Parents-Information-Handbook-2016-2017

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Section 3b - The Curriculum
Assessment & Reporting
Assessment and Reporting
All pupils are assessed regularly throughout the year. In addition, diagnostic tests are administered in
each Year group. All Year 6 children will take the 11+ Examinations in January, to enable the School to
place them in the most appropriate sets when they enter the Senior School. Leading up to this, at an
Academic Information Evening in the Autumn Term, and followed up by a letter to parents of all Year 6
pupils, the process of sitting the Ratcliffe College Scholarship Examinations for entry into Year 7 will be
explained. Thus, suitable candidates will be invited to sit the Scholarship Examinations at the same time
as external candidates early in the Spring Term.
Internal Assessments
At the end of the Summer Term, all children in the Preparatory School carry out internal assessments
which are used by teachers to monitor annual progress of the children. Formal reporting procedures are
as follows:
Parents’ Evenings
Autumn Term
Years 1-6 with Class Teacher
Spring Term Years 1-5 with Class Teacher Year 6 with all Subject Teachers
Interim Written Report
End of Autumn Term Years 1-6 written by Class Teacher.
Full School Report
End of Summer Term Year 1-6
written by all Subject Teachers.
Section 3b - Assessment & Reporting - Preparatory School