REPORTS TO PARENTS, STUDENTS & PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES

E ective communication between teachers and parents is vital; we want you to feel supremely confident that you have chosen the best environment for your child with regard to both academic progress and pastoral care, which enhances each student’s personal development.

Twice a year, subject teachers prepare a formal report to parents regarding the progress of each student. This will appear on the ManageBac learning platform. As an o cial document, the phrasing of the report is likely to be a ected by external programmer’s curriculum descriptors: to demonstrate that there has been an opportunity to practise a particular skill, to tackle a specified theme, to work as part of a group, or to study a particular topic. At the same time, teachers wish to communicate clearly with parents: to comment on behaviour, quality of work, timeliness of homework, participation in class and general progress in a particular subject. End of year reports may include examination results for internal testing; for IGCSE, A-Level and the IB Diploma, teachers may also include internal assessment/assessed coursework, and predicted grades, if applicable.

For Students & Parent/Teacher Conferences there are particular times set aside on the school calendar when parents, accompanied by their child, are invited to make a 10-minute appointment to discuss their child with all of the subject teachers. The PTC days run from 8.30am-3.30pm both online and in person. These dates have been scheduled for the Autumn and Spring terms: initial feedback about settling into the semester, and an opportunity to discuss comments from the reports:

Semester 1

Monday 2nd & Tuesday 3rd October 2023

Semester 2

Thursday 21st & Friday 22nd March 2024