Measuring Achievement

• What assessment do you take age 7 and 11?

  SATs
• What assessment do you take age 15/16?

  GCSEs
• What assessment do you take age 17/18?

  A-levels
• What assessment do you take after the age of 18?

  Degrees
• The first formal assessments taken in the UK are SATs. They are taken by 7 year olds and 11 year olds.
• What do SATs assess?

  Reading, writing and maths
• Why are SATs important?

  Predicted grades for GCSEs, to see how the school is teaching
• The second formal assessments taken by students are GCSEs. These are taken by 15/16 year olds.
• What scale are GCSEs graded on?

  9-U
• Why are GCSEs important?


  For students to be able to get into college/sixth form, to see how the school is teaching
• After age of 16 many students go on to take A-levels
• What scale are A-levels graded on?

  A*-U
• What would be the next step for many students after A-levels?

  University and employment