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Assessment 

At King Athelstan we:

  • Consider our curriculum's purpose and aims for these subjects, and assess whether pupils are meeting them
  • Assess progress against the key skills set out in the programme of study for each subject
  • Evaluate children’s understanding of vocabulary and their ability to remember key facts and information (‘sticky knowledge’)
  • Use Assessment for Learning (AFL) to support teacher judgments during lessons and at the end of topics using a range of retrieval techniques  
  • Look at pupils’ attitudes and the process that they follow, as well as at the end product that they create
  • Assess children’s higher order thinking skills through their use of Bloom’s Taxonomy success criteria
  • Classify pupils’ progress in all foundation subjects as ‘working towards’, ‘secure’ or ‘working above’ the expected standard for their year group

Click here to see King Athelstan Assessment Rationale

 

Click here to see how we assess foundation subjects

 

 

School calendar

  • Parent/Carer Book Looks
    23 February 2026, 3.25-3.55pm
  • Y5 Kingston Train Station Visit
    25 February 2026, Warhol 9.30am/Dali 10.30am
  • World Book Day
    5 March 2026
  • Y6 Science Show at Surbiton High School
    6 March 2026
  • Y5 and Y6 trip to Odeon Kingston
    10 March 2026
  • Y5 Greek Day
    16 March 2026
  • Y4 Trip to Natural History Museum
    17 March 2026
  • Y5 visit to St John's Church
    19 March 2026

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Term Dates 2025
18 July 2025