GCSE HouseReforms Life IF YOU FEEL UNWELL: • All GCSE subjects are now graded and assessed using the new 9-1 structure; DURING THE DAY TIME: See Matron or any duty staff • 9 is the highest grade, awarded to the very best candidates in the subject. The official definition of a grade-9 candidate is that they will be ‘in the top 20% of those achieving grades 7-9 in the subject’; IN LESSONS: Ask your teacher to come back to the house to see Matron—if • In every subject, the content is more demanding assessment more than previously; necessary sheand willthe arrange for you torigorous see a nurse. • The assessment will be mainly by exam. In some subjects such as Drama and Art, other types of assessment will DURING THEwhere NIGHT TIME: Walktothrough to Miss Liggins’s house and shout be used only they are needed test essential skills. For further information aboutand assessment, please speak knock—you can ring the house landline and mobile anytime to the relevant Head of Department.
Tiering of examswill be contacted if you are ill and have to be confined to House for a number of days or Your parents
need toGCSEs spendare time at home. The new onlyconvalescing split into foundation tier and higher tier if one single exam paper does not give all students the opportunity to show their knowledge and abilities. Consequently, exams are tiered in Biology, Chemistry, French, MatronsMaths, can usually you to medical appointments outside school if your parents are unable to. German, Physics take and Spanish.
DENTAL APPOINTMENTS: These should be made during the school holidays whenever possible. EmergencyNew and orthodontic treatment can be arranged via Matron. Current grading structure grading structure MINIBUS (Link with train station) 9 is awarded to those achieving what to take pupils9to Hook Station on Saturdays at 12.00pm or at 4.30pm on Fridays Apupils minibus is available A* would currently on exeat or halfbe term weekends. 8 a top A*: perhaps at 96%+ Aaround minibus also picks up from Hook 7 Station at 7.25 pm on Sunday A evenings. Under the updated structure, the ‘good 6 GOOD (DfE)bookingBsheet in Reception by Friday If you wish to use this service you need to sign up PASS on the pass’ for Maths and 5 and above = top of C and above lunchtime, or by Thursday lunchtime 5 for an exeat/half term weekends. English is a 5, which is Schools are no longer AWARDING on the border between C 4and and above bottom of C and above 4 assessed on A*-C This service is also available at the start end= of each term. a C and a B under the statistics, but on ‘9-4’ D old system. 3 statistics. E 2 MONEY AND HOUSE BANK F 1 G school bill or money can be We are cashless. Any money for tuck or events can be added to the transferred to the House account. Please ask your Houseparent for U U the House Bank details.
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