Key Stage 3

• Verbal feedback is recognised as having the greatest impact on student progress and will be at the core of our everyday teaching.
• Within lessons mini whiteboards, targeted and open questioning are routinely used to monitor progress in lessons and allow for early intervention to clarify misconceptions where needed.
• Within lessons as much use as possible will be made of computer based activities which enable students to progress at their differing levels and provide answer checking and instant feedback.  There are many tools which also provide additional support, hints and guidance.  These tools provide tailored, accurate and helpful feedback for a student to act on.
• Within lessons there is an expectation that students will self/peer assess their work as solutions are shared.
• Homework will be set each week mainly using Carousel. This ensures that the students are recalling their knowledge on a frequent basis and reinforces core unit concepts.
• The students will be assessed at the end of each unit.  A revision lesson will precede each assessment where revision techniques will be taught. The students will be given feedback and next steps activities for each assessment.
• The results from these assessments will form a key input for the data collections

Key Stage 4

• Verbal feedback is recognised as having the greatest impact on student progress and will be at the core of our everyday teaching.
• Within lessons mini whiteboards, targeted and open questioning are used as appropriate to monitor progress in lessons and allow for early intervention to clarify misconceptions where needed.
• Within lessons as much use as possible will be made of computer based activities which enable students to progress at their differing levels and provide answer checking and instant feedback.  There are many tools which also provide additional support, hints and guidance.  These tools provide tailored, accurate and helpful feedback for a student to act on.
• Past exam questions will be used as a standard part of lessons and feedback will be given using the markscheme – with a particular focus on improving answer quality to attain maximum marks.
• Within lessons there is an expectation that students will self/peer assess their work as solutions are shared.
• Homework will be set each week mainly using Carousel. This ensures that the students are recalling their knowledge on a frequent basis and reinforces core unit concepts.
• Past Papers and online revision sites will also be used for revision.
• The students will complete 3 formal assessments each year.  One of these will be the mock exam. At least one revision lesson will precede each assessment where revision techniques will be taught. The students will be given feedback and next steps activities following each assessment.
• The results from these assessments will form a key input for the data collections.
• A Computer Science Learning Profile which supports further progress.

Key Stage 5

• Verbal feedback is recognised as having the greatest impact on student progress and will be at the core of our everyday teaching.
• Within lessons mini whiteboards, targeted and open questioning are used as appropriate to monitor progress in lessons and allow for early intervention to clarify misconceptions where needed.
• Past exam questions will be used as a standard part of lessons and feedback will be given using the markscheme – with a particular focus on improving answer quality to attain maximum marks
• Within lessons as much use as possible will be made of computer based activities which enable students to progress at their differing levels and provide answer checking and instant feedback.  There are many tools which also provide additional support, hints and guidance.  These tools provide tailored, accurate and helpful feedback for a student to act on
• Within lessons there is an expectation that students will self/peer assess their work as solutions are shared.
• Homework will be set as appropriate to the unit and will cover both recall of theory and completion of practical skills tasks using python.  Laptops are available to support students.
• Past Papers and online revision sites will also be used for revision.
• The students will complete 3 formal assessments each year.  One of these will be the mock exam. At least one revision lesson will precede each assessment where revision techniques will be taught. The students will be given feedback and next steps activities following each assessment.
• The results from these assessments will form a key input for the data collections