--- title: "Assessment and Reporting" url: "https://www.st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk/curriculum/assessment-and-reporting" school: "Brownedge St Mary’s Catholic High School" --- # Assessment and reporting at Key Stage 3 ### [Vimeo video](https://player.vimeo.com/video/1037772195) ### **Understanding Curriculum Related Expectations at Brownedge** At Brownedge, our teaching and assessment in years 7-9 are guided by **Curriculum Related Expectations (CREs)**, ensuring your child develops the essential knowledge and skills needed to succeed. Below, we outline key elements of our curriculum and assessment process to help you understand how we support your child’s learning and progress. **NEED Knowledge:** - - This refers to the **non-negotiable, essential knowledge and skills** your child must master to progress. - Examples include foundational skills like times tables in maths or grammar rules in English. - Mastery of this knowledge ensures your child is making progress, long-term retention and readiness for future learning. - The final component in each topic allows students to excel by demonstrating knowledge and skills beyond the core NEED knowledge and shows they are excelling in the curriculum. **Formal knowledge checks** - Knowledge checks take place after 10 hours of teaching - The assess your child's mastery of the NEED knowledge in each subject - Feedback identifies strenghths and areas for improvement without grades or percentages ### **Progress on your child’s review** The progress descriptor on your child’s review is based on their most recent knowledge check in each subject. You can see the need knowledge assessed in the relevant box on their review. We use 4 descriptors to report progress to you. | Excelling | Pupils who have met the expectations of the curriculum on reviewing the differing components of knowledge and have demonstrated that they are working above them through the competent completion of a *challenge* question/task | |---|---| | Meeting | On completing the knowledge check, pupils are able to demonstrate they are meeting curriculum expectations. ​ | | Working towards | Pupils who do not sufficiently complete all components of the curriculum, with some missing or working towards. | | Not yet meeting | Pupils who do not demonstrate progress as they have not met the components of NEED knowledge. | ### Curriculum - [Curriculum Provision](https://www.st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk/curriculum/curriculum-provision) - [Assessment and Reporting](https://www.st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk/curriculum/assessment-and-reporting) - [Faculties](https://www.st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk/curriculum/faculties) - [Careers Advice](https://www.st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk/curriculum/careers) - [Enrichment](https://www.st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk/curriculum/enrichment) - [Student Leadership](https://www.st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk/our-school/student-leadership-team) - [Reading at Brownedge](https://www.st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk/curriculum/reading-at-brownedge) - [Home Learning Information](https://www.st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk/curriculum/home-learning-information) - [Pathways](https://www.st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk/curriculum/pathways) ![Brownedge St Mary’s Catholic High School](https://files.schudio.com/brownedge-st-mary-s-catholic-high-school/images/logo/Brownedge-favicon_(2).png) ### Brownedge St Mary’s Catholic High School Station Road Bamber Bridge Preston Lancashire PR5 6PB 01772 339813 ### Useful Links - [Ofsted](https://www.st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk/our-school/inspection-reports) - [Calendar](https://www.st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk/calendar) - [Facilities ](https://www.st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk/about-us/facilities) - [Firefly](https://brownedge.fireflycloud.net/login/login.aspx?prelogin=https%3a%2f%2fbrownedge.fireflycloud.net%2f) ### Quick Links - [Edde](https://brownedge.parentportal.biz/) - [Outlook](https://outlook.office.com/mail/) - [OneDrive](https://8884623-my.sharepoint.com/) - [Microsoft Teams](https://teams.microsoft.com/) - [Library AccessIt](https://uk.accessit.online/brw11/#!dashboard) - [All calls to school are recorded](https://www.st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk/contact) ### Social Media - [Facebook](https://facebook.com/BrownedgeStMarys) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/brownedgestmarys/) © Copyright 2020–2026 Brownedge St Mary’s Catholic High School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.st-maryshigh.lancs.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)