Hill Park School

As a newly merged school we have been working on developing a new target setting , assessment and progress measuring system. 

This is where we are now...

• every pupil has their attainment and progress in the previous term discussed in a Progress Meeting between the Deputy Head who leads the site and the class teacher/s. This discussion also includes setting personalised targets for the next term. 
• every parent / carer will receive personalised learning targets for their child for the next term. For some pupils this will entail very small Next Steps across a range of areas, for some it will include broader targets as they make progress more quickly and need less repetition.
• some KS4 students will be on accrediattion syllabuses which mean their personalisd learning targets will mostly cover the 'life curriculum' eg independence, social skills, behaviour and emotional development and careers. 
• every pupil's progress against their targets will be graded at the Progress Meeting which will be reported to parents/ carers. This will also enable us to analyse data and look for patterns/ trends that we can work on strategically. 
• we are developing pupils being included in their targets through self- assessment and collaboration with choosing next steps where it is meaningful and appropriate 
• we are working with our sister specialist school Downs View to use a software system 'Onwards and Upwards ', which  enables us to record our data , compare with other schools and create evidence of pupil progress and attainment