Target Setting - Autumn Term 2006

Please see below, guidance on the target setting process for this year. What help is available?

Guidance is provided by DfES

Provisional targets will be discussed with the school's School Improvement Partner (SIP)

Fischer Family Trust estimates are available, and paper copies are being sent to you for:

Ø Current Year 8, based on Key Stage 2
Ø Current Year 10, based on Key Stage 2
and will be available by the end of October for current Year 10 based on Key Stage 3. (You are recommended to use Type C and Type D estimates and set targets within that range if appropriate.)

In addition to being sent paper copies of the above estimates, most schools already have a current FFT database from which estimates can be extracted either in report form, or in Excel to allow manipulation and analysis. As soon as this year's assessments are incorporated (in October), a new FFT database will be sent to you. If you have any questions relating to Fischer Family Trust data, please contact Chris Jackson in the Information and Research Centre, Tel: 01603 224223. (If you have a Year 8 intake, please contact Chris and she will be able to provide you with a revised database which reflects most of the summer transfers.)

What targets are required?

End of Key Stage 3 2008

% reaching Level 5 or above in English, Maths, Science and ICT (statutory requirement)

% reaching Level 6 or above in English, Maths, Science and ICT (Local Authority request)

End of Key Stage 4 2008

% gaining 5 or more A*-C grades in GCSE (or equivalent) (statutory requirement)

% gaining 5 or more A*-C grades in GCSE including English Language and Mathematics* (statutory requirement)

% gaining 5 or more A*-G grades in GCSE including English Language and Mathematics (Local Authority request)

% gaining 1 or more A*-G grades in GCSE (Local Authority request)

Average total point score uncapped, using Section 96 point scores (statutory requirement)

* The only GCSE qualifications that can be counted for this target are English Language (not English Literature) and mathematics (not statistics). Other Level 2 qualifications (such as Key Skills) will not be counted.

End of Key Stage 5 2008

Average total points per student, using Section 96 point scores (Local Authority request)

Average points per entry, using Section 96 point scores (Local Authority request)

Absence Targets 2008

% Absence 2007/08 (Statutory)

Trajectory Targets for 2009

A trajectory for each of the above targets for 2009 (DfES recommended)

How and when should targets be submitted?

• As last year, targets should be submitted via the Local Authority's EsiNet in the password protected "My School" area


• Provisional targets should be submitted by Friday 10th November, these will be discussed with the SIP and, if possible, a governing body representative, in order to agree final targets


• Final agreed targets should be submitted by Friday 8th December, in order to allow the Local Authority to collate all targets by the 31st December 2006 DfES deadline

To access a copy of the timetable and a proforma for the targets, please click here.

If you require any further guidance or clarification on any of the above, please do not hesitate to contact Terry Cook (Head of School Performance Organisation and Inclusion), Norfolk Children's Services - Tel: 01603 433276.