STUDENT
PROGRESS
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KEY STAGE 3 – Information to
support student progress
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STUDENT PROGRESS
KEY STAGE 3 ASSESSMENT
Developing Knowledge, Skills & Understanding
The Hamble School’s Key Stage 3 assessment framework uses
a precise learning model to deliver the National Curriculum’s
knowledge, skills and understanding through the use of Learning
Ladders to define the criteria for learning. The criteria is year group
specific (age related) and broken down into progress statements:
Emerging, Developing, Securing & Mastering.
Achieving Excellence Together
We believe that setting the ‘bar’ high will motivate our learners to
aim high and ensure that all students are making excellent
progress regardless of their starting points. For this reason, we
believe all students should be at least Securing in their learning
by the end of the year.
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PROGRESS REVIEWS
Student progress is tracked regularly by subject teachers and
students are made aware of this using the Learning Ladders and
the progress statements they contain. Evidence of this can be
found in their exercise books or folders. Students should be able
to describe their progress and have a clear understanding of
what they need to do to improve. If your child is not aware of their
current progress they should speak to their subject teacher or
tutor. Knowing where they are, in terms of their learning, and
what they need to do to improve will enable students to succeed.
In addition to regular progress checks in lessons, formal progress
data will be collected from all subject areas and provided for
parents at various points during the academic year. These will
always follow a Landmark Assessment week and this, along with
ongoing teacher assessment, will inform parental reporting.
Information will be provided on a student’s overall progress
within each subject, guidance for improvement, as well as
information on their Attitude to Learning (ATL) (for in-class
behaviour, active learning and effort) and Attitude to Homework
(AHW). The key to success lies in a good Attitude to Learning
(ATL) and Attitude to Homework (AHW) in all areas and through
consistent hard work.
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UNDERSTANDING
PROGRESS STATEMENTS
Progress at Key Stage 3 is a journey with students continuously
demonstrating that they have embedded the Knowledge, Skills
and Understanding essential to learning in each subject. The
statements below are used to describe the students‟ progression
through this journey.
Emerging – Displaying the basic knowledge, skills and
understanding for the given year group. This is broadly on course
to achieve a GCSE grade 1, 2 or 3.
Developing – Displaying intermediate knowledge, skills and
understanding for the given year group. Students have begun to
deepen their knowledge and understanding in the subject. This is
broadly on course to achieve a GCSE grade 4/5.
Securing – Displaying depth and breadth of knowledge, skills
and understanding for the given year group in the subject. This is
broadly on course to achieve a GCSE grade 6.
Mastering – Displaying advanced knowledge, skills and
understanding for the given year group – demonstrating an
excellent depth and breadth of understanding. This is broadly on
course to achieve a GCSE grade 7 or above.
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AREAS OF STRENGTH
& IMPROVEMENT GUIDANCE
Areas of Strength
Each subject divides their assessment into different foci areas.
For example, English assessment is divided into:
• Critical Reading
• Reading Comprehension, and
• Writing.
Each subject will report a ‘holistic’ overview of how and what the
student has been able to demonstrate so far.
Improvement Guidance
In most Progress Reviews (the early Autumn PR review will only
report ATL and AHW scores for each student as there is limited
assessment data at this point in the academic year) each subject
area will offer criteria for improvement. These represent the next
step in progression in the student’s weakest assessment area.
Students should look for opportunities to display the knowledge,
skills and understanding in their forthcoming lessons. These
statements will help you in supporting your child to improve.
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TALKING TO YOUR CHILD
ABOUT THEIR PROGRESS
When a Progress Review is sent home, you may find some
of the following questions useful when discussing it with
your child:
• Which subject are you particularly pleased with? What is
going well in this subject?
• Is there anything you do in these lessons that you could
start to do in lessons that you don’t find so easy?
• What are you going to work on next, to continue making
good progress?
• How can you stretch yourself to make the most progress
possible?
• What is holding you back from making more progress in
this subject?
• Are there any surprises here?
• If so, what do you think might help to explain them?
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ATTITUDE TO LEARNING and
HOMEWORK CRITERIA
Attitude to Learning (ATL)
1. The student consistently works to the best of their ability,
contributes and makes the full use of resources available
to aid learning and problem solving.
2. The student often works to the best of their ability and
asks questions when necessary to support their learning.
Some teacher guidance is needed.
3. The student has varied motivation, needs frequent
reminders to engage on task and has a limited ability to
work independently.
4. The student regularly requires teacher support to remain
focused and lacks skills in problem solving and using
initiative.
Attitude to Homework (AHW)
1. The student is consistently well-equipped for lessons,
meets all deadlines and is fully up to date with
coursework/tasks. Homework is always completed to a
high standard and handed in on time.
2. The student is usually well-equipped for lessons and
meets the vast majority of deadlines. Homework is usually
completed to a good standard and mostly handed in on
time.
3. The student has a tendency to be unprepared for lessons
at times and/or occasionally misses deadlines. Homework
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is sometimes not completed and the standard of work is
below that of the student.
4. The student is consistently unprepared and ill-equipped
for lessons and/or frequently misses deadlines. Homework
is not completed on a regular basis.
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EXAMPLE OF A
KS3 LEARNING LADDER
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