SCHOOL POLICY MANUAL-2024-2025

Recording and Reporting

Assessment

Reflection

Target Setting

Learning

Planning

Learning and Teaching

At all �mes assessment should be manageable, useful and lead to further learning. It is not possible or helpful to record all assessment informa�on but sufficient selec�ve recording should take place to: • Track children’s progress and set challenging targets • Inform parents, other teachers and receiving school about progress, strengths and weaknesses. • Analyse results and use this informa�on to inform future teaching & learning Assessment for Learning in ac�on: • Learning inten�ons of lessons are made explicit in teachers’ planning. • Learners have the opportunity to design their own learning outcomes. • The learning inten�on will be displayed and shared for each lesson and success criteria will be displayed when appropriate. • Ensure that student learning is reviewed at regular intervals throughout the lesson, not just at the end. • Teachers are encouraged to find different ways to review learning to suit different learning styles. • The plenary part of all lessons will o�en include the students’ reflec�ve comments about their learning, followed by teacher summary, aimed at consolida�ng learning and providing links with future learning. • Oral feedback will start with a comment about how the student is progressing in understanding the learning goal and how they can improve their understanding and applica�on. • All writen work is marked primarily to the learning goal. General comments about presenta�on, quan�ty, effort and surface features are secondary . Summa�ve marking of exercise books is not, if done in isola�on, an effec�ve use of AfL strategies.

Summa�ve is Assessment OF Learning. It is used mainly to measure performance and clearly iden�fies a standard of pupil atainment. It is carried out at the end of a period of learning. Summa�ve Assessment scores contribute to 50% of the Term Grade.

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Al Diyafah High School-Reviewed policies- September 2023