KS3 Target Grades

It is our intent that students at Pyrland School are given opportunities and support to make higher progress at KS3 than others nationally. We work with MNSP Trust staff to allocate all students when they join us aspirational grades to aim for by the end of the KS3, called Target Grades.
These targets will enable students here to make better progress than other students with similar prior attainment profiles nationally.
KS3 Target Grades enable students to:

• have an aspirational but achievable goal to aim for
• have confidence in their potential
• achieve their personal best by applying effort and following their teachers’ instructions
• plan for their next steps in education

KS3 Target Grades enable teachers to:

• plan differentiated work that is appropriate for the needs of individual students
• encourage students to see what outcomes they can achieve
• continue to add challenge by further raising targets where they are exceeded by students
• challenge and support students who are underperforming

KS3 Assessment Grades

Students are set targets and are measured against them, in reference to Age Related Expectations. Students are set on a Flightpath and sit regular assessments, where they are informed their ‘Working Towards Grade’. Each KS3 flightpath correlates to a graded GCSE outcome:

Flightpath Descriptors

Developing
Students on this pathway are developing the age appropriate knowledge and skills to perform inline with national expectations. Early indicators show that they are working towards achieving Grades 1 to 3 at GCSE.

Reaching
Students on this flightpath are demonstrating the knowledge and skills required to be inline with age related expectations and they are beginning to reach above them. Early indicators show that they are working towards achieving Grades 4 to 6 at GCSE.

Mastering
Students on this flightpath are exceeding age related expectations for knowledge and skills in their studies. Early indicators show that they are working towards achieving Grades 7 to 9 at GCSE.

Students’ receive at least 3 formal assessments a year within each subject area. Where a student is shown to have exceeded their target, students will be congratulated and, their target will be raised accordingly to ensure there is always an extra amount of challenge and ambition.