Students are making good progress according to teacher observations and assessments. Questioning is used to check understanding and scaffold learning. Most students' progress is in line with expectations based on prior assessments. Objectives explain level progression and are referenced during lessons to check progress. Students understand their targets and levels. Exercise books are marked with grades, levels, and targets to show students how to improve. Homework is checked and signed. In-depth marking with comments and targets occurs every 2-3 weeks.

1. Findings from Progress Learning Walks
October 2011

2. Are students making good
progress?

3. Do students work well without
support?

4. Are students fully equipped?

5. Are students making good
progress?
“Questioning by teacher to “Marking in books indicated
probe thinking and good progress for students since
understanding is a powerful start of the year and this was
strategy to scaffold learning tagged against child speak levels
and demonstrate progress.” in the book.”
“All students had recently
“Ongoing plenaries
had a baseline assessment.
throughout lesson helped
Most making progress in line
to show that learning and
with KS2 data. All know their
progress were taking
level.”
place.”
“The lesson objectives
“The level of difficulty has
explain the level
progressed both throughout the
progression, and are used
lesson and from prior learning.
throughout the lesson to
Reflective questioning used to
check progress and the
probe why explanations move
learning that’s taking
them onto level 5a and/or 6c.”
place.”

6. Are students making good
progress?
“Students understood their
“Students show superb
targets and how to make more
understanding of their
progress, and extended
attainment level and how to
writing in book showed this
move on.”
progress taking place.”
“Student responses are tagged to
“Students are developing
grades - and show the students are
answers and most can produce
moving from pass to merit to
long and developed sentences
distinction.
using a clear progress menu -
Students are asked to improve their
more than two tenses, key
responses to attain the next grade
connectives, time phrases.”
up.”
“The starter built on prior
learning. Seeing if the students “Students have clearly made
have progressed with the topic progress as they are working
since last visited. The learning at grade C and they were level
demonstrates progress, as the 5 at the end of year 9.”
topic is building on the starter.”

7. Are exercise books marked with
grades/levels and targets?

8. Are exercise books marked with
grades/levels and targets?
Please ensure homework is checked and
signed/dated to show it has been
acknowledged.
In depth marking needs to take place every
2-3 weeks depending on the frequency of
lessons including comments and targets.