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Assessment

Assessment is an integral part of our curriculum and our teachers constantly assess the progress that children are making and use this information to inform next steps in planning.

Alongside this formative assessment are tests  and quizzes that teachers set and statutory tests also set by the Department for Education.

Statutory tests
Children in all mainstream schools sit end of Key Stage tests in Year 2 and Year 6, in addition children in Year 1 participate in a phonic screening check to access their phonic knowledge and children in Year 4 participate in a Multiplication Check (MTC) to assess their multiplication knowledge. All of the above mentioned checks are statutory requirements, the links below will provide you with additional information.

KS1 & KS2
Please find below links to the Standards & Testing Agency Information Booklet for parents about the national curriculum test and associated results for Key Stage 1 and 2.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/results-at-the-end-of-key-stage-1-information-for-parents
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/results-at-the-end-of-key-stage-2-information-for-parents

Phonics Screening Checks
The Year 1 phonics screening check is not a formal test, but a way for your child’s teacher to ensure that they are making sufficient progress with their phonics skills to read words and that they are on track to become fluent readers who can enjoy reading for pleasure and for learning. Throughout the year, we may use a past paper to informally assess the children’s progress. Year 1 children usually take the phonics screening check in early June. 


MTC
Please find below links to the Standards & Testing Agency Information Booklet for parents about the
Multiplication Tables check. This is a statutory test for children in Year 4 and takes place during June.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/multiplication-tables-check-information-for-parents

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Sissinghurst (VA) Church of England
Primary School
Common Road
Cranbrook
Kent
TN17 2BH

01580 713895