Assessments
Our "Everyone Can" curriculum
Our vision is that At Churchwood, Everyone Can. The following are the core drivers that underpin our broad and balanced curriculum.
- Everyone Can Read
- Everyone Can Write
- Everyone Can be Numerate
At the end of their Reception year, all learners are benchmarked against national early years foundation stages (EYFS) standards, to establish a baseline of progress that underpins their educational journey through our academy.
The resulting EYFS profile is a report of your child’s development and achievement at the end of the Reception Year. There are three main objectives:
- To inform parents about their children’s development
- To ease the transition into key stage 1 (ks1)
- To help the Year 1 teachers plan for the year ahead to meet the needs of the entire class
The EYFS profile is broken down into specific areas of learning. The criteria of which are broken down into four age bands, called the Development Matters bands and within each band, there are separate achievement levels:
- Expected – your child is working at the level expected for their age
- Emerging – your child is working below the expected level
At the end of Reception, a child is considered to have a ‘good level of development’ if they have achieved at least the expected level in early learning goals in all aspects of personal, social and emotional development, physical development, communication and language, literacy and mathematics.
If your child is working below the expected level for their age, the Academy will focus on supporting him to catch up with his peers in ks1. If your child is considered to be exceeding the expected level at the end of Reception, their Year 1 teacher will ensure that they continue to be adequately challenged.
Each year we work with all pupils to engage them in informal assessments in English, maths and reading to help our expert teaching staff, parents and carers understand the next steps of their learning journey.
In the summer term of Year 4, our pupils will sit a standardised times tables assessment. A secure knowledge of multiplication facts, up to and including the 12 times tables, are proven to set learners up with a strong basis for more advanced maths learning as they progress on their educational journey.
At the end of key stage 2 (Year 6) all our pupils sit externally set assessments in English and maths. These standard assessment tests (SATS) take place in May and we will work with your child through the year to help them understand the process and achieve their personal best.