Submission of KS3 Teacher Assessments 2007

(including Religious Education and P Scales)

Schools are required to submit both core and non-core Teacher Assessments electronically to the National Assessment Agency (NAA) in June. Thanks to the combined efforts of schools and the Information and Research Centre, we were one of the few authorities that submitted 100% of Teacher Assessments last year. I hope to repeat that this year, but to a slightly earlier timescale.

Early Deadline - Friday 22nd June
The deadline for NAA to receive your teacher Assessments is 11th July. Going by last year's experience, I will need at least two weeks to check each school's submission and resolve any problems before the NAA deadline. I am therefore asking you to submit your file by Friday 22nd June. Please do not wait for the test results to arrive before submitting your Teacher Assessments.

P Scales (for children on the SEN register)
As last year, P Scales should be recorded for children who are on the SEN register and are assessed at Level W. Following a DfES consultation, this is likely to be a statutory requirement this year. The Level W will still be recorded for the pupil (in addition to the P Scale). For further information on P Scales please refer to the KS3 Assessment and reporting arrangement booklet for 2007. Your Phoenix Gold (or other) software system will facilitate the recording of this P Scale data and your exported file will automatically include any P Scales. (Phoenix guidance will be provided on the ICT Solutions website.

Changes for 2007

Science Weighting
Please be aware of the new weighting for science. Details in the Assessment and Reporting Arrangements Booklet for 2007, Page 25, Section 4.3.

Religious Education Levels
Last year we made you aware of the requirement to submit RE Levels in Summer 2007 in accordance with the Norfolk Agreed Syllabus for RE which became statutory in September 2006. MI sheet 33/07, issued on 3rd March 2007, provides further information. If you are using Phoenix Gold or E1, please enter and submit Levels for RE along with the other subjects. (Guidance notes will be provided on the ICT Solutions website. If you are not using Phoenix, please check whether your software does include RE Levels in the CTF export, and if not, please arrange to let me have each pupil's Surname, Forename, Date of Birth, UPN and Religious Education Teacher Assessment Level in a separate file (CSV or Excel).

The Process for submission of Teacher Assessments:

1. KS3 Teacher Assessments (including P Scales) are to be entered or transferred into your Phoenix Gold (or similar) Assessment Manager system. A single subject level must be submitted for each pupil in each of the core and non-core subjects, with the exception of Citizenship. (For information on reporting Citizenship, please see the Assessment and Reporting Arrangements Booklet for 2007, Section 4.3. and 13.2.

   Phoenix Gold users, if you choose to enter the individual attainment target levels for English, Maths and Science, the software will calculate the subject levels for you. You may require the English attainment target levels for reporting to parents. If you choose not to enter attainment target levels, you can enter just the subject level using the "override" facility. Attainment targets do not form part of the CTF export to NAA.

2. An export file is to be created in CTF format - this is the standard export file created by Phoenix Gold, or other MIS. (Guidance for Phoenix Gold will be provided on the ICT Solutions website

3. The CTF file is to be submitted via s2s (or similar) by Friday 22nd June (return to Early Deadline to find out why this deadline is early).

The NAA will provide instructions in April for submitting files. This will be similar to last year, ie. I will have access to the files submitted on s2s (or similar secure transfer system) in order to monitor and check submissions.

Please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Chris Jackson in the Information and Research Centre, by email or telephone 01603 224223 if you have any queries regarding these arrangements.