Assessment at Our Lady & St Werburgh's

On this page you can find information about how we assess the progress and achievement of your children. Some of this is done formally, through termly assessments in Years 1- 6 but much of our assessment is conducted through teacher assessment, gained from daily interactions with the children, including how they respond in lessons and the work that they produce in their books. Please see our Marking and Feedback Policy for more information. 

As a core subject in our Catholic school, all children are assessed at least termly in Religious Education, alongside 3 'focused' assessment units throughout the year, which change on a 4-year cycle (see RE page for more information).

The Early Years

Children in the Nursery and Reception are taught through the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework.  We have prepared a guide for parents about the EYFS and how assessment is used at Our Lady & St Werburgh's.  To view a copy of the guide please use the link below:

A Parents' Guide to Early Years' Assessment

Key Stages 1 and 2

From Year 1 to Year 6 the children are taught the National Curriculum.  Throughout their journey through the school, the children's progress and achievement are carefully monitored.  We track all children in our classes, using formal assessments to validate teacher judgements in English and Mathematics, on a termly basis, using a tracking tool called Insight. This enables us to access and analyse data frequently and drill into the progress and attainment of all groups and individual children, highlighting children who re not making at least expected progress and ensuring timely interventions are put in place to support these children. 

Assessments also take place termly in all other subjects though the use of unit markers or key skills assessments.