MOnitoring and Reporting Progress

A successful education is all about an active partnership between the home and school.

We attach great importance to a regular two-way communication and we regard homework as an important link which we insist is completed on time.

Students in years 7 and 8 will normally have homework from two or three subject a night and should have to spend, on average, on hour completing it. The amount of time needed to be spent on homework will increase as the student moves up through the school. You will be sent a homework timetable for the particular year group each September. Every tusent in Years 7 to 11 has a homework diary and we ask you to check it every week and sign it. This is your easiest way of monitoring the work that your child is doing. Please tell us of any concerns that you may have about homework as soon as possible. The Form Tutor will also check the diary regularly.

As a Year 7 parent you will have a parents'evening to meet the tutor in November. Later in the year you will have a chance to meet every other subject teacher. In addition, you will receive two effort grade sheets and a full report showing achievement and effort. In subsequent years you will have one parents' evening each year.

Each department will review indidivual progress regularly. Setting arrangements will be reviewed at intervals during the year and you will have a letter explaining any changes. Parents are welcome to contact the appropriate pastoral head at any time to discuss any concerns they may have. Pastoral staff may well ask parents to come in to discuss problems being encountered in school.

As a school we do everything possible to encourage and recognise personal achievement and a positive attitude towards all aspects of school life. Teachers will recognise a child's achievement by awarding merit certificates when appropriate. We hold an annual Prize Day Evening when the outstanding successes of students of all abilities are acknowledged. Further students are awareded commendation certificates during House Assemblies.

When a child's behaviour and progress cause us very serious concern, we will set up a Pastoral Support Plan. This will be written following a joint meeting of the students, parents, key teachers and an education officer. Other professionals such as an educational welfare officer, educational psychologist and social worker will be involved if appropriate. The plan will be reviewed at a meeting every eight weeks.