6.1 Summer Grades

Summer Grades information for parents/carers ​​

Summer grades form part of our Progress review system. The assessments and data produced provide an opportunity for students and teachers to evaluate progress, identify support and set targets.

The Summer Grades report will be available on the parent/carer portal from Wednesday 24 June and will show:

• Current Grades
• Minimum Grades
• Approach to learning grade
• UCAS Grades

Current Grades​​​​

• A Current Grade is the grade a student is currently working at on their A level, GCSE or Vocational subject.
• The Current Grade judgement is based on the most relevant and recent assessment(s) completed on the course so far together with the professional opinion of the subject teacher(s).
• In most subjects, the Summer Current Grade will be the grade achieved in the assessment taken during ‘6.1 Assessment week’.

Minimum Grades

• A Minimum Grade shows what students with similar GCSE results to your student has achieved as their final grades, on average, in previous years.
• It is important to note that this is just an average and in many cases with hard work students can achieve grades higher than their Minimum Grades.
• Students will always be encouraged to exceed the minimum grade.

Approach to learning grade

• This grade is decided on by the teacher.
• The possible grades that can be entered are as follows:

1. Excellent
2. Good
3. Inconsistent
4. Poor

UCAS grade

A UCAS grade will be published for each subject area. For more information about UCAS grades, please see our UCAS grade policy.

Where there is a subject concern, the teacher will tick ‘priority’ on the report. Students with achievement falling significantly below expectations will have a one-to-one subject appointment booked for the afternoon of Thursday 2 July. Parents/carers are welcome to attend these subject meetings.