School Life
The Tutorial System HMC Value Added Assessments
For all pupils, their Tutor is at the heart of The School participates in the Baseline Testing
their experience of Oakham School. Tutors (who Scheme administered by the University of Durham’s
are members of the academic staff) ensure a Curriculum, Evaluation & Management Centre.
balance between academic, creative and social The scheme is designed to produce information
activities and perform a pivotal role in the lives which will improve our ability to monitor progress
of their tutees. Working closely with the and identify pupils’ strengths and weaknesses, both
Housemasters and Housemistresses, Tutors are individually and collectively. All members of
responsible for overseeing the personal Forms 1 and 3 take a 45 minute test early in the
development of their tutees, as well as for year and analyses have proved extremely positive.
maintaining communication with parents.
Oakham and the National Curriculum
Assessment
Oakham closely follows the spirit of the National
In addition to school reports and parents’ Curriculum but is not a slave to its detail; in many
evenings, parents are kept informed via four to ways we go beyond it. All pupils are fully
five-weekly progress reports that recognise both prepared for Key Stage 4 (GCSE and IGCSE) but
effort and attainment in class and in prep. the School does not enter students for Key Stage
An ongoing Record of Achievement (RoA) provides 3 assessments.
a detailed termly profile and includes written
assessments by teachers as well as the pupils International Students
themselves, who are encouraged to take an
Around 12% of our students come from overseas
objective view of their own performance.
and the School has extensive experience of pupils
whose parents live abroad. While our international
students benefit from the advantages of an
Oakham education, we, in turn, benefit hugely from
their presence and our lives are greatly enriched by
the diversity of our pupil body and the opportunity
to explore each other’s beliefs and cultures.
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