Reading Reports Guided
Frequently asked questions about reading reports.
Reports are sent home at the end of every term after formal assessments.
This means, one in December, one in March and one in July, every school year.
All students in year 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 receive a report.
All reports are available on the My Child At School App
For further information on how to log in to My Child At School, click here.
In MCAS select the “reports” section on the dashboard.
Once selected you’ll be able to preview reports and also download it as a PDF.
Research shows that there is a link between school attendance and GCSE grades.
Students with no absence are over twice as likely to achieve 5 or more GCSEs including English and Maths at grade 5 and above.
Every student is expected to have a minimum attendance of 97%
Read the table below to understand the expectations for your child’s attendance.
| 100% | Perfect | |
| Above 97% | Good Attendance | Up to 4 days a year OR Up to 28 hours a year |
| 95-97% | Average | Up to 7 days a year OR Up to 49 hours a year |
| 93-94% | Poor Attendance | Up to 9 days a year OR Up to 67 hours a year |
| Below 93% | Cause for Concern |
The report shows your child’s attendance so far this year.
An Effort grade is assessed by the amount of effort your child puts in completing their work in class.
Read the table below to understand your child’s effort grade.
| EFFORT | In the class for this subject, your child: |
|---|---|
| E | Always works hard in lessons |
| G | Usually works hard in lessons |
| S | Rarely works hard in lessons. |
| U | Never works hard in lessons. |
A concern grade is a description
| Concerns | In the class for this subject, your child: |
|---|---|
| 0 | No concerns |
| 1 | Not meeting expectations for behaviour and attitudes |
| 2 | Not completing homework on time or to the expected standard |
| 3 | Lacking focus during lessons |
| 4 | Lesson absence |
| 5 | Poor organisation affecting grades |
| 6 | Overall quality of work is below the expected standard |
We believe it is important to regularly recognise and celebrate the achievements of all students who behave well and who work hard. We believe that good behaviour is best promoted and developed in young people by drawing attention to, and rewarding well behaved students. The academy recognises that praise can be both public and private, and we believe that all students are entitled to be recognised positively.
Positive Points:
The academy will operate a rewards system rewarding and recognising students for their achievements. Rewards (Merits) are positive points that are based on the values of the City Academy, Hackney. This includes:
● Respecting individuals
● Dedication to learning and achievement
● Working together
● Leading by example
● Honesty, openness and fairness
● Commitment to our community
It is also possible that students receive ‘multi’ merits when they go above and beyond both inside and outside the classroom.
Negative points:
Unsatisfactory behaviour at the academy will neither be ignored nor tolerated. We recognise that young people will make mistakes and on occasions may behave unsatisfactorily. We believe that appropriate boundaries and positive habits of behaviour are best reinforced through the application of timely and proportionate sanctions. However negative points will be based upon the degree of the sanction that is issued by a member of staff. There are 3 types of detentions that students may receive:
● Yellow (-1)
● Amber (-5)
● Red (-10)
This makes up the negative points that students receive within the school day. Students receive positive points based on their behaviour that they display throughout the school day.
A target grade is what grade we expect your child to achieve in their GCSEs.
Target grades are based on KS2 SATs as shown in the table below:
| Ks2 Scaled Score | 80 – 84 | 85 – 89 | 90 – 94 | 95 – 99 | 100 – 104 | 105 – 108 | 109 – 112 | 113 – 115 | 116 – 118 | 119 – 120 |
| Target GCSE Grade (T) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
Please note that reports will now show these as a row at the top of the page.
Forecasted Grades is what a student is likely to get based on their current achievement. To decide a forecasted grade a students assessed work is compared to previous GCSE results in that subject area.