Reporting and Assessment

At The Philip Morant School & College, we use two different styles of grading; one for Key Stage 3 and one for Key Stage 4 & 5.  

Students in Key Stage 3 are assessed against age-related expectations in each subject as they develop knowledge, skills and understanding. We use the terms ‘Working Beyond’, ‘Working At’ and ‘Working Towards’ age-related expectations. Students should aim to be ‘Working At’ or ‘Working Beyond’ by the end of the academic year. 

Students in Key Stage 4 & 5 are assessed against the GCSE/A Level/BTEC criteria and so are awarded grades based on assessments, classwork and homework. Each student is provided with a Minimum Expected Grade (MEG), which students should at least achieve by the end of the key stage. 

Our assessment process is based on the science of the “testing effect” and aims to give students opportunities to succeed in many forms. Throughout the year, students will be assessed in a variety of ways including low stakes quizzes in lessons, medium stakes assessments which are also completed in lessons and end of term/end of year examinations.

The process of completing assessment regularly and in a lower stress environment will support students to identify and address gaps in their knowledge, skills and understanding. This in turn will lead to much greater independence as students will be more aware of how to improve their grades and how to study for final examinations. 

 

Revision is an important part of good student study habits. However, we are very aware that many students can struggle to know what to revise and how to revise. As part of our Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 development we work with a company named Elevate to deliver sessions on study skills to help students develop their independent learning skills. Elevate also delivers parent webinars so that you can support your child at home. The details of this can be found at this link; Elevate Parent Programme 

We have also put together some tips for revision which are based on educational research. Please see the slides here for more information which also include our regularly used revision websites. 

Alongside this we offer an ever changing after school revision programme for year 11 students. 

Many students like to revise at home and this is encouraged as further education will benefit from independent study. If you would like to purchase any revision guides, the details of exam boards and suggested materials can be found at this link (please note that these are up to date for our current year 11 students, please double check with teachers if you are in year 10). If you have any queries regarding revision here at Philip Morant School please get in touch via contact@pmsc.school

For more details on exams please click here.