At Cranfield CE Academy, children, all leaders of learning and parents are continually talking about "Stepping Stones".
In response to the government's assessment without levels initiative, and taking advantage of the "curriculum freedoms" given to academy schools, Stepping Stones are our pro-active response to a potentially confusing situation.
In reaching a workable, effective solution to assessment without levels (AWOL) the academy has been on a long and, at times, challenging journey, beginning with the creation of a whole-school objective: "How can we use new assessment guidance to improve teaching and learning?"
By committing to it as a whole-school focus, the development of a successful assessment system has had high priority among all staff throughout the academic year. The whole-school objective, split into the three core subjects, each had its own steps to success, timelines of development and suggestions for governor monitoring. The whole-school objective planned to find the "answers" to a great deal of the AWOL questions which have been discussed in schools across the country:
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