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Assessment at Ellowes Hall School is productive and conducive of the learning that takes place. We ensure that assessment is done to support learning, and used to recognise strengths and weaknesses found along the way throughout a curriculum journey. We ensure that when gaps in knowledge or misconceptions are found, we adapt our teaching to focus on these areas. Assessment is aligned to subject knowledge and the skills needed to be successful in all subject areas that we teach here at Ellowes Hall School and in all year groups.

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Teachers use a range of assessment techniques to analyse performance and to support development in each subject area. Daily teachers can be seen assessing performance and understanding in the classroom and ensuring their practices are adapted to get the very best from each student. We are committed to the highest standard of knowledge being imparted and understood by our students in all year groups, and this level of assessment ensures that this can take place.

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Conscious  of the amount of content students will need to be able to retain and remember when sitting their GCSEs, students in Key Stage 3, in addition to classroom-based smaller ongoing assessments, also complete a Milestone Assessment every year. This is cumulative - students will be tested in Year 9 on skills and content they were taught in Year 7 and 8, for instance, in order to equip students with the skills of regular retrieval and to help them appreciate they are always working towards a greater end goal than simply 'finishing' Year 7, 8 or 9. This is the mindset they will need to excel at GCSE and beyond.

 

The KS3 Milestone Assessment Weeks will always be communicated to parents and students each year, but broadly take place at the following times of year:

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Year 7: June

Year 8: February

Year 9: March