Management Information Sheet
Submission of KS3 Teacher Assessments 2011
(including Religious Education and P Scales)
Schools are asked to submit both core and non-core Teacher Assessments electronically, on the QCDA's NCA Tools website, in June. The submission of core subject Teacher Assessments is a statutory requirement, and we ask you, please, to continue submitting non-core Teacher Assessment Levels so that they can be used in supporting self-evaluation and school improvement.
Information and guidance can be found in the new KS3 Teacher Assessment and Reporting Arrangements (TARA) for 2011, downloadable from www.qcda.org.uk/eara/.
Pupils who change schools during the summer term
In the absence of any information on this subject in the new TARA, we recommend you follow last year's guidelines as follows:
For a pupil who transfers from one school to another in the summer term, it is the responsibility of the school at which the pupil is on the roll on Monday 2nd May 2011 to submit the teacher assessments. This may require the school to obtain teacher assessments from the pupil's previous school.
Early Deadline - Thursday 16th June
The deadline for QCDA to receive your teacher Assessments is 8th July. To allow us at least two weeks to monitor schools' submissions and resolve any problems before the QCDA deadline, please submit your file to the QCDA by Thursday 16th June at the latest - early returns are encouraged.
P Scales (for children on the SEN register)
P Scales should be recorded for children who are on the SEN register and are assessed at Level W. This is a statutory requirement. The Level W must still be recorded for the pupil, in addition to the P Scale. For further information on P Scales please refer to the KS3 Teacher Assessment and Reporting Arrangements (TARA) for 2011 www.qcda.org.uk/eara/ . Your Management Information System (MIS) will facilitate the recording of this P Scale data and your exported file will automatically include any P Scales.
Religious Education Levels
As in previous years, you are asked to submit RE Levels in accordance with the Norfolk Agreed Syllabus for RE which became statutory in September 2006. For further information see MI Sheet 39/11, issued on 25th February 2011 and MI sheet 33/07, issued on 3rd March 2007. The syllabus requires assessment to take place in relation to two Attainment Targets: learning about religion, and learning from religion. The Norfolk Agreed syllabus, p.34-35, gives Level descriptions for attainment in both Attainment Targets. When assessing a pupil's level of attainment at the end of Key Stage 3, teachers should judge which description best fits the pupil's performance across both Attainment Targets and report a single Level.
Please send me your RE TA Levels in a separate file (CSV or Excel) attached to an email. The only fields we need are: (1) UPN and (2) Religious Education Teacher Assessment Level.
The Process for submission of Teacher Assessments
Note: If you are unable to create a CTF file, you have the option to download a template from NCA Tools website, populate the template, and upload it again.
If you have any queries regarding these arrangements, please contact Mrs Chris Jackson in the Information and Intelligence Team as detailed above.
Schools are asked to submit both core and non-core Teacher Assessments electronically, on the QCDA's NCA Tools website, in June. The submission of core subject Teacher Assessments is a statutory requirement, and we ask you, please, to continue submitting non-core Teacher Assessment Levels so that they can be used in supporting self-evaluation and school improvement.
Information and guidance can be found in the new KS3 Teacher Assessment and Reporting Arrangements (TARA) for 2011, downloadable from www.qcda.org.uk/eara/.
Pupils who change schools during the summer term
In the absence of any information on this subject in the new TARA, we recommend you follow last year's guidelines as follows:
For a pupil who transfers from one school to another in the summer term, it is the responsibility of the school at which the pupil is on the roll on Monday 2nd May 2011 to submit the teacher assessments. This may require the school to obtain teacher assessments from the pupil's previous school.
Early Deadline - Thursday 16th June
The deadline for QCDA to receive your teacher Assessments is 8th July. To allow us at least two weeks to monitor schools' submissions and resolve any problems before the QCDA deadline, please submit your file to the QCDA by Thursday 16th June at the latest - early returns are encouraged.
P Scales (for children on the SEN register)
P Scales should be recorded for children who are on the SEN register and are assessed at Level W. This is a statutory requirement. The Level W must still be recorded for the pupil, in addition to the P Scale. For further information on P Scales please refer to the KS3 Teacher Assessment and Reporting Arrangements (TARA) for 2011 www.qcda.org.uk/eara/ . Your Management Information System (MIS) will facilitate the recording of this P Scale data and your exported file will automatically include any P Scales.
Religious Education Levels
As in previous years, you are asked to submit RE Levels in accordance with the Norfolk Agreed Syllabus for RE which became statutory in September 2006. For further information see MI Sheet 39/11, issued on 25th February 2011 and MI sheet 33/07, issued on 3rd March 2007. The syllabus requires assessment to take place in relation to two Attainment Targets: learning about religion, and learning from religion. The Norfolk Agreed syllabus, p.34-35, gives Level descriptions for attainment in both Attainment Targets. When assessing a pupil's level of attainment at the end of Key Stage 3, teachers should judge which description best fits the pupil's performance across both Attainment Targets and report a single Level.
Please send me your RE TA Levels in a separate file (CSV or Excel) attached to an email. The only fields we need are: (1) UPN and (2) Religious Education Teacher Assessment Level.
The Process for submission of Teacher Assessments
| 1. | Enter or transfer KS3 Teacher Assessments (including P Scales) into your MIS. A single subject level must be entered for each pupil in each of the core and non-core subjects, with the exception of Citizenship. (No guidance has been provided in this year's TARA regarding Citizenship.) |
| 2. | Export a file in CTF format. |
| 3. | Upload the CTF file onto QCDA's NCA Tools website by Thursday 16th June. The Information and Intelligence Team will have access to the uploaded files in order to monitor and check submissions. (To access the NCA Tools website, you will need the password used for Test orders and Pupil Registration.) |
Note: If you are unable to create a CTF file, you have the option to download a template from NCA Tools website, populate the template, and upload it again.
If you have any queries regarding these arrangements, please contact Mrs Chris Jackson in the Information and Intelligence Team as detailed above.