Welcome to our Parent Forum The new exam system

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Welcome to our Parent ForumThe new exam system
what it means for your childs future.
Steve Bizley - Headteacher Dom Ward Deputy
Headteacher

• As of 25th March 2015!

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E Q UI P M E N T
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Current progress measure
5 A- G
5 A- C
5 A- C inc. Eng
5 A- C inc. ma
5 A- C inc. Eng ma
C ma
C Eng
C Eng ma
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New measures of success from 2016

• Progress 8
• Attainment 8
• The percentage achieving C in English and
  maths and progress in each
• The percentage achieving C in the English
  Baccalaureate subjects
• Geography
• History
• Science/Computer Science
• Languages

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Curriculum Timeframe as of March 2015
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
2014-15 New 1st stage English Maths GCSEs begin
2015-16 New 2nd stage GCSEs begin - Sciences Hums Languages etc. Summer 2016 new Progress 8 Accountability measures
2016-17 New 3rd stage GCSEs begin Design Technology New 1st stage English Maths GCSE exams
2017-18 New 2nd stage GCSE exams
2018-19 New 3rd stage GCSE exams
preparing
preparing
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Examination Qualification Reform

• 2016 Currently Yr10 Reformed harder GCSEs. You
  will be judged on best 8 subjects (not 5) so
  every subject is important
• 2017 Currently Yr9 Judged on best 8 including
  reformed English Language, Literature and maths
  (Mix of grades/numbers)
• 2018 Currently Yr 7/8 Judged best 8 including
  new GCSEs in majority of subjects
• All subjects being adjusted / reformed examples
  of English and maths
• Major reform to 6th form

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English language

• (if in Yr 9)
• SPG increasing from 12 to 20 per cent
• Candidates should
• Write effectively and coherently using Standard
  English
• Use grammar correctly and ensure written work
  features accurate spelling and punctuation
• Read a range of literature from the 19th, 20th
  and 21st centuries in preparation for an unseen
  text exam
• Familiarise themselves with non-fiction and other
  writing such as essays, reviews and journalism
  (print and online)

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English literature

• At least one Shakespeare play, a 19th century
  novel, Romantic poetry and contemporary British
  fiction from 1914 onwards.
• Exam will also test unseen texts to encourage
  wider reading
• Exam syllabuses applying to schools in England
  will include no fewer than 15 poems by at least
  five different poets and ensure that children
  cover a minimum of 300 lines.

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Maths GCSE

• From 2015, significantly (c.1/3) more content
• Candidates to master essential concepts in
  greater depth. Syllabus includes a new section on
  ratio, proportion and rates of change, as well as
  requirement to learn key formulae by heart for
  terminal exam
• The syllabus will place a greater focus on real
  world problems, including financial mathematics.
• greater challenge for the most able by
  thoroughly testing their understanding of the
  mathematical knowledge needed for higher level
  study and careers in mathematics, the sciences
  and computing.
• More content, plus double weighting in measures,
  will drive increased curriculum time allocated to
  maths

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Qualification Grade changes

• A - G (A - C good pass)
• 9 1 (4 equivalent of a C but 5 may well become
  the preferred threshold)

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If Year 9 10 or lower years Education reform
and KS4

• Accountability measures from summer 2016
• pupils progress across 8 subjects. So, it is
  likely that an employer/college will begin to
  look at the best 8 subject passes
• pupils achieving a C grade in English and
  maths remains important
• other subjects now become important - pupils
  gaining the Ebacc

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• Pupils progress and attainment will be assessed
  in 8 subjects
• English (the best of English Lang. and English
  Lit.) and maths will be double weighted to
  reflect the importance of these subjects.
• 3 further EBacc subjects.
• 3 other high-value qualifications. This final
  group can include further traditional academic
  subjects, subjects such as art, music and drama,
  and vocational subjects, such as business., as
  well as the second best score of English
  Literature and English Language.

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Blast from the Past! The EBacc (English
Baccalaureate)

• English
• Mathematics
• Sciences (physics, biology, chemistry and
  computer science introduced at GHS this
  September)
• Geography
• History
• Languages (classical and modern).

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The Learning Journey
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Helping your child to succeed
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• 5 Quick wins
• Quiet space to work
• Home learning
• Revision little and often
• Structure sleep
• Talk about learning