How children's progress and achievement is assessed

To work out where each child is at in reading, writing and maths in relation to the National Standards, teachers will make an overall teacher judgement using a range of assessments, including:

• what they have seen in the classroom
• talking about learning with children
• children’s assessment of their own and each others’ work
• results from formal tests.

Teachers will use the overall teacher judgment to work out each child’s next learning steps and to set goals for their learning. School reporting will clearly show your child’s progress and achievement, what the teacher and school will do to help your child reach their goals, and what you can do at home to support your child’s learning.

Why is assessment important?

Your child’s learning will be assessed throughout their time at school. Assessment gives teachers useful information about how well students are progressing, and what students need to do next to continue learning.