Assessment

KS3 Mid Term Assessment Report (MTA)

Key Stage 3 Progress Review

How We Assess Your Child's Progress

 Below is the Braunton Academy assessment timetable for this academic year (2025 - 2026).  This will be useful to know when to expect to receive your child's Mid Term Assessment Report (MTA).  

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·         MTAs are produced three times a year by the Academy and is where subject teachers report on your child's progress.

·         What to expect - students will bring a paper copy of this home to their parents/carers on the specific dates detailed below.

·         Academy Website - all information regarding the key stage 3 Mid Term Assessment Reports can be found below.

This page explains how we will track, assess and report on the progress your child is making on their learning journey through Braunton Academy.

Rationale

Braunton Academy is an effort driven school where we firmly believe that all students can achieve their potential through hard work, 100% effort every day and an aspirational mindset. Here at Braunton Academy, we assess each student at three points throughout the year and report back to parents. Information will be provided in relation to Expected Standards in Knowledge and Skills, Engagement in Learning, Presentation & Organisation and Homework & Independent Learning. 

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Key Stage 3 ASSESSMENT AGAINST EXPECTED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Throughout Key Stage 3 students study a broad curriculum, consisting of 13 subjects. These subjects provide our students with the essential knowledge and skills enabling them to fulfil our motto of ‘Aspire and Achieve’. This will prepare our students for the next phase of their education and future life.  

Teachers will use their professional judgement to reflect on how secure the students are in relation to the knowledge and skills that they have been taught within the curriculum, at that point. We then report a holistic professional judgement using ‘Expected Standards’ language.  

Most students will tend to follow a consistent pathway as they move through Key Stage 3 – in other words, a student ‘Working at Expected Standard’ in Year 7 will typically also be ‘Working at Expected Standard’ in Year 8, and again in Year 9. This would still mean they are making progress as they encounter more content with increasing demands.  

How we will Assess in Key Stage 3  
 
This scale is used in Year 7, Year 8 and again in Year 9. 

Key Stage 3 Target SETTING

At The Academy, we are committed to ensuring that every student reaches their full potential. As part of this, we set clear and ambitious targets for all students to be ‘Working at the expected standard’ in each of their subjects. Our targets are designed to support steady progress and build on the foundations laid in primary school. For some students, particularly those who performed strongly in their Key Stage 2 SATs, we set a higher target of ‘working at greater depth’ to reflect their prior attainment and to continue challenging them appropriately. We are aspirational for all our students and believe that with the right support and encouragement, every child can thrive and succeed. 

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Engagement in Learning, Presentation & Organisation and Homework & Independent Learning

All students are awarded Engagement in Learning, Presentation & Organisation, Homework & Independent Learning grades on a scale of 1-4 for most subjects at every assessment point. Students are awarded the Engagement in Learning, Presentation & Organisation, Homework & Independent Learning grades which best describes their characteristics as a learner. This is monitored closely throughout the year with intervention support available if this falls below Braunton Academy expectations.

Criteria

 Engagement in Learning Descriptors

Grade 1 – Excellent

·         You always engage in your learning with interest and enthusiasm.

·         You always complete learning tasks to the best of your ability.

·         You participate actively in paired or group tasks.

·         You work very effectively when given independent tasks.

·         You use your knowledge, skills and understanding of the subject to help you to find solutions to problems and ways forward with your learning.

·         You respond thoughtfully to teacher or peer feedback.

Grade 2 – Good

·         You usually engage in your learning with interest and enthusiasm.

·         Most of your learning tasks are completed to the best of your ability.

·         You participate actively in paired or group tasks.

·         You work effectively when given independent tasks.

·         You usually use your knowledge, skills and understanding of the subject to help you to find solutions to problems and ways forward with your learning.

·         You respond actively to teacher or peer feedback.

Grade 3 – Cause for Concern

·         You need to engage in your learning with more interest and enthusiasm.

·         Not all of your work is completed to the best of your ability.

·         You sometimes work well in paired or group activities.

·         You sometimes work effectively when given independent tasks.

·         You need to think more about how you can best use your knowledge, skills and understanding of the subject to help you to find solutions to problems and ways forward with your learning.

·         You need to respond more actively to teacher or peer feedback.

Grade 4 – Serious Cause for Concern

·         Your engagement in your learning is inconsistent and is affecting your progress.

·         You are not yet working to the best of your ability in the subject.

·         You need to consider how you can make positive contributions to pair or group work.

·         Independent tasks are not yet completed effectively.

·         You need to consider how you can build on your knowledge, skills and understanding of the subject to help you to find solutions to problems and ways forward with your learning.

·         You need to respond to teacher or peer feedback.

Presentation and Organisation Descriptors

Grade 1 – Excellent

·         You are always organised for your lessons.

·         You always have the correct equipment so that you are ready to learn.

·         You meet your classwork and homework deadlines.

·         Work in your exercise books /folders etc. is always well-presented.

Grade 2 – Good

·         You are nearly always organised for your lessons.

·         You nearly always have the correct equipment so that you are ready to learn.

·         You usually meet your classwork and homework deadlines.

·         Work in your exercise books / folders etc. is mostly well-presented.

Grade 3 – Cause for Concern

·         There are some occasions when you are not organised for your lessons.

·         You do not always have the necessary equipment and so are not always ready to learn.

·         You sometimes do not meet your classwork and homework deadlines.

·         You do not always follow the Academy’s guidelines on presentation and so some work is untidy.

Grade 4 – Serious Cause for Concern

·         You are frequently not organised for your lessons.

·         You often fail to bring the correct equipment and so you are often not ready to learn.

·         You often fail to meet your classwork and homework deadlines.

·         Your work is presented untidily.

Homework/Independent Learning

Grade 1 – Excellent

·         You self-manage your independent tasks extremely well.

·         You plan, organise and complete tasks to the best of your ability.

·         You always meet your deadlines.

·         Your independent work shows that you are making excellent progress in your learning towards developing the knowledge, skills and understanding you need for the subject.

Grade 2 – Good

·         You usually self-manage your independent tasks well.

·         You usually plan, organise and complete tasks to the best of your ability.

·         You usually meet your deadlines.

·         Your independent work shows that you are making good progress in your learning towards developing the knowledge, skills and understanding you need for the subject.

Grade 3 – Cause for Concern

·         You need to focus more on self-managing your independent tasks.

·         You need to consider the way that you plan, organise and complete tasks.

·         You sometimes fail to meet your deadlines.

·         Your independent work shows that you are making some progress in your learning towards developing the knowledge, skills and understanding you need for the subject.

Grade 4 – Serious Cause for Concern

·         You have not yet established how to work independently.

·         You need to work hard to plan, organise and complete tasks seeking help where necessary.

·         You regularly fail to meet your deadlines.

·         Your independent work does not yet reflect your progress towards developing the knowledge, skills and understanding you need for the subject.

An Example Mid Term Assessment Report