Education – Assessment and Progress

I am sure you’re aware that we are in Wales following a New Curriculum since September 2022, the Curriculum for Wales. As part of this change, there has been a change in how we share information with you about your child’s development whilst at Ysgol Penybryn. We will report on learners’ progress, including:

• their well-being
• information on key progress and learning
• key progression needs, the next steps to support their progression, and advice on how parents can support that progress.

You can see that there is a big emphasis on progress rather than attainment which allows us as a school to focus on what is vital to the individual learner rather than trying to reach a common target for all learners.

Here’s how we interpret progress:

• Progress – development in skills, learning, knowledge or understanding at a suitable stage of learning for the learner.
• Has there been progress (forward movement in learning / improvement / strengthening)?
• Continuous assessment to monitor progress.
• Day-to-day provision is designed for the needs of the learner to maximise progress for the individual learner.
• The progress of 2 learners is not comparable as it is unique to an individual learner.

You will receive a termly progress report where we will use the colour code below:

For attendance, we will use the below colour code:

We hope you will appreciate our new approach to communicating  your child’s progress and we invite any feedback to ensure continuous improvements.