In Year 7 you will receive three academic reports. Further information on reporting will follow in September.

How do we use KS2 data?

At Croxley Danes, we aim to support all students to make at least expected progress, with most making good or exceptional progress.

When you come to us from primary school, we look at some key pieces of data on you - your KS2 scores in:

• English reading

• English grammar, punctuation and spelling

• Maths

We use these pieces of data as there is a very strong correlation (or link) between this data and how students perform at GCSE. Right from Year 7, we track your progress on the GCSE 9-1 scale (9 being the highest grade it is possible to achieve at GCSE). In Year 7, you will have a target grade in each subject ranging from 1 to 4 on the GCSE scale. Your KS2 scores and target grades are then used by teachers in their planning, teaching and assessment. When planning their lessons, teachers think about the topic the class will be studying by breaking it down into the four target grade areas: Teachers will use the information they have about each student’s KS2 scores and target grades to help you keep on track and make good progress in each topic which is shown in assessment results.

The date for the Parents' Evening appears on the school calendar which can be accessed via the website. 

Parents’ Evenings are an opportunity to meet and talk to your child’s teachers to find out in general terms how they are getting on. Due to such large numbers of students, parents’ evenings are organised differently in secondary schools.

To support your child settling in to secondary school, there will be a Year 7 Settling in Evening when you will get the opportunity to meet your child’s form tutor. This is designed to give parents a general overview of how the term is going so far.

The main Year 7 Parents Evening will take place in the year on software called School Cloud. This will be a virtual meeting, and you will have the opportunity to set your own appointments. Further information regarding this will be available nearer the time.

Appointments are five minutes long and it is important that we maintain this time to ensure the effective running of the evening. If you know that you will need longer than five minutes, please arrange a meeting with the teacher at another time.

As some teachers may teach the whole of the year group, it may not be physically possible for them to see every student. If you cannot make an appointment with a teacher that you really need to speak to, please contact them at another time via enquiries (enquiries@croxleydanes.herts.sch.uk)

The students are expected to attend with you as it important that they become more responsible for their learning and progress. We expect them to wear full school uniform as it is a formal event, and to bring their school planner and a pen.