Assessment

Assessment at Mauldeth Road

At Mauldeth Road Primary School, we aim for high quality teaching and learning, and the heart of this is effective assessment, underpinned by our aim to ensure that all pupils should achieve to their full potential. We use three main forms of assessment: in-school formative, in-school summative, and national standardised summative assessment.

Formative assessments are the most regular form of assessment that take place at our school. They are what teachers use regular to assess pupil understanding and to inform their teaching strategies. Examples can include: use of questioning, verbal and written feedback, self/peer assessment and informal quizzes.

Summative assessments take place throughout school. These are assessments which take place at the end of a unit / term / block of learning. We use these to assess a child's understanding against a set of criteria. They typically take the form of a test. We complete these in a range of core and foundation subjects throughout school.

Children in Reception class now take a baseline assessment within the first 6 weeks of entering reception class. This focuses on maths, language, communication and literacy. The results are used as a starting point to assess how much progress children are making.

In Year 1, children undertake a phonics screen to check their ability to decode words. They complete the screen again in Year 2 if they do not reach the expected standard in Year 1.