YR10 Reporting & Assessment

The “Current Grade” is the grade your child is currently working at, based on the information available to their teacher. This includes classwork, homework, and assessments completed so far.

These numbers mirror the GCSE and BTEC grading systems. GCSE grades range from 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest). A grade 4 is considered a standard pass, and a grade 5 is a strong pass. Grade 7 is equivalent to an A grade in the old GCSE grading system.  These grades are not predictions of final results but indicate current working levels.  Please refer to the table below for a comparison of the BTEC and GCSE grading systems.

Not necessarily.  It is important to remember that every child is different and will progress at different rates.  The progress section of the report highlights whether your child is making expected progress, based on their KS2 data (compared with other students nationally who achieved the same scores in their KS2 SATs).  The progress section of the report identifies subjects where improvement is needed.

Subjects use different approaches to calculate the current grade depending on the structure and components of their course.  For example subjects such as Science report the grade achieved in stand-alone units of work and therefore we would expect grades for these subjects to be higher at the start of the course and closer to the grade they will eventually receive. ​

Subjects such as maths report the grade that reflects the GCSE grade your child is currently working at - if they sat a full GCSE exam today this is the grade they would likely achieve. These subjects build knowledge and skills over the duration of the course and are not taught in topics which means that at the start of the course these grades may seem lower than some other subjects.  Therefore it is important to use the progress indicators, rather than the current grade, to determine if your child is making the expected progress in a particular subject.