Intake Primary School

What is Assessment at Intake School?

Assessment for learning and assessment of learning are distinguished clearly in our understanding of the key types of assessment: formative and summative and within this, our aims are:

• To gather, only necessary, information about the performance of individual pupils, groups, and cohorts which is used to set specific targets, related to learning, at different levels and to ensure that effective interventions are in place.
• To ensure that all data collection is proportionate and that practices are helpful for pupil progress and measures, without increasing the expectations put on teaching staff that would increase teacher workload.
• To provide information for planning, teaching and curriculum development, as well as part of our SEN monitoring and interventions.
• To ensure that assessment procedures are fair and consistent for all pupils.
• To inform parents of their children’s progress at parent consultations in the autumn and spring terms and through the annual report in July.
• To ensure that efficient assessment and recording are key parts of Intake’s performance management policy, in line with the Teachers Standards.
• To ensure that assessment is used to inform curriculum provision and Subject Leader knowledge.
• To allow pupils to show what they know, understand and can do in their learning; as well as helping them understand what they need to do next to achieve their targeted levels.