We host two mid-year parent/teacher conferences to discuss current progress, recent or new interventions and any concerns about behaviour and attendance. These formal meetings are outside of the ongoing support our team offers parents/carers, whenever the need arises.
Progression is also discussed in detail during the pupil’s Annual Review of their Education, Health and Care Plan – for more details Reviews & Meetings.
An annual academic report is produced by teachers in the summer term where progress over the year is celebrated. This provides parents with a summary of how their child has engaged and progressed in the Quests completed over the year, in specialist subjects such as Science, Computing, Art and PE and in their social development and wellbeing.
At St Nicholas we passionately believe in helping all our students grow as learners and reach their true potential. Each pupil has their own targets for personal and academic development which are monitored, measured and recorded by our teaching staff. To help us do this we operate the following processes to identify, assess and record achievement and progress.
Each pupil has identified personal targets contained in an Individual Student Assessment Record (ISAR) to support the achievement of their Educational, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) outcomes.
Each pupil also has identified personal targets contained within their ISAR to support achievement in the curriculum which we set out in knowledge and skill ‘steps’ to ensure both coverage and progress of skills and knowledge. These ‘steps’ have been designed to support progress towards the National Qualification Framework for Entry Level 1, 2 and 3. Level 1 and 2 and GCSE. The graphic below shows how our ‘steps’ relate to the National Qualification Framework.
Teachers regularly assess outcomes in curriculum subjects using our own bespoke assessment system that measures these knowledge and skill ‘steps’ in terms of emerging, developing or achieved.
All targets contained within a student’s ISAR are assessed and reviewed each half term.
The graphic below shows the assessment process.
When pupils move into Key Stage 4 subjects are accredited through General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE), The Business and Technology Council (BTEC), Level 1 Award, Level 2 Award and Entry Level Certificate (ELC).
We offer a wide range of accreditations at various levels to help ensure that our students get the accreditations they need to secure the Post 16 placement they seek.
GCSE:
We offer Art, Craft and Design GCSE where appropriate and have had many successes over the years.
Level 2:
We offer a BTEC L2 Home Cooking Skills accreditation, which has been a popular subject over recent years and one where great success has been achieved.
We also offer Maths and English Level 2 accreditations where appropriate.
Level 1:
We offer Maths and English Level 1 accreditations, The Duke of York Inspiring Digital Enterprise-Bronze Award in Computing and a BTEC L1 Home Cooking to as many of our students as possible.
Entry Level:
We offer Maths, English, Science, Computing and PE Entry Level accreditations to all our students.
Miscellaneous
We offer the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award, various ASDAN and Entry Level AQA/OCR Unit awards and certificates. Subjects can vary and will often depend on the interests and skills of specific cohorts.
Please click on the icons below for more details about our accreditation providers: