Parents’ Consultant Evening

• Current Predicted Grade is the grade your subject teacher believes you will attain at the end of the course based on all your work to date, including coursework submitted.

• Aspirational Target Grade is the grade your teachers expect you to aim for by the end of the course, and is based in part on your GCSE results. These grades are deliberately challenging in order to support you in being the best that you can. In order to achieve these targets, you will need to work hard throughout their time in the sixth form and take advantage of all of the support that the school provides.

• Commitment to Learning grade indicates the effort and learning attitude of the student during their lessons. • Home Learning grade is an indicator of the student’s academic achievement in their home learning tasks.

How and when can I expect the school to contact me about my daughter’s progress?

At Central Foundation, we aim to work in partnership with parents / carers. To help achieve this there are several opportunities for you to meet with us.

As well as the Progress Report mentioned above, you will also receive our regular newsletter ‘Central Issue’. This is always a great read; a real celebration of student achievement. We also send home letters during the year informing you about a wide range of events, activities and information. The majority of letters will be sent home to you via your daughter so please ask her on a regular basis if there are any letters from the school, but will also be available on SIMs Parent App.

There might also be occasions when we need to contact you when things are not going so well in school. On these occasions, you will be contacted and invited into school to speak to a member of staff. We will also contact you when we feel your daughter is working exceptionally well.

• There is one parents evening during the academic year for each year group (see Key Dates). • Parents evenings are held for three main reasons: • To talk about your daughter’s progress at school with her teachers • To discuss strengths and areas your daughter may need more support in • To talk about the next steps.

Do we have to attend? It is crucial that you (and ideally your parent/carer) attend these sessions as they are your opportunity to discuss your progress.

The education system can sometimes seem very complicated and confusing to parents. There have been many changed during the last few years in the way subjects are taught and assessed. The school will not expect you to be familiar with all the subjects and teaching methods used, but attending Parents’ Evenings will help you understand how your daughter is being taught. Attending these meetings will give a positive message to both your daughter and the school, and of course you hear first-hand how she is getting on.

Parents often worry about talking to their daughter’s teachers during a consultation session. They fear they will be told all about the things that have ‘gone wrong’ during the year. This is never the focus, although if there has been concerns, particularly about behaviour or learning, the school should have informed you when the problem first occurred.

What will be discussed? All schools want to work together with parents to provide the best possible education for every student. Teachers will talk to you about your daughter’s general progress, performance in a specific subject, attendance, attitude to school and if she has taken on extra responsibilities. Awards gained and behaviour will probably be discussed as well.