Issue - meetings

The updated assessment guidance was brought to the attention of members. It had an 8-point scale for measuring attainment for pupils up to Key Stage 3. There were also ‘P’ level scales for SEN pupils.

It was agreed that a letter would be sent out to school Heads informing them of the SACRE website, which forms part of the London Grid for Learning.

Cllr Jones enquired about whether schools were using this 8-point scale to assess their pupils. Denise stated that this was unknown. It was likely to be used more by specialist RE teachers in Key Stage 3 than by primary schools.

The Chair informed the Committee that the GCSE results were the only tangible measures of pupil attainment available. The data for the 2006 exams would be available for the December meeting of the Committee.