Quick question wrt NC assessments in schools...how many per year?

[Badvoc]

Just interested really :)
My son was assessed last year (nov) and is being assessed again next week (not just him...the whole school!)
Is there another in, say, June? Or is that it?
Or do schools assess when they want to?
Is it statutory?
(Clueless)
TIA

Entirely downto the school, they can assess using tests as much or as little as they want to. Some schools test every term, some three times a year, some once and some never ( except year 2 and 6 where tests are statutory). Children however are asessed all the time in a variety of ways, official "tests" are just one of many!

Ah, thanks.
Wasn't sure and couldn't find any info on google!

We do assessments every 10 weeks. In my last school, that involved a qca written paper. In my current school, we do qca in the summer term but teacher assessment for autumn and spring.

Teacher assessment is ongoing, however we have a week in both terms where we really focus specific questions at specific children.

Technically schools only need to assess against NC levels at the end of each Key Stage but I don't know any that stick to that.

Oh really?
Wow, didn't know that.
Am guessing that next weeks will be the last one before the start of middle school...

We do termly formal assessments at my school. We also keep constant track of progress towards targets in literacy, with a similar system for maths coming next term.

Mrz we were slated last Ofsted for not monitoring progress within the key stages. I'm sure there are a 1001 ways to ensure progress is monitored, but my school went with the constant paper work tracking of every child, twice a term. We have to submit levels for independent writing twice termly, then update the computer system each term. We also have to do APP for every child in writing, reading and maths, and 6 children for science.

I'd prefer to mark a QCA test. Far easier!

I must admit I am surprised at the differences!
Thought all (state) schools had to assess the same way..I.e within the same framework?
Ah well.
Live and learn.
I do feel for teachers tbh, so much paperwork!

We use AfL but don't use APP juniper (my head thinks it's too onerous) We do assess a piece of independent writing each half term and use Rising Stars assessment each half term for maths and science. We also use the New Salford Reading Test each term. On line tracking is updated each half term.

We do
Big Writing levelled assessment once a week
APP grids for every child for reading, writing, science and maths, updated every half term
SATs tests three times a year, except year 6 who do a couple more
Word Reading and Spelling Tests three times a year
RE assessments every half term
Levels updated every half term

I manage to fit some teaching in too!

:)
Ds1 does the big write too.
He likes it!

I like the Big Write too, but not the four hours on a Sunday that it takes to mark!

It would take you 4 hours just to mark ds1s!
He gets rather carried away.....:)
Which is lovely for a child who has had such problems with literacy (severely dyslexic)

I have 2 severe dyslexics in my class, one is the same as your DS and writes pages! It does initially take some deciphering, but you learn to tune in . The other uses a laptop on Fridays!

We mark our writing using two methods Apparently APP gives a lower level, so we use the Surrey grids. Then still have to update the APP anyway. Daft.

I had a child who was dyslexic and EAL. His big writes were fantastic, but I'd have to read the whole lot out loud and in his accent, otherwise I'd have no idea what it said! It was an art form in itself.

:)
Ds has come on in leaps and bounds since year 3....NQT who had no fucking idea
Told me that the lowest sets were where ds belonged.
Can't wait to see her smug face when she comes back after Easter from ML :)
He just needed a teacher who didn't write him off and gave him confidence, which his year 4 teachers did.

When ds started at this school in year 3 his teacher had to take his big writes to the year 1 teacher to decode!
It was that bad.
Now he gets awards and certificates for his writing :)
He was reading simple ccvc Word books in year 3.
Last night he was reading "how to train your dragon" :)