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‘Learning to Shape the Future’

Year 11 Information Evening

Monday 21st September 2026

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We want to help you to:

help learners to prepare to revise

understand how and what learners need to revise

help to reduce exam stress

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Attendance and Monitoring

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Attendance Matters

A learner who is absent a day of school per week misses an equivalent of 2 years of their school life
90% of learners with absence rates below 85% do not achieve 5 or more ‘good’ (Grade 4 or above) GCSEs and around one third achieve no GCSE at all

School Attendance CWaC Sep 24

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Attendance Matters

Number of days off school per year	Percentage % attendance	Number of lessons missed
0 days	100%	0
2 days	99%	10 lessons
5 days	97%	25 lessons
10 days	95%	50 lessons

At KS4, pupils who attended school nearly every day (95%-100%) in Year 11 were 1.9 times more likely to achieve the Grade 5 in English and Maths GCSE compared to pupils who only attended 90-95% of the time and 3 times more likely than persistently absent pupils who only attend 85-90% of the time .

DFE March 2025

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Attitude to Learning

ALL learners start on an ATL ‘2’
ATL linked to rewards and recognition
Parent view on Edulink

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Attitude to Learning (AtL) Grades

Learners are graded for their attitude to learning in each lesson
These can be viewed on Edulink by parents and carers
Learners are recognised for their positive contribution to learning
Interventions by staff will take place where learners display negative learning behaviours

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Passive and Inconsistent Learning Behaviours

AtL 3 grades are awarded for incomplete or substandard classwork/homework
Also applies when learners lack the correct subject specific equipment
? is when learners do not complete homework
May result in Catch-Up referrals being set by class teachers

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Edulink - Information regarding attendance and attitude to learning grades.

Show My Homework / Satchel One – All homework is on this platform.

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“I don’t know how to revise”

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Learn, test, teach, repeat

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Often we focus on getting information into our heads…

You also need to focus on getting the information out of your head

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Retrieval practice – proven the best!

Put all notes and books away.
Write everything you can remember about a topic/unit of work
Go back to notes/revision guide to find out what you missed out.
Repeat until you memorise it all
Revisit a few weeks/months later

This is a proven best way to revise!

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RETRIEVAL PRACTICE

Flashcards
Testing ‘buddy’
Past paper questions and mark schemes
Educake
SMHW

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Mocks……(PPE’s) (16th November)

Their PPEs start in 8 weeks time
Mock TT / content tested
They are a practice GCSE
We want us all to REALLY pretend they are the real thing……�
Let’s all go for it!

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Why are Mocks Important?

Important for A-level options
College references
Apprenticeships
For learners confidence!
Head of Department will use the mock results to decide Higher or Foundation Tiers in the exams

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��Mock Results Day 17th December��

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PLAN intervention

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Week one this half term-Subject to change, we will email updates

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Week 2 This Half Term

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Coping with the pressures of exams

How can we help each other through the exam period?

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Has their behaviour changed?

Worried?

Not sleeping?

Irritable?

change in eating habits?

Headaches or stomach pains?

What will I do?

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Who can help?

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Top tips to help at home

Provide the right fuel

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Sleep well

Try to get 8-10 hours of sleep

Keep regular bedtimes - including in the holidays

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Be flexible

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Try to be quiet

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Give them space

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Talk(and listen)

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Encourage exercise

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Keep nagging me to revise

Keep interrupting me

It was harder in my day

You must revise for 2 hours

Tidy your stuff away