Key Stage 3 Annual Report
The Education (Pupil Reporting) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 were outlined for schools in Circular 2009/15 which was issued on 1st October 2009. These set out that Annual Reports should:
- contain the specified headings;
- be received by parents by the 30th June;
- indicate if a pupil has been exempted from any part of the curriculum or assessment arrangements; and
- include pupil accreditation: achievement of qualification, award or certificate, including credit towards.
Please note that:
- Irish-Medium schools can report to parents in Irish or English;
- Pupils with severe learning difficulties (SLD) can be reported on using which ever set of headings the school and parents feel is appropriate;
- As the CCEA comment banks were based on the draft new Levels of Progression, which are still in the process of being finalised, it has been decided that these will not be available this year. Schools have the option of creating their own comment banks.
Levels and the Annual Report
The Department of Education issued Circular 2010/06 on 29 April which makes it clear that post primary schools should continue to assess end of Key Stage 3 pupils “against the existing levels in Language and Literacy (English and/or Irish) … and Mathematics and Numeracy” (Mathematics).
These levels can be found in the Key Stage 3 Assessment Arrangements (Transitional) booklets available on the Key Stage 3 Assessment section.
Schools are required to report end-of-key-stage outcomes and information as specified in 2009 Order, by 30 June if available.
However, it is not a requirement that this information is included in the Annual Report itself, and the information may be issued separately to parents.
Three templates are available on the Annual Report Template page. Schools are not required to use these templates, they are only for exemplification.