17 September 2025
Academic Integrity
Academic Integrity
- Consider it a cogent academic ‘roadmap’ not two or three separate academic years or cycles
- Feedback every half term with regular, focused written comments in grade cards to facilitate progress and development - Increased parents’ evenings structured around mock examinations - Little and often approach to examination practice, preparation and feedback.
Indicative 2-year assessment pattern
Academic Integrity Indicative 3-year assessment pattern
Academic Integrity
- Target grades - designed to be aspirational but realistic to gently challenge pupils to be the best they can be
- Target grades based primarily on professional teacher judgement informed by evidence in class, written work and the discussion with the pupil
- Attainment is tracked using a PRAG indicator
- Critical importance of a growth mindset, engagement with feedback and reflecting on learning processes.
Academic Integrity
- Encouraging independent and reflective learners
- Take responsibility for their own progress
- Think about skills and processes, not outcomes
- Holistic approach with the tutor overseeing progress
- Starting to consider the longer journey and potential professional and higher education pathways.
GCSE
TARGET TRACKER
2025-7
2025-8
Academic Integrity
* Illustrative – full list on the portal
Academic Integrity
- Student Futures Evening - Thursday, 12
February
- Student Futures Lunchtime talks and workshops hosted by Mrs Wigley, the Student Futures Co-ordinator - Student Futures Clinic drop-in (time tbc) - One to one sessions - PSHE lessons: Unifrog - Higher Education advice by Mrs Jones.
Michael Markovich, Sony Sports CCO, who delivered the first talk of the term
Academic Integrity
Academic Integrity
- Numeracy-based A Level subjects, higher education courses and professions require at least a Grade 6 in Maths and English Language (if not more)
- Important to achieve facilitating grades in the subjects and related subjects you might wish to study at A Level
- Universities consider an average point score across eight subjects as a critical criteria
- Further Maths important if considering numeracybased university courses that might require the ESAT or TMUA as part of an admissions process.
* Illustrative – full list on the portal
Year 9 PSHE Topics this year
Autumn Term
Spring Term
* For the full programme, please see this week’s newsletter to parents
Summer Term
Year 10 PSHE Topics this year
Autumn Term
* For the full programme, please see this week’s newsletter to parents
Student and parent support
Teen Tips and Wellbeing Hub
Themes until Christmas:
- September – Puberty
- October - How to talk to your teen about...
- November - Understanding mental illness
- December – Helping your child to thrive.
The Duke of Edinburgh award scheme
Bronze (Y9) and Silver (Y10)
The expectation for each section is around 1 hour per week
Year 9 Bronze Award launch to parents - Tuesday 23 September 7-8pm in the Great Room
Thank you for joining us this evening
We are happy to stay to answer individual questions