After an exciting morning working alongside a fab Early Years Leader in a school, I am thrilled to add Writing Assessment Grids for Nursery and Reception to the resources section: https://apliteracy.com/resources-2/writing/writing-assessment-grids/

Please note that the Y2 reading assessment grids have now been updated in line with the 2018 - 2019 KS1 assessment frameworks.

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The Standards & Testing Agency have released their moderation training PowerPoints with, amongst other information, additional information about what a particular weakness looks like. Key Stage One can be found here. Key Stage Two can be found here. If you have any questions, contact apliteracy@gmail.com

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APLiteracy's Writing Assessment Grids are designed to gather evidence of what children can do across a range of writing. The principle behind them is that each year group’s grid features key learning from previous year groups so that  all learning is constantly reinforced and re-taught. This will ensure that children reach the end of  Y6 … Continue reading Writing Assessment Grids: How To Use

APLiteracy's Reading Assessment Grids are designed to gather evidence of what children can do in reading across the key national curriculum areas of vocabulary, retrieval and inference and within the content domains of the reading tests. The principle behind them is that they show progression in learning across the year groups so that children reach … Continue reading How to use Reading Assessment Grids

Teaching is a demanding job - whether you're up to your eyeballs in marking, attending twilight meetings or managing a team of staff, you are spinning so many plates it's difficult to justify the time (or find the time!) for CPD sessions. You deserve to access professional development opportunities. So next time you see a … Continue reading The importance of CPD for teachers