At St Clement’s High School we use many different forms of assessment to check students’ knowledge, assess their abilities, and recognise where further help and support is needed.

Key Stage Three 

A variety of assessment methods are used in order to ascertain where the pupils are in relation to KS3 expectations. These may take the form of:

•  End of topic tests

• Extended writing tasks 

• Retrieval quizzes and activities

• Verbal responses  

• Formal Trust assessments

These help to form judgements which will be fed back to parents through written reports and, verbally, at parents’ evenings.

Key Stage Four

In addition to the methods used in Key Stage Three, our Year 10 and 11 students will:

• Complete regular exam-style questions to support their awareness of the content and style of the papers they will be taking for GCSE

• Complete ‘mock’ exams (known as PPEs or Pre-Public Examinations) in the setting in which the real GCSEs will take place

• Complete coursework or projects for subjects where this is part of the course requirements.

Advice and guidance on how to prepare for assessments is regularly given by achievement leads, form tutors and class teachers so that every student has the best chance of success.