Assessment and Testing, Continuity and Progression
In the Nursery School, children are assessed during their first few weeks with us. This provides a ‘baseline’ assessment from which progress can be monitored throughout their time in the Foundation Stage.
Children in the Nursery School are assessed using the ARK statements recommended by the Lincolnshire Birth to Five Service. Staff also complete a ‘Learning Journey’ for each child. This provides a visual record of each child’s goals and achievements. The 'Learning Journey' is used to inform assessment and is a focus for discussion at termly Open Evenings.
This information then feeds into the Foundation Stage Profile which is completed at the end of the Reception year, thus providing a sound method of tracking each child’s progress on an individual basis.
Assessment at this stage enables staff to gain a clear picture of each child’s skills such as reading readiness, sounds known, numbers, pencil control, concentration, social awareness and so on and ensures that staff members know their children very well indeed!
At Bicker we operate a ‘designated teacher’ system to ensure that your child has a key member of staff who is responsible for their progress and well being. This person will have a sound knowledge of your child enabling them to speak in detail about your child during Open Evenings.
A record of reading readiness, sounds known, numbers, pencil control, concentration, social awareness and so on.
When children move in to the Reception class the receiving teacher has an accurate account of the curriculum areas covered throughout the Nursery years.
All parents are kept closely informed as to the development of their children and we have Open Evenings each term when work is viewed and progress discussed.
At Key Stages 1 and 2 children are tested on a regular basis to monitor progress.
There is a weekly spelling and maths test and homework is set each evening based around the core subjects of the National Curriculum.
There are termly Open Evenings for parents to view work and discuss progress or concerns.
Examinations are set in the Summer Term based on work completed throughout the academic year.
These results are detailed on the annual school report which parents receive in June.
SATS come at the end of Key Stage 1 and at the end of Key Stage 2. These results give the national average level of achievement reached at the end of each Key Stage. Children with reading difficulties are closely monitored and receive additional specialist help which many include an Individual Education Programme with a high focus on the areas of concern.
Parents are consulted and kept fully informed as to the progress made.
Children are encouraged through a structured reading programme to become fluent readers.
Here at Bicker we focus on what the child can do [not what they cannot do] and use that as a starting point for their future education.
Children are expected to attend for full terms to ensure that all areas of the curriculum are covered.
Family holidays in term time are discouraged as they create huge gaps in a child's education which can rarely be retrieved; evidence of this is seen when assessment and testing take place during the Summer term.
11+ Examination in Year 6
Children are prepared and familiarised with the examination techniques of timed tests and ensuring the questions will have been fully understood.
Parents choose whether or not to enter their child for the 11+ Examination.
The test normally take place at Bicker Preparatory School during the Autumn Term.
Staff and parents together consider the attributes of every child to ensure that the child is matched to the right school when the time comes for Secondary transfer.
Children in the Nursery School are assessed using the ARK statements recommended by the Lincolnshire Birth to Five Service. Staff also complete a ‘Learning Journey’ for each child. This provides a visual record of each child’s goals and achievements. The 'Learning Journey' is used to inform assessment and is a focus for discussion at termly Open Evenings.
This information then feeds into the Foundation Stage Profile which is completed at the end of the Reception year, thus providing a sound method of tracking each child’s progress on an individual basis.
Assessment at this stage enables staff to gain a clear picture of each child’s skills such as reading readiness, sounds known, numbers, pencil control, concentration, social awareness and so on and ensures that staff members know their children very well indeed!
At Bicker we operate a ‘designated teacher’ system to ensure that your child has a key member of staff who is responsible for their progress and well being. This person will have a sound knowledge of your child enabling them to speak in detail about your child during Open Evenings.
A record of reading readiness, sounds known, numbers, pencil control, concentration, social awareness and so on.
When children move in to the Reception class the receiving teacher has an accurate account of the curriculum areas covered throughout the Nursery years.
All parents are kept closely informed as to the development of their children and we have Open Evenings each term when work is viewed and progress discussed.
At Key Stages 1 and 2 children are tested on a regular basis to monitor progress.
There is a weekly spelling and maths test and homework is set each evening based around the core subjects of the National Curriculum.
There are termly Open Evenings for parents to view work and discuss progress or concerns.
Examinations are set in the Summer Term based on work completed throughout the academic year.
These results are detailed on the annual school report which parents receive in June.
SATS come at the end of Key Stage 1 and at the end of Key Stage 2. These results give the national average level of achievement reached at the end of each Key Stage. Children with reading difficulties are closely monitored and receive additional specialist help which many include an Individual Education Programme with a high focus on the areas of concern.
Parents are consulted and kept fully informed as to the progress made.
Children are encouraged through a structured reading programme to become fluent readers.
Here at Bicker we focus on what the child can do [not what they cannot do] and use that as a starting point for their future education.
Children are expected to attend for full terms to ensure that all areas of the curriculum are covered.
Family holidays in term time are discouraged as they create huge gaps in a child's education which can rarely be retrieved; evidence of this is seen when assessment and testing take place during the Summer term.
11+ Examination in Year 6
Children are prepared and familiarised with the examination techniques of timed tests and ensuring the questions will have been fully understood.
Parents choose whether or not to enter their child for the 11+ Examination.
The test normally take place at Bicker Preparatory School during the Autumn Term.
Staff and parents together consider the attributes of every child to ensure that the child is matched to the right school when the time comes for Secondary transfer.
