The Assessment Model at Linden Lodge

At Linden Lodge, the ongoing process of assessing progress ensures that each student is kept at the very centre. Accurate and on-going assessment is fundamental to the setting of challenging goals and creating stimulating opportunities for learning. We use a range of assessment tools to track and measure progress over time.

 

At Linden Lodge, reflections on pupil progress are based on evaluations of how each individual pupil has responded to their termly Personal Learning Goals Maps (or ‘PLGs’). This process ensures the meaningful implementation of each pupil's Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP), fostering a curriculum that supports holistic development toward the ‘Aspirational Outcomes’ outlined within them. All PLGs relate to the curriculum pathways, termly themes, teaching and learning priorities, and access priorities for each individual pupil.

All staff are trained in capturing multimedia evidence of learning opportunities to analyse and celebrate as a team through the ‘Earwig’ system. This practice is embedded within a weekly cycle of 'plan-do-assess-review,' promoting meaningful and challenging learning that is tracked in alignment with the overarching goals of each pupil's EHCP.

Assessment Systems Informing Holistic Data on Learning and Progress

Assessment System:	Pathway:
Deyo	EYFS⁺
Mapping and Assessing Pupils Progress (MAPP)	EYFS⁺, Semi-Formal⁺, Formal⁺, Pre-Formal⁺, Alba⁺, Sixth Form⁺
Phase Profile	Alba⁺
Pre-key Stage Standards	All (where applicable)
English and Maths standardised assessment	All (where applicable)
English, Maths, Humanities National Curriculum Assessments	Formal⁺
Routes for Learning	Pre-formal⁺, Alba⁺
Engagement Model	Pre-formal⁺, Alba⁺
Accreditations	From Ks4 – all pathways
Engagement Profile	Pre-formal⁺, Alba⁺
Deafblind Assessment	All Pathways (where applicable)
Functional Vision Assessments	All Pathways (where applicable)
Audiological Reviews	All Pathways (where applicable)