Thanks for this. Very interesting to hear your school's approach. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I've been thinking about the ranking system and how we can support our HODs but I am finding the terminology from Ofqual problematic. </span><div style="border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ofqual state to <span style="font-size: 12pt;">rank within a grade from "the most secure/highest attaining". </span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style="border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">But aren't these two very different things? </div><div style="border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style="border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The most secure student in say, Grade 5, wouldn't be the highest achieving. As the highest achieving would be the closet toa grade 6 or the most likely to potentially achieve a Grade 6. The most secure student in that Grade would be the student who is the most likely to achieve that grade (lowest 'chance' of achieving a 4 or a 6). Therefore if the term 'most secure' is used, the most secure is your middle of the grade student and the "highest attaining" is not very secure at all. </div><div style="border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style="border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 12pt; line-height: inherit; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div>
Andy Byers
Apr 16, 2020
Hi Matt - thanks for this. I’m glad you found it helpful. I think in this context the two words are meant to be inter-changeable. The most secure grade 5 is the student who is the best chance of a 5 of all of those predicted to do so. They might end up with a 6 but they are the highest achieving of the 5s
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Kev Mason
Apr 8, 2020
Really clear and useful explanation of your system; thanks for sharing!