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Your success
Tracked and personalised
At Seaford College, we provide an all- round education that enables students
to develop the high self-esteem essential for success in not only the academic curriculum but also our extensive co- curricular provision.
We aim for all students to achieve their personal bests in every activity with which they engage. In the academic curriculum, we believe that effective teaching in lessons and targeted prep (homework) enables students to achieve this aim in all curriculum subjects. We recognise that each student is at the heart of the process and that inspiring each individual to aspire to be the very best they can possibly beisthekeytoa student ‘reaching their potential’.
Challenge Grades are at the heart of our academic reporting framework to ensure that students achieve their academic personal bests.
Challenge Grades are a measure of a student’s potential and track their academic progress – reported to students and parents through termly Academic Reports.
Each subject sets a Challenge Grade which are an ambitious but realistic target for students to achieve by the end of the course in Year 11. These are not predicted grades but what a student could achieve with hard work and commitment in that subject.
Progress against Challenge Grades is shown using Progress Colours which indicate if a student is on track or not to achieve their Challenge Grade by the end of the course. A green Progress Colour indicates being on track while gold and platinum indicate being on track to achieve higher while yellow and red flag a concern where intervention in and/or out of the classroom is required. Challenge Grades and Progress Colours are supported by Working at Grades in Year 10 and 11 which show the grade a student is currently working at based on assessments throughout the course and up to the time of reporting. The diagram on the top of the next page brings to life Challenge Grades, Progress Colours and Working at Grades.
At any time, a parent, student or teacher can view termly Academic Reports on Firefly as well as contact their form tutor or teachers if they have any questions or require additional support. Challenge Grades are reviewed termly and teachers often increase them if students appear to be on track to surpass them.
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