Student Parent Tutor Subject Teacher

“Together we can make a difference”

Take responsibility, Take control

Welcome to our Year 9 Parents’ Evening

Our role:To personalise a learning programme, where appropriate;To provide homework support;To deliver and monitor IEPs;To provide termly reports, with individual actions and targets;To assess and provide Literacy and Numeracy, Social Skills/Communication and Behaviour interventions;To offer the ‘Rainbow’ lifeskills programme for boarders;To run a College Link course for 10J and Tasters for Yr 10s;To provide Careers Advice, Information and Guidance with thesupport of Fiona Dewey;To offer a Work Experience block week in July 2015;Young Enterprise, Duke of Edinburgh, vinspired & school trips.

Yr 10 Curriculum

We aim for each student to achieve as many GCSEs as they can:10T 8 GCSEs: English, Maths, Science (2), ICT, RE, Catering, Art/Textiles.10J 7 GCSEs*: English, Maths, Science (2), ICT, Catering, Art/ Textiles. 10J will also be attending a vocational college link course on a Friday morning. *Some students will be entered for Entry Level Certificates.

Yr 9 2013

National Curriculum Level in Year 9

ProjectedGCSE grade

in 20152 GCSE F/G

3 E/F

4 D/E5 C/B

6 B

Where next?College course…. Equivalent of ….

A Level 3 course at college ‘A’ Levels

A Level 2 course at collegeSome courses may require certain grades eg Art requires at least a ‘C’ Grade

Equivalent of GCSEs grades A* - C

A Level 1 course at college Equivalent of GCSEs grades D – G

A Supported Learning orFoundation Level course May be called ‘Skills for Working Life’

Entry Level Certificates at EL1 - EL3, or GCSEsgrades F - G

Changes to GCSE exams:• Government has strengthened all GCSEs, introducing

marks for spelling punctuation and grammar (SPAG)• Linear exams at the end of the course in Year 11• ‘Re-sits’ are now limited• No coursework: prescribed ‘Controlled Tasks’ in

practical subjects• Tiered papers restricted (eg English). Maths to be

tiered. Science GCSEs have more challenging syllabuses.

• Exam Concessions more rigorous: 25% extra time, a time prompt, a reader and/or a scribe.

What is your role during KS4?1. To use student diary/email to keep in touch and raise any

concerns with your Tutor/KS4 leader.2. To support IEP & homework tasks. 3. Get student to back up all their work: on computer at home,

on USB stick, email as attachment.4. To ensure access to leisure / social time and build independent

living skills.5. To think about post-16 options - visit Open Days. 5. To decide which course and college is best for your daughter’s

needs.

Google Chrome

1. Download google chrome to your toolbar

2. Set up a gmail account

3. Customise your google chrome page

4. Use google apps to support learning

5. Open Google docs and use

Moving ON at 16+If your daughter goes to mainstream college, herstatement will cease.

Information from the statement is passed on to thecollege. This is currently called the LearningDifficulty Assessment (LDA) but will be replacedby the new Education, Health and Care Plan andthe new 0-25yrs SEN code of practice.

Contact: mrs.taylor@limpsfield-grange.surrey.sch.uk