Management Information Sheet
Key Stage 1 Audit Moderation in 2009/2010
Following the completion of a full four year cycle of Key Stage 1 statutory moderation, significant changes were made to the system in 2009. These changes provided a greater opportunity for schools to discuss their work in detail and to benefit from discussion with specialist advisers, offering individualised advice.
Evaluations confirmed the success of this process and it will consequently be repeated for the 2010 cycle. 25% of schools with KS1 pupils will be involved in the statutory moderation (a list of participants is attached) and these schools will have a timed and tightly focused one-to-one discussion of pupil samples with both a mathematics and English adviser in turn. This will then allow a much more precise evaluation of the evidence to be made and will quickly identify any further issues or training needs which the school could be helped to address.
If your school is to be part of the statutory moderation we will write to you again shortly with details of your appointment. If you are not part of that group we will, as in the past, offer the opportunity for your school to access a voluntary moderation meeting in this revised format, which you can fund through your Primary Improvement Partnership Package (PIPP) or as advice and support. Alternatively, cluster moderation for a group of schools can be funded by using cluster monies. We will send further details to schools in the Spring term.
In the meantime, in order to support the collection of evidence throughout the year, can we remind you that the evidence in each subject (reading, writing and mathematics) should reflect pupils' abilities to use and apply their skills in a range of different tasks across the curriculum, and may also take the form of observation notes, photographs, videos, etc. with test and task papers forming only a very small part of this evidence. Support for gathering evidence in reading in particular, is available as a CPD opportunity on the Norfolk Schools literacy website.
Could we also ask that, if you are in the group of schools engaged in statutory moderation, you let us know how many classes with Year 2 pupils you have in your school. This will then ensure the appropriate arrangements and timing of your appointment.
Please email this information to: elizabeth.philpot@norfolk.gov.uk by Friday 20 November 2009.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Janet Warburton via Elizabeth Philpot at The Professional Development Centre, Woodside Road, Norwich NR7 9QL on 01603 433276 Ext 148.
Evaluations confirmed the success of this process and it will consequently be repeated for the 2010 cycle. 25% of schools with KS1 pupils will be involved in the statutory moderation (a list of participants is attached) and these schools will have a timed and tightly focused one-to-one discussion of pupil samples with both a mathematics and English adviser in turn. This will then allow a much more precise evaluation of the evidence to be made and will quickly identify any further issues or training needs which the school could be helped to address.
If your school is to be part of the statutory moderation we will write to you again shortly with details of your appointment. If you are not part of that group we will, as in the past, offer the opportunity for your school to access a voluntary moderation meeting in this revised format, which you can fund through your Primary Improvement Partnership Package (PIPP) or as advice and support. Alternatively, cluster moderation for a group of schools can be funded by using cluster monies. We will send further details to schools in the Spring term.
In the meantime, in order to support the collection of evidence throughout the year, can we remind you that the evidence in each subject (reading, writing and mathematics) should reflect pupils' abilities to use and apply their skills in a range of different tasks across the curriculum, and may also take the form of observation notes, photographs, videos, etc. with test and task papers forming only a very small part of this evidence. Support for gathering evidence in reading in particular, is available as a CPD opportunity on the Norfolk Schools literacy website.
Could we also ask that, if you are in the group of schools engaged in statutory moderation, you let us know how many classes with Year 2 pupils you have in your school. This will then ensure the appropriate arrangements and timing of your appointment.
Please email this information to: elizabeth.philpot@norfolk.gov.uk by Friday 20 November 2009.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Janet Warburton via Elizabeth Philpot at The Professional Development Centre, Woodside Road, Norwich NR7 9QL on 01603 433276 Ext 148.