Economics

Assessment

Assessment for learning is one of the strongest points of the department. Cold calling has been made the main form of questioning and a consistent habit. No opt out has added a high standard to the questioning. Live marking is carried out often, especially on visual aspects like diagram drawing whereby flipped learning is ideal for students to showcase their knowledge on the main board. Students respond to all feedback given so it is clear they understand how to get to the next level. Students’ independent work consists of many WOD tasks and past exams, especially at Y13. Independent Revision notes and homework tasks are set weekly, and students are encouraged to do Up learn for a minimum of 2 hours a week to help embed content. There are 3 sets of full mocks with detailed feedback given. Intervention is carried out as soon as possible and targeted programmes are carried out for concerned students so they have the best chance of reaching target grades