30th March 2023

Dear Parents/Carers

As you are aware we changed Maths groups at half term. We will be changing English groups after Easter. In addition, Year 7 students will be swapping onto their third language of the year. New timetables will be issued after half term.

We will be assessing progress in the summer term for all KS3 students and reporting this to you at the end of term. We are going to be running Progress tests in English and Maths in Years 7, 8 and 9, and Science in Year 9. These are done by computer and are part of the GL CATs assessment scheme that students have previously completed. We hope to report the results of these tests late in the summer term. The tests will be done as follows:

Year 7 – week beginning 17th April

Year 9 - week beginning 24th April

Year 8 – week beginning 2nd May

Students will also be completing GL Pupil Attitude surveys which we use to inform our pastoral support programmes.

We are also planning to run end of year tests in most subjects and our intention is to report these results to you, alongside an average for the year group. We hope that this will mean you feel more informed about your child’s progress. These tests will be done in class.

May I thank you for your continuing support

Yours sincerely

Ms Isobel Ashmead

Assistant Headteacher KS3