We undertake our internal Shared Understanding of Progress procedures (Standardisation & Moderation) termly, at the end of each project.

Staff bring examples of work from their year group demonstrating application of skills and knowledge across the curriculum, focusing on the 6 AoLEs within the new Curriculum for Wales.

All staff share each other’s work to seek agreement on expectation, standards and discuss ways forward for the examples of work.

This system is highly effective for supporting whole school improvement in the following ways:

• Ensuring that the non-negotiables are in order across the whole school.

• Ensuring that staff have a clear understanding and knowledge of the school's expectations regarding 6 Areas of Learning, Statements of What Matters, Descriptors of Learning, Cross Cutting Themes, Integral Skills and Cross-curricular Skills 

• Ensuring clarity of expectation from EY to Y6 for all staff.

• Enabling the SLT to monitor policy adherence in areas such as Marking, Presentation, AfL, etc.

• Enabling AoLE Leaders to gauge standards, progression and outcome across the school.

• Ensuring continuity, progression and breadth of cover.

• Enabling leaders to locate good practice that can be signposted and identify areas for improvement.  

• Proving opportunity for staff to engage in deep professional discussion around Teaching, Learning and Leadership.

• Providing opportunities for leaders to monitor the progress of the SIP Targets through the pupil’s work.