Year 10 Information Evening for Parents 2015

 Key personnel  Information about Key Stage four  Relevance of good attendance  Key dates  Work Experience information  Answer questions Aims of The Evening

 Mr P Adams – Headteacher  Dr J Tinker – Deputy Headteacher  Mr G Simms – Assistant Headteacher (Teaching & Learning)  Mrs A Millward – Assistant Headteacher (Pupil Support)  Mrs R Stokes – Assistant Headteacher (SENCo)  Mr M Hartshorn –Learning Manager Key Personnel

 Different from Key Stage 3  Increased demands on pupil time  Increased responsibility  Increased issues with homework, revision, coursework Life in Key Stage 4

 Link between good attendance and high achievement is well proven  One half day’s absence per week results in a pupil attaining only a 90% attendance  Equates to the pupil having missed four whole weeks of lessons in the school year  Over five years this would total half of a school year Attendance

 Attendance officer  Partner with school  Provider of tools  Banker  Study buddy  Entertainments officer  Sounding board and adviser  Project manager Role of Parents

 Some subjects will do coursework / assignments during Year 10  Some work will need to be completed at home  Pupils will be closely monitored if they do not meet deadlines or fall behind  Pupils need a disciplined approach Coursework / Assignments / Controlled Assessments

 Encourage students to read a greater range of high quality, challenging literature  Reading and writing will be equally weighted  Greater focus on making sure that students are able to write clearly and accurately, in good Standard English  Increased emphasis on spelling, punctuation and grammar including the use of vocabulary  Tiers will be removed GCSE English Language (Ofqual)

 Encourage students to read a wide range of classic literature fluently with the assessment of …..  Tiers will be removed  Increased assessment of unseen texts  Quality of writing in the response to texts will be assessed GCSE English Literature (Ofqual)

 More demanding with additional content and greater assessment  More focus on making sure that every student masters the fundamentals of maths.  More emphasis on reasoning and problem solving  Tiering structure will remain the same, with an overlap between the tiers at grades 4 and 5. GCSE Maths (Ofqual)

 Same proportion of students will achieve a grade 4 and above as currently achieve a grade C and above  Same proportion of students will achieve a grade 7 and above as currently achieve an A and above  Top 20% of those who get grade 7 or above will get a grade 9  The bottom of grade 1 will be aligned with the bottom of grade G  Grade 5 will be positioned in the top third of the marks for a current Grade C and bottom third of the marks for a current Grade B  Greater demand than the present grade C 1-9 Grading System (Ofqual)

 Monitoring – December 2015  Parent’s evening – December 2015  Monitoring – March 2016  Year 10 exams – May 2016  Reports – June 2016  Work experience – July 2016 Key Dates in Year 10

 Monitoring – October 2016  College talks - October 2016  Careers evening – October 2016  College taster days – November 2016  College open evenings – November 2016  Parent’s evening – November 2016  Mock exams – November & December 2016  Reports – January 2017  College applications – February 2017  Monitoring – May 2017  GCSE examinations – May/June 2017 Key Dates in Year 11

 Various forms of intervention in place for pupils requiring additional support  Pupils will be monitored and highlighted if they are underachieving  Year 10 & 11 academic mentoring programme Intervention

 Starts Monday 4 th July 2016 for a fortnight  Placements  Pupil responsibility  Family links / businesses  Placement forms  List of placements  Health & Safety checks  Different circumstances  Additional information Work Experience

 Letters  Student planners  s  Text messages  Facebook  School website  Newsletter Communication from school

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