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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

  • Inset Day - children not in school
    1 October 2025
  • A Day in the Life of Nursery
    2 October 2025, 8.30AM/12.30PM
  • A Day in the Life of Reception
    3 October 2025, 8.35am
  • Individual & Sibling School Photos
    7 October 2025
  • World Mental Health Day
    10 October 2025
  • Half Term
    27 - 31 Oct 2025
  • Festive Fair!
    29 November 2025, 12-4pm
  • Thinker's Project Exhibitions
    16 December 2025, 3.20-3.50pm and 5.30-6pm

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Term Dates 2025
18 July 2025