GCSE HouseReforms Life IN LESSONS:
Ask your teacher to come back to the house to see Matron—if necessary arrange for you to see a nurse. • All GCSE subjects are now graded and assessed using theshe newwill 9-1 structure; • 9 is the highest grade, awarded to the very best candidates in the subject. The official definition of a grade-9 DURING THE NIGHT TIME: Knock on the Houseparent or resident tutor’s door… long enough to wake candidate is that they will be ‘in the top 20% of those achieving grades 7-9 in the subject’; someone up! • In every subject, the content is more demanding and the assessment more rigorous than previously; parents will bebecontacted if youInare ill and have to be confined for a of number of days •Your The assessment will mainly by exam. some subjects such as Drama and to Art,House other types assessment will or need to spend time convalescing at home. be used only where they are needed to test essential skills. For further information about assessment, please speak to the relevant Head of Department. Matrons can usually take you to medical appointments outside school if your parents are unable to. Tiering of exams DENTAL APPOINTMENTS: These should be made during the school The new GCSEs are only split into foundation tier and higher tier if one single exam paperholidays does not whenever give all students possible. Emergency and orthodontic treatment be arranged the opportunity to show their knowledge and abilities. Consequently, exams are tiered in Biology, can Chemistry, French, via Matron. German, Maths, Physics and Spanish. MINIBUS (Link with train station) New Current grading structure grading structure A minibus is available to take pupils to Hook Station on Saturdays at 12.00pm or at 4.30pm on Fridays 9 is awarded to those on exeat or half term weekends. 9 pupils achieving what A* currently be Awould minibus also picks up from Hook Station at 7.25pm on Sunday evenings. 8 a top A*: perhaps at 96%+ Ifaround you wish to use this service you need to sign up on the bookingAsheet in Reception by Friday 7 Under the updated lunchtime, or by Thursday lunchtime for an exeat/half term weekends. structure, the ‘good 6 GOOD PASS (DfE) B pass’ for Maths and 5 and above = top of C and above This service is also available at the start and end of each term. 5 English is a 5, which is Schools are no longer AWARDING on the border between C 4 and above = bottom of C and above 4 assessed on A*-C a C and a B under the statistics,AND but on ‘9-4’ BANK MONEY HOUSE D old system. 3 statistics. E 2 or events can be added to the school bill or money can be We are cashless. Any money for tuck F the House Bank details. transferred to the House account. Please ask your Houseparent for 1 G U U
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