Year 13 Parents’ Information Evening Welcome Please take a seat The presentation will start shortly
Jan 16, 2016
Year 13 Parents’ Information Evening
Welcome
Please take a seat
The presentation will start shortly
• New staff– Philip Berry, Head of English
– Paul Schofield, Head of Geography
– Connie Bennett, Head of Psychology
– Megan Cottam, Head of French
– Sarah Blaine, Deputy Director of Music
– Charlotte Barrett, teacher of chemistry
– Harry Drummond, teacher of English
– Billy Keates, teacher of geography
• Welcome back– Emily King, part-time PE
– Fiona Lewis, returns as Head of RS
– Susannah Hughes, part-time English
– Tracey MacLean, returns as Head of Technology
Summer Works1. New website2. Chapel roof + several others3. Band Room refurbished (with clock)4. Two China classrooms 5. Science, new wireless ICT classroom6. Gravesend prep room refurbished (new RS base)7. Plasma screens: Gravesend, Training Room,
Kensington classrooms, Business Studies, Balmoral Prep, Chapel House and new China classrooms.
8. Dining Hall refurbished (plus new service and menu)9. Sports Pavilion (on track for autumn half-term break)
Plus 3 new GCSEs – photography, ICT and Computing
Dining Hall
Sports Pavilion
2012/13 Results
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47
42 43 42
87
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93
86
91
96
90
97 97
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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
% G
rade
s A
* - C
% A*-A 5+A*-C (inc. EM) 5+A*-C
GCSE ResultsDaily Telegraph’s 30 Top Comprehensive Schools
A Level ResultsDaily Telegraph’s 100 Top Comprehensive Schools
A level Results
Subject 1 Subject 2 Subject 3 Subject 4 Subject 5
Student 1 A* A* A
Student 2 A* A* A
Student 3 A* A A A A
Student 4 A* A A
Student 5 A* A A B
Student 6 A* A A
Student 7 A* A B
Student 8 A* A B B
Student 9 A* A B B
Student 10 A A A
Student 11 A A A
Student 12 A A A
Student 13 A A B
Student 14 A A B
Student 15 A A B
Student 16 A A B
Student 17 A A B
Student 18 A A B
¼ of entriesachieved at least AAB
A level - Value Added
Over the last 3 years student progress (the distance
students have ‘travelled’) has been equivalent to the top
10% nationally.
Tonight’s Aims
For you to leave with a better understanding of:• Summer developments• 2012/13 results• Key Stage 5 Ethos• Target Grades• Student Support, Care & Guidance• Assessment, Recording & Reporting (ARR)
The Key Stage 5 Ethos
Achievement
Work Ethic
Securing the future
Students have to prioritise
School
Student Home
Helping students’ realise their
potential Learning
Student Support, Care & Guidance
What level am I
working at?
How do I know?
What are my next steps?
The fundamental learning process at Gordon’s
Assessment events
Clear, specific targets related to students’ work
School
‘Position’ Statement
A level Target Grades
School
Year 13 Target Grades
A Level Grades
Average GCSE Grades
D C B A*A
A
B
C
D
Represents ‘average’ student
performance
Represents top 10% student performance
School
A level Results 2013
School
Student GCSE Pts Target Grades Grades
1 5.8 B/C BBB
2 6.1 B/C DDE
3 7.3 A/B A*AA
4 7.1 A/B BBC
GCSE Pts
A* = 8, A = 7, B = 6, C = 5
1
1
2.3
2
Average Effort Grade
Effort Grades 1 - 4
• High quality teaching and learning
- Lesson observations, student voice, data analysis• Regular ‘next steps’ advice in lessons
- Tri weekly feedback & half termly ‘Key Assessments’• Department reviews
- Triennial • Work sampling
- Students’ books/ folders audited
School
School
• Assessment, Recording & Reporting (ARR)
- Statute• Gordon’s ARR Philosophy
- Little & Often
- Conversation is better than written dialogue
- Teacher’s judgement is valued
School
• ARR Working Party
- Met three times in summer term
- Comprised of teachers & parents
- Lots of discussion about many aspects of the
Curriculum
- Main outcomes of ARR working party
- Modified effort grade criteria
- More context to KS3 NC levels
School
• Effort Grades 2013 – 14
1 = Outstanding
2 = Very Good
3 = Good but occasionally inconsistent
4 = Cause for concern
5 = Unacceptable
School
School
Each half term there is a progress report sent home including:•Target Grade•Working Grade•Effort Grade•Next Steps advice*
ReportingReporting
Target
Grade
A statistically generated A level grade that is personal to each student and subject.
Working
Grade
The A level grade that a student is currently working at.
Effort Grade
The grade that reflects how hard a student is working. It is not a reflection of academic ability or performance.
• Curriculum
- New school day this year
- More teaching time in almost all subjects
- 5 lessons per subject per week
- Less duties for teachers• Examinations
- Linear (taken at the end of Year 13)
- Includes Controlled Assessments through KS5
School
Home
• Prescribe/ discuss what the sacrifices are going to be
• Contact us if you’re concerned
• Check books/ folders for quality of work/marking & organisation
• Regularly discuss school and specific subjects.
• Ensure students prioritise prep & get into good study habits
• Reward/ sanction consistently and regularly (accountability)
• Think ahead to career aspirations including University and/ or employment. www.ucas.co.uk
• There is no ‘magic dust’ at Gordon’s
• Those students who achieve great grades:
- see Sixth Form as their ‘full time job’
- have 100% attendance
- do the ‘simple things well’
- work very hard
- prioritise their studies & make sacrifices
- spend the right amount of time on prep.
- ‘read around’ the subject
- are resilient
Student
Miss Connery
Head of Sixth Form & Assistant Headteacher