Our Curriculum It is a great benefit that the British School of Bahrain is a Nursery-through-Year 13 school as this considerably eases the transition anxieties students sometimes experience in going from one phase of education to the next. It is also the strong basis underpinning our school community and spirit. The fact that we are one school and not three separate schools is an important and valued part of our school ethos.
External Assessments and Examinations ENTRANCE & BASELINE ASSESSMENTS
Our admissions team use CAT4 assessments to assess our students’ cognitive ability in English, Mathematics, Non-Verbal Reasoning and Spatial Awareness. These tests give us an agerelated score which is used to give us an indication of a student’s potential to succeed. Baseline assessments, such as the CEM InCAS, MIDYIS, YELLIS and ALIS assessment, enable us to set aspirational targets for each student in each of their subjects, which they should achieve by the end of the year or examination course. STUDENT ASSESSMENT DATA Student assessment data is collected at Key Stages 1 and 2 through teacher assessments and online or standard assessment tasks. This assists us in assessing and comparing our educational programme and our students’ achievements against standardised benchmarks.
Infant School Students in Nursery and Reception take the ASPECTS and BASE baseline assessments in the first half of term 1 each year. Students in Year1 and Year2 take the InCAS baseline assessment on the first half of term 1 annually. Moderated teacher assessment is ongoing throughout the year in reading, writing and mathematics and used to inform planning. KEY STAGE 2 Students in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 take the CEM InCAS baseline assessment in the first half of term 1 each year. Moderated teacher assessment is ongoing throughout the year in all subjects. In Years 5 and 6, cyclical testing takes place each week on a rotating basis, in Arabic, English, Mathematics and Science. Students’ personalised learning targets, and evidence of progress towards those targets, are shared with parents via the Seesaw ePortfolio platform. Your child’s teachers will provide details of how to access the portfolio online. Twice annually - in December and in June - you will receive a written report listing your child’s level of attainment in each subject area, compared with age-related expectations.
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