How We Assess
At Ravens Wood School, our main assessment focus is our daily use of 'responsive teaching' - the advanced questioning used by our teachers in every lesson to assess students' knowledge and understanding, informing planning ahead of the next lesson. This formative assessment is underpinned by our Review, Plan, Teach approach to marking - further details below.
How we mark at RWS:
Our approach to marking and feedback is detailed in the video below.
How we assess students and report to parents/carers:
Students in all year groups will have at least either a parent’s evening or the outcomes of a summative assessment reported home each term. The full 2024/25 Assessment and Reporting calendar is attached at the bottom of this section. However, it is important to note that this calendar is provisional and subject to change in response to future Government updates.
With regards to RWS7, we need to introduce a bespoke and comprehensive approach to understanding where each of our year 7 pupils are on their learning journey. With this in mind, we are adopting a unique fourfold approach to assess their current working level, which is outlined below:
Date | Strategy | Further Information |
W/C 2nd September | Mixed Ability Sets |
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W/C 2nd September | Writing Age Task |
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Half term 1 | Cognitive Ability Testing (CATs) |
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4th November | Snapshot Assessments |
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With regards to RWS11 and RWS13, all PPE (Pre-Public Examination) assessments will be in the Examination Hall and invigilated by external invigilators. Should we receive any information from the Department of Education regarding concessions or alternative arrangements for summer public examinations for these year groups, we will communicate them to you.
With regards to RWS12, individual Departments may elect to carry out baseline assessments of students at the beginning of the course in order to determine initial levels of understanding and help inform future planning.
How we revise:
We encourage all of our students to adopt a proactive ethos to their studies in order to become truly independent learners. Effective revision at Ravens Wood School must be deliberate, active and repetitive. To help our students work out which revision strategy is the right one for them, please look at the "Making the most of it" revision document below. This was originally put together for our students in RWS11, but the techniques discussed are applicable to all year groups!