Assessment
If at any time of the year you have concerns over your child’s progress or assessment please contact Mrs L Rainey, Assistant Headteacher, Raising Standards.
At Sale High School we believe from the moment a student starts Sale High School that they should have aspirational dreams, goals and targets. When students, parents and schools work together a child can flourish.
What we want to achieve
- To acquire, develop and master skills and knowledge that are required for success in their GCSEs.
- To incorporates summative assessment which supports continual formative feedback.
- Allows the pupil to reflect on their learning and revisit if required.
- Allows parents to support their child’s learning.
- Clearly shows when students are on/not on track to meet their target so swift and effective intervention can take place whatever their year group
Assessment over a half term
- One piece (two for KS4) of work will be marked every half term and detailed feedback given by the teachers on what you did well and what you need to do to improve.
- Other work will be acknowledged, self or peer assessed
- One assessment per half term based on grade descriptors
- Teachers will be using and referring to grade descriptors. These will be available in exercise books and on the school website.
- PLCs will be used at KS4.
Please follow the link for KS3 Grade descriptors
KS3 Revision Event Thursday 21st March 2024
Reporting to Parents
- Assessment reports will be available 4x a year (2 of these reports will contain examination grades)
- Assessment reports contain information to let you know if your child is on track to meet their aspirational Year 11 GCSE Grade, attitude to learning and homework for each subject.
- There will be a Winter and Summer exam series each year and we will report % for each subject.
- Year 11 will have an additional set of exams in March.
- Once a year a full written report
- Once a year parents evening
- Parent Information evenings will support in the preparation for exams.
For more detail about assessment, reporting and how you can help your child please visit
Understanding Assessment at SHS
Parents Evening
Parents Evening takes place once per year for each year group. See the school calendar for dates. The majority of parents evening will take place online. All year groups will also have an additional ‘welcome evening’ where parents can meet their child’s form tutor. Parents Evenings provide an opportunity to meet your child’s subject teachers. Bookings can be made via the online booking system, accessed from the homepage, approximately 2-3 weeks prior to the date of your Parents Evening. For full instructions on how to book please follow the link at the bottom of the page.
Parents Evening Schedule 2023/2024
Year 7 | Thursday 7th March 2024 |
Year 8 | Thursday 25th April 2024 |
Year 9 | Thursday 16th November 2023 |
Year 10 | Thursday 22nd February 2024 |
Year 11 | Thursday 25th January 2024 |
Welcome Evening Schedule 2023/24
Year 7 | Thursday 5th October 2023 |
Year 8 | Tuesday 3rd October 2023 |
Year 9 | Tuesday 10th October 2023 |
Year 10 | Thursday 21st September 2023 |
Year 11 | Tuesday 19th September 2023 |
KS3 Revision Event Thursday 21st March 2024