How to get the most out of Interim 1
To keep you updated on your child’s academic progress, you will be emailed interim reports three times per year, or four times if your child is in Y10 or Y12.
Of course, we’ll discuss these grades in school, but parents’ input is also vital to ensure that students take on board the information and act on it.
So please take time to discuss every interim report with your child, starting with interim 1 which is arriving now or in the next few weeks.
Here are two examples of what a report could look like:
- Attainment
The grade your child is currently achieving, based on their most recent assessments.
From Y8 onwards, we use GCSE grades which range from 9-1 (with grade 9 being the top grade) and as they progress through the school these grades should be improving; at A Level, students are graded on an A-E scale.
- Attitude to Learning (A2L)
This is graded using the following criteria:
- 1: Excellent
- 2: Very Good
- 3: Satisfactory
- 4: Requires Improvement
- 5: Very Poor
You are also informed in this column if, in any of their subjects, there is a persistent Homework concern (with the letter ‘H’) or a serious classroom behaviour concern (with the letter ‘B’).
Please praise and encourage your child where their A2L is positive.
Similarly, please help them to reflect where their A2L needs improvement and support them in arriving at strategies to address this.
You’ll also see attendance data – anything below 96% will impact negatively on their progress.
Finally, there is information about Behaviour Points – please have a serious discussion with them if they have any – and Character Points, which are always worthy of celebration, so please congratulate your child about them.
Thanks for your support – it really makes a difference – and please contact your child’s form tutor or their relevant subject teacher if you have any specific questions about their reports.
