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4. Communicating progress
How will both you and I know how my child/young person is doing and
how will you help me to support my child's/young person's learning?
Assessment and celebration of achievements
We have high expectations of our young people in all areas of their lives. Through
careful planning, which includes parent's views, we set goals and targets for each
young person's development in many areas of their life including independence
and behaviour management as well as curriculum areas.
Progress at Prior's Court is measured using our I Can statements system. An I Can
statement is what a young person is able to do in any given task, activity or
learning scenario across our seven Areas of Learning, which span learning in
Learning, Wellbeing and community settings. I Can statements, hosted within
our data recording system Prior Insight, build on each other but are broken down
into achievable steps towards a much bigger goal.
I Can statements include a high frequency of reward and motivation to
encourage learning. We celebrate young people's achievements and progress in
a multitude of ways within both Learning and Wellbeing departments on a daily
and weekly basis with praise, achievement boards, certificates and rewards and
shared with parents through regular communications by phone, in writing and in
person.
To ensure that appropriate patterns of development are achieved for each
individual child, a number of assessments are used which support the ongoing
recording of progress and each young person has an annual and six monthly
report which contributes to the review meetings.
Individual Learning Plans focus on the individual objectives in the key areas of
the young person's education. These are reviewed by the class team on a regular
basis and new objectives set. Parents are encouraged to discuss these targets.
Informal assessments are carried out frequently to link to short term planning
and recorded to show progress against objectives; overall achievements are
recorded for reporting and analysis against national targets.
Young people also have the opportunity to work towards and gain nationally
recognised ASDAN accreditation, following an individualised learning pathway,
with a larger emphasis on ASDAN qualifications for Post-16 students in vocational
learning areas.
Assessment, record keeping, acknowledging progress and achievement are an
integral part of teaching and learning for all young people.
"Managers use impressive systems to monitor the children's progress. Managers are striving for the
best quality of care possible for the children. Managers at all levels know the children well and have a
firm grasp of the progress they are making. Managers are extremely proud of the progress children
make." - Ofsted Care inspection 2023