Marking Policy

All marked work will be given two grades; one for attainment (A-E), the other for effort (1-5). Grades may be described as follows:

Attainment grades

  1. Excellent, well above satisfactory.
  2. Working towards an A. Greater detail may be required for the award of an 'A'.
  3. A satisfactory standard.
  4. Working towards a C. Work needs completing or more detail added.
  5. Unsatisfactory standard, the work is far from complete or contains many mistakes. The work must be completed or repeated as necessary.

Effort grades

  1. Excellent effort, much more than required.
  2. Working towards a 1.
  3. Sufficient effort.
  4. Working towards satisfactory effort.
  5. No (or barely any) effort evident.

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