Subject specific curriculum and assessment
Assessment resource bank + curriculum success research opportunity.
Hello Curriculum Thinkers,
Welcome back. We hope you had a great festive break.
As you know, our mission is to help you find and learn from excellent curriculum practice from across the community and beyond.
In this week’s edition:
an update to help you access what we’ve gathered over the holidays for you and
an opportunity to help you (and others) discover what’s yet to be unearthed in your subject
Taking the second first…
📈 Learn what the highest performing departments in the country do to get their results
We pride ourselves on using data to help you find and learn from the great practice that’s going. All so your students can learn the good stuff you’ve planned for them.
Examples include:
Curriculum policies from 45 high performing schools (Read: free | premium)
Teaching & Learning Policies from 13 successful schools (free | premium)
Reading cultures at 16 high performing schools in deprived areas (free | premium)
Homework policies from 31 successful schools (free | premium)
Pupil Premium spending plans from 20 schools (free | premium)
Top 84 schools for disadvantaged progress 8 (free | premium)
But…with the exception of the last two, they all have one problem in common.
They aren’t subject specific.
So, we are doing something to fix that.
We are planning a series of 14 research pieces to find and learn from the highest performing departments in the country in your subject.
This is where you come in.
We’re looking for a group of data driven and professionally nosey subject specialists to help us make them a reality.
If you want to find out who the highest performing departments in the UK are and learn what it is they do to achieve their results…
We’ll be closing the form on Monday 8th Jan at 9.30 am.
📝 Access 100+ subject specific assessment resources
ICYMI: In response to requests from members who came to our subject specific assessment meet ups last term, we’ve been pooling subject specific assessment resources here.
So far we’ve had an amazing…
📝100 assessment resources submitted across
📚10 subjects
Huge thanks to everyone who’s contributed. Full list of names below 🙏
We’ll be in touch with how to access them once we have finished curating.
If you want to access the resources below, you can now by submitting yours here.
What’s been submitted so far?
Improving assessment action plans (2)
Recommended readings and research on assessment in your subject (1)
Assessment models (3)
Assessment calendars - whole school and departmental (3)
Policies - whole school and departmental (6)
Training slides - supporting your team to learn new models and practices (4)
Success criteria and assessment grids (7)
Example summative assessments (11)
Example in-class assessments (16)
Model answers (1)
Quizzes, forms and MCQs (36)
Recommended software packages (2)
Curriculum maps / SOWs with assessments mapped against content and exam specifications (2)
Curriculum end points (3)
Assessment trackers (whole school, departmental and class) (1)
Assessment review templates (0)
Whole-class feedback templates and examples (3)
Moderation policies or processes (0)
Year by year Grade boundaries one doc eg AQA Science 2019,20,22,23 (1)
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Thank you to everyone who has submitted an assessment resource so far.
Rosie Macintyre, Head of Department (Science), Saracens High
Derek Clinton, Assistant Headteacher & Director of Science, Etone College
Emily Dutton, Director of Art, Textiles and Media, Ormiston SWBA
Dan Tanner, Head of History and Character, The Dorcan Academy
Luke Hammett, Head of Maths, Colegio Gran Bretana
Mas Asam, HOF Business and Computing, KGA Prospect
Freya Ralph, Head of Psychology and Lead Practitioner , Didcot Girls School
Lee McLinden, VP, Fulwood Academy
Megan Atherton, Associate Assistant Principal - English and Drama (and Homework), Erdington Academy
Caroline Roundell, Head of English, St Bede's RC High School, Blackburn
Gillian Greenwell, Subject leader of technology & Art, Sandhill View Academy
Giedre McMurtrie, Assistant Head (Curriculum, Assessment, Data), Furness Academy
Victoria Mandizha, Head of Science, Brighton Hill Community School
Usman Nasir, Lead Practitioner, Oxford Spires Academy
Sarah Diaz, Head of RS, St Sampsons High School
Andrew Pollard, English and Drama, Meridian High School
Daniel Schmidt, History, Sociology and Criminology teacher, The Bourne Academy
Tracey Matthews, Curriculum Leader, English, St Bonaventure's
Annie Fuller, HoD Technology , Sarum Academy
Alice Wagstaff Sherwood, Assistant Headteacher (English/ Literacy/ Media/ Film and WS T&L), Marriotts School
You are true community champions. Thank you.