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Roles and responsibilities

The following diagram outlines the suggested minimum involvement and the activities of school staff to be involved both in introducing APP and at each assessment round, usually termly:

  • a school senior leader
  • the APP lead teacher for each subject - mathematics and/or reading and writing
  • classroom teachers, a minimum of two from the same or adjacent year groups.

APP school leader


APP lead subject teacher


Teachers



             

Initial review and work on whole-school assessment policy, and practice and APP focus for school, including how often assessments are made (1 day)

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Attend external APP training

The model of assessment

The assessment focuses

Making a judgement using APP

Planning for APP

Subject leader standardisation

(2 days)

       
   

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Deliver teacher training 1

APP model and approach disseminated to subject teachers

(0.5 day)

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Identify pupils for APP focus group

(update the focus group as required)

 

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Deliver teacher training 2: 1st school standardisation

APP subject teachers

(0.5 day)

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Teaching and learning, ongoing assessment information gathered

 
       

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Deliver ongoing teacher standardisation to strengthen teachers' judgements (as required)

 

Make judgements for pupils and record these on assessment guidelines

 
       

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Review of school curriculum provision and assessment policy, practice and planning in the light of APP assessment outcomes

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In-school moderation

Assessments of at least one pupil per teacher to be reviewed and agreed with at least one other teacher.

Review outcomes and plan accordingly.

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Assemble range of work or information for one or two pupils

 
       

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External moderation through one of:

  • paired/group moderation with local schools
  • an individual visit to the school
  • postal or web-based activity
  

Review weekly teaching plans and teaching sequences and adjust as necessary

 

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