Reporting and Feedback

Reports

We report home three times per academic year.

The first report of the year, in the Autumn term, will report only on your child’s behaviours and attitudes at school. Each of their teachers, including their Personal Development Mentor (PDM - the new name for their form tutor) will report on the behaviours and attitudes that they see displayed in their classrooms. The new name for form time is “Lesson 0”. This report is based on three key areas from our school values:

Follows Routines;  Works Hard;  Is Kind

For each of these three strands, students will be judged on a 5 point scale according to our detailed description grid of Cooper Way Descriptors which can be found HERE. The five ratings we will use are:

significantly below;   below;   expected;   above;   significantly above

Students should be familiar with this brief summary of what we, as a school, agree are the “Expected” behaviours we want to see from everyone in our school community:

When we will report

We understand that for parents and carers, one of the most important questions you will have is “is my child where they should be in their learning?” and so, for the second report of the academic year, we will also report academic performance. For years 7-10 this will be using the same ratings in our 5 point scale (significantly below;   below;   expected;   above;   significantly above). This replaces the previous system of Cooper bands. In years 11, 12 and 13 we will report using GCSE and A level targets and grades to describe academic performance. We will make these performance judgments using a range of teachers’ professional judgement from lessons (formative assessment) and class tests (summative assessment). These will be measured against department-based criteria for what skills and knowledge we believe a child should have at each stage of their learning throughout their time at The Cooper School. A list of these will be available to view on the website when you receive your child’s report. In the third and final report of the school year, we will report on the above as well as sharing scores from end of year assessments in each subject area.

Progress Consultation Evenings (PCEs)

We will continue to hold these online using the SchoolCloud website, except for the 'Meet the PDM' evening and the Year 12 and 13 PCEs which will take place in person. The dates of these for 2024/5 are also shown below. Full details of how to book appointments will be sent out in the fortnight prior to these dates.