveredsuccessfullythroughthemonitoringanddevelopmentofgoodandoutstandingteachingandlearning.

• Theappraisalandcapabilitypolicyisusedtoensurethatstandardsinallareasofthispolicyareimplementedtoahighlevel.

• Thispolicyisreviewedannually.• Allna<onalguidanceonchangestocurriculumandassessmentarereflectedinour

curriculumandassessmentmodels.• TargetsarechallengingandlinkedtoGCSEandhigherqualifica<ons.

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