Curriculum Updates Information Presentation to Year 10 Parents Monday 26 th September 2016
Aims • To give a brief outline of current secondary school curriculum change. • Identify and explain the curriculum changes affecting students who are in Year 10. • Share with you how the school is responding to these changes.
The changes • New National curriculum introduced in September 2014 at Key Stage 3. • ‘Life after levels agenda’ at Key Stage 3. School no longer required to use levels to monitor and record progress. • New GCSEs in English literature, English Language and Maths from Sept 2015. All will be graded 1-9. • New GCSEs in Sciences, Language, History, Geography, French, German, Art and Design, Computing, Drama, Music, Physical Education, RE from Sept 2016. (DT is in the next phase and so students will receive a letter grade) • New headline figures have been introduced, Progress/Attainment 8. Reported from Summer 2016. • Stronger emphasis on English Baccalaureate shaping KS4 curriculum. • Sept 2015 new AS/A2 specifications for many subjects, others have now followed in Sept 2016. AS has becomes decoupled from A2.
Key changes for Year 10 • Change 1 : New GCSEs in English Literature, English Language, Mathematics. (Year 10 will be the second year through) • Change 2 : New GCSEs in all other subjects. (Year 10 will be the first year through) • Change 3 : New grading structure for these subjects. • Change 4 : Progress 8/Attainment 8 measures.
Change 1: New GCSEs Sept 2015 • New GCSEs for 2015 English Literature, English Language and Mathematics - First teaching from September 2015 - First assessment from Summer 2017
English Language OLD GCSE NEW GCSE Three units: non-fictions texts (60%), Two units: Explorations in creative reading speaking and listening, controlled and writing (50%) and writers’ viewpoints assessment (40%) and perspectives (50%) Speaking and listening Endorsement – not official part of the Speaking and listening Endorsement – students will prepare and GCSE deliver one formal presentation which is internally assessed and subject to external moderations Unit three is examined through controlled There is no controlled assessment, both assessment units are assessed through an exam taken at the end of Year 11 Exam Lengths: Unit 1 is 2 hours and 15 Exam Lengths: Unit 1 and 2 both 1 hour minutes and 45 minutes There are two tiers, foundation and There are no tiered papers higher
English Literature OLD GCSE NEW GCSE Two units: Shakespeare and the 19 th Three units: Exploring modern texts (40%), poetry across time (35%) and Century novel (40%), Modern texts and Shakespeare and the English literary poetry (60%) heritage (25%) Exams are open book Exams are closed book (strongly advise to buy books so students can write notes within them) Exam lengths: Unit 1 is 1 hr 30 mins and Exam lengths: Unit 1 is 1 hr 45 mins and Unit 2 is 1 hr 15 mins Unit 2 is 2 hrs 15 mins Unit 3 is assessed through controlled There is no controlled assessment assessment worth 25% There are two tiers, foundation and There are no tiered papers higher
Mathematics OLD GCSE NEW GCSE 1 non calculator and 1 calculator paper (in that NEW GCSE will have 3 papers – a calculator, then order) non calculator, then calculator They have a * beside the questions where they need The NEW GCSE will not have * questions – ALL to be particularly careful with how they set out and answers will be expected to be set out and explained explain their work correctly Have a page of formulae at the beginning of the NEW GCSE will not have a formula page so you need exam paper – but need to learn area of rectangle, to learn the rules as you go along triangle and circle… Students achieve a grade from A* to G In the NEW GCSE Foundation Paper graded 1-5 and Higher Paper graded 4-9 Higher papers are 1 Hr and 45mins and Foundation In the NEW GCSE all papers will be 1 Hr 30 minutes papers are 1Hr 30mins
Change 2: New GCSEs Sept 2016 • Content will be more challenging but suitable for all abilities. • Reduced controlled assessment - only used when necessary. • All exams are at the end of the course. • Tiers only in Maths, Science and MFL. • Graded 1-9
Change 3: New GCSE Grading • Reformed GCSEs have been introduced gradually over three years from September 2015. • They will be graded from 9 to 1, instead of A* to G. • Students awarded GCSEs in 2018 will receive grades from 9 to 1.
New GCSE Grading Structure • The same proportion of students will achieve a grade 4 and above as currently achieve a grade C and above; • The same proportion of students will achieve a grade 7 and above as currently achieve a grade A and above; • The bottom of grade 1 will be aligned with the bottom of grade G; • A grade 5 will be awarded to the top third of students gaining the equivalent of a grade C or bottom third of a grade B. The Department for Education has decided that grade 5 will be a ‘good pass’. • In addition, the top 20 per cent of those who get a grade 7 or above in each exam will be awarded a grade 9
Change 4: Progress and Attainment 8 • New headline figure for all schools 2016 – previous Year 11 students. • The aim is that students receive a broad curriculum but with a strong focus on Ebac subjects. • Calculated by using the attainment/progress made across a range of 8 subjects that fit the relevant requirements of the measure. • Set our curriculum up so that we are in line with this however we will and do run courses that do not fit in with this measure but are right for the individual.
The Progress 8
How has the school prepared for this change? • Increased lesson allocation in English and Maths at Key Stage 4 (English – 4 lessons a week in Year 10 and 5 lessons in 11 Maths – 4 lessons in Year 10 and 4 lessons in Year 11) • In Year 9 the students started preparing for the new GCSEs in English and Maths. • Leaders of Learning have attended conferences for their subjects and are part of local curriculum networks. • Development time last year preparing resources/schemes of work. • Keeping up with the release of information on curriculum changes and ensuring we respond in a way that is appropriate for our school. • Curriculum review to ensure what we offer will enable students to be successful within all of this change.
Summary • New exams in all subjects (excl. DT) • Reduced controlled assessment . • Limited tiered exams. • Students will have more lesson allocation at Key Stage 4 to prepare for these new GCSEs in English and Maths. • Introduction of new headline measures – Progress 8 • New gradings for all subjects (excl. DT). 9 – 1, with 9 being the highest.
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