Assessment- Please refer to our Woodside Assessment Policy

All EYFS – KS3 learners are baselined using either the Discovery Line or Explore Line. 

For EYFS to Key Stage 3 learners working at the equivalent of P Levels, they will follow the Discovery Line assessment route, to record progress in a range of subjects, similar to the EYFS framework.

For EYFS to Key Stage 3 learners working at National Curriculum level, they will follow the Explorer Line assessment route, to record progress in reading, writing, speaking, listening, number, SSM (shape, space & measures) and U&A (using and applying).

From the baseline assessment data, aspirational end of year targets are set for all subjects.  Progress towards these end of year targets is documented through percentage progress within each aspect/subject.

Progress towards these targets is discussed with parents/carers at termly Progress Review Days and in the individual learners’ end of year report.

Staff use a wide range of formative assessment to track learners’ progress.  This is carried out on a termly basis.

The data produced from these assessments are discussed during termly pupil progress meetings with senior leaders, as well as being shared with parents/carers during Progress Review Day meetings.

All pupils in Reception undertake the Reception Baseline Assessment within their first 6 weeks of being educated at Woodside Academy.

At the end of their Reception year, all pupils at Woodside Academy are assessed against the 17 Early Learning Goals (ELGs) using the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile.

Pupils in Year 1 will not take the Phonics Screening Check (PSC) if they:

• Have shown no understanding of the grapheme-phoneme correspondences, or
• Are unable to participate even when using suitable access arrangements.

Pupils in Year 2 will not take the KS1 SATs if they:

• Have not completed the KS1 programme of study, or
• Are working below the overall standard of the KS1 tests, or
• Are unable to participate even when using suitable access arrangements.

Pupils in Year 4 will not take the Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) if they:

• Are working below expectation for year 2 in multiplication tables and are considered unable to answer the easiest questions, or
• Are unable to access the check, even when using access arrangements.

Pupils in Year 6 will not take the KS2 SATs if they:

• Have not completed the KS2 programme of study, or
• Are working below the overall standard of the KS2 tests, or
• Are unable to participate even when using suitable access arrangements.

At Woodside, students in Key Stage 4 and Post 16 have the opportunity to experience a range of subjects in order to develop their strengths and build on areas of development.  All subjects are studied to accreditation level.  This ranges from Entry Level 1 through to Level 1.