Year 10 Information Evening for

Parents 2015

Key personnel Information about Key Stage four Relevance of good attendance Key dates Work Experience information Answer questions

Aims of The Evening

Mr P Adams – Headteacher Dr J Tinker – Deputy Headteacher Mr G Simms – Assistant Headteacher

(Teaching & Learning) Mrs A Millward – Assistant Headteacher

(Pupil Support) Mrs R Stokes – Assistant Headteacher

(SENCo) Mr M Hartshorn –Learning Manager

Key Personnel

Different from Key Stage 3 Increased demands on pupil time Increased responsibility Increased issues with homework,

revision, coursework

Life in Key Stage 4

Link between good attendance and high achievement is well proven

One half day’s absence per week results in a pupil attaining only a 90% attendance

Equates to the pupil having missed four whole weeks of lessons in the school year

Over five years this would total half of a school year

Attendance

Attendance officer Partner with school Provider of tools Banker Study buddy Entertainments officer Sounding board and adviser Project manager

Role of Parents

Some subjects will do coursework / assignments during Year 10

Some work will need to be completed at home

Pupils will be closely monitored if they do not meet deadlines or fall behind

Pupils need a disciplined approach

Coursework / Assignments / Controlled Assessments

Encourage students to read a greater range of high quality, challenging literature

Reading and writing will be equally weighted Greater focus on making sure that students

are able to write clearly and accurately, in good Standard English

Increased emphasis on spelling, punctuation and grammar including the use of vocabulary

Tiers will be removed

GCSE English Language(Ofqual)

Encourage students to read a wide range of classic literature fluently with the assessment of …..

Tiers will be removed Increased assessment of unseen texts Quality of writing in the response to

texts will be assessed

GCSE English Literature(Ofqual)

More demanding with additional content and greater assessment

More focus on making sure that every student masters the fundamentals of maths.

More emphasis on reasoning and problem solving

Tiering structure will remain the same, with an overlap between the tiers at grades 4 and 5.

GCSE Maths(Ofqual)

Same proportion of students will achieve a grade 4 and above as currently achieve a grade C and above

Same proportion of students will achieve a grade 7 and above as currently achieve an A and above

Top 20% of those who get grade 7 or above will get a grade 9

The bottom of grade 1 will be aligned with the bottom of grade G

Grade 5 will be positioned in the top third of the marks for a current Grade C and bottom third of the marks for a current Grade B

Greater demand than the present grade C

1-9 Grading System(Ofqual)

Monitoring – December 2015 Parent’s evening – December 2015 Monitoring – March 2016 Year 10 exams – May 2016 Reports – June 2016 Work experience – July 2016

Key Dates in Year 10

Monitoring – October 2016 College talks - October 2016 Careers evening – October 2016 College taster days – November 2016 College open evenings – November 2016 Parent’s evening – November 2016 Mock exams – November & December 2016 Reports – January 2017 College applications – February 2017 Monitoring – May 2017 GCSE examinations – May/June 2017

Key Dates in Year 11

Various forms of intervention in place for pupils requiring additional support

Pupils will be monitored and highlighted if they are underachieving

Year 10 & 11 academic mentoring programme

Intervention

Starts Monday 4th July 2016 for a fortnight Placements Pupil responsibility Family links / businesses Placement forms List of placements Health & Safety checks Different circumstances Additional information

Work Experience

Letters Student planners Emails Text messages Facebook School website Newsletter

Communication from school

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