Teachers use a range of strategies to gather evidence of each child's mathematical understanding and skills. At Greswold, teachers use discussion, questioning and observation of pupils' problem-solving skills to inform our judgements. This is considered alongside work produced by pupils in lessons and the results of formal assessments at the end of a unit of work or a term. Assessments are aligned with the National Curriculum objectives taught and cover both arithmetic (number work) and reasoning (problem solving and applying mathematics).

At the end of a year, children are judged as:

• Pre-key stage (Working below the standard expected) - The child is not yet ready to understand the concepts covered in their year group's curriculum. They will be continuing to follow the programme of study of a previous year group.
• Working towards the standard - The child is following their year group's curriculum but is not yet fully secure with all aspects. They might have an area of maths they need help to complete, so are not yet secure without adult support.
• Working at the expected standard - The child is secure with the learning from the year group. They have a good understanding, can remember most of the learning and use this to solve some reasoning problems without help.
• Working at greater depth - The child is apply their learning to different contexts, including other areas of the curriculum. They are more independent with their learning and can apply their skills and knowledge consistently, confidently and fluently, such as by using efficient mathematical methods. Children working at greater depth can make connections with other areas of mathematics, and understand how their learning from maths lessons can help them elsewhere in the curriculum. Furthermore, they can clearly explain how they solved a problem or talk though their reasoning in depth.

Below are listed the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for each year group. These are the objectives that the children should meet by the end of the year and are used as the basis for our judgements. 

Year 6 SATS

In Year 6, children complete statutory tests including in mathematics. As part of this process, the children sit an arithmetic and two reasoning papers.