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The hope with every report that we send out is that it will give parents and carers a clear sense of how their child is achieving and developing with us at St Mary’s.
In Years 7-9, Year 11 and Year 13, pupils receive two school reports per year, with Year 10 and Year 12 receiving three. Our school reports indicate how pupils are currently performing across key areas of school:
As noted above, reports include a series of ‘Next Step’ statements for each of their subjects to allow for areas for development to be identified by their teachers. Holistic Education is of key importance to us and so an update on what has been covered over the course of the term in pupil’s Inauro Education is also included on the report.
Pupils are judged by staff on their conduct on the reports. They will either be 'Outstanding', 'Good' or 'Requires Improvement'. A copy of the discriptors can be found here:
The attached report is an example of what a report would look like for a pupil studying with us at Key Stage 4.
Alps Target Grades
At St Mary's pupils we use aspirational targets for Key Stage 4 and 5 students to ensure that they can fulfil their God-given potential. With outstanding teaching, excellent attendance and a commitment to scholarly learning, pupils can achieve these targets in order to open doors for them in the future.
At Key Stage 4 and 5, we use a target-setting tool provided by Alps Education. Alps targets take pupils’ prior attainment and generate a ‘minimum expected grade’ (MEG). These are ambitious targets designed to stretch pupils to be in the top 25%, nationally. For the current Year 10 and 11 cohorts, it has also been necessary to use Alps to generate Key Stage 4 targets, using their CATs results to do so, since these year groups did not sit extrernally assessed and validated SATs exams at the end of Key Stage 2.