Summer 2021 will be the year that students will receive Teacher Assessed Grade (TAGs) based on internal evidence rather than external examinations. Following two academic years of disruption which has challenged our students personally and academically, we welcome this unique opportunity to support our students to achieve the grades that they deserve.

Subject leaders and teaching staff have worked hard to select appropriate opportunities for students to demonstrate their learning and gather evidence. This evidence will support teaching staff to allocate a TAG that reflects a student’s ability.

To ensure consistently and to check all grades are appropriate there will be three levels of internal quality assurance; student level, qualification level and school level. This will ensure TAGs are not too lenient or too harsh in comparison to previous years. Further to this the school will be subject to external quality assurance and results will not be released to students on results days until they are confident they are evidence based and accurate.

The full St Thomas More Catholic Academy TAG Centre policy is linked here.

Range of Evidence for Qualifications

The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) recommends evidence should be used consistently across a cohort and provides students an opportunity to demonstrate their learning from the course studied. Linked below are our qualifications with the range of evidence being used to inform students’ TAGs and the dates where this evidence was completed. This information has already been shared with students in lesson.

For further information about Y10 units being completed this year please speak to the subject leader for the subject.

For further information about subjects studied at Trinity Partnership Schools please email abradbury@stmca.org.uk.

Appeals

The appeals process for each year group opens on results day.

Please note there are some very specific rules regarding how and why you can make an appeal. You cannot appeal simply because you do not agree with your grade. If you think you may wish to appeal, it is important that you have spoken to the available senior leaders during results day week and essential you read the documentation linked below.

1. St Thomas More Catholic Academy Letter – Information about appeals at our school and where to submit appeals
2. JCQ Exam Board Guidance – Information about who can appeal and how to fill in an appeal form
3. JCQ Exam Board Leaflet
4. JCQ Appeal Form – Initially Section A must be completed by students

Important Links

• STMCA Centre Policy 
• Ofqual TAG Guidance Summer 2021 – JCQ-Guidance-for-Students-and-Parents-on-Summer-2021.pdf
• Infographic for 2021 arrangements – Infographic_-_how_GCSEs__AS_and_A_levels_will_be_awarded_in_summer_2021.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)
• Special Consideration Information
• IFC – Non-examination assessments information for candidates
• IFC – Coursework Assessments – information for candidates