Welcome to Brune Park Performing Arts!

Within the Performing Arts Faculty there are numerous opportunities for students to extend their knowledge and skills, broaden their experience and develop a lifelong passion for the Arts.

At Brune Park Community School students in KS3 are able to study Dance, Drama, Film Studies and Music. In KS4 they can opt for BTEC Dance, GCSE Drama, GCSE Film Studies and/or GCSE Music. High quality lessons are delivered by our team of specialist teachers in purpose built performance areas.

Complementing the curriculum we offer an extensive extra-curricular programme; shows, clubs, trips, workshops – learning has no boundaries within and beyond the classroom.

Our aim is that by collaborating through the Arts we can offer an exciting and rigorous Arts experience and education to our community, building cultural capital and raising aspirations.

On your child’s GCSE report they will receive an assessment grade 9-1. These are based on GCSE grades. 9 is the highest and is awarded to the top 5% of the country. Grade 4 is considered a standard pass, grade 5 is a good pass. For our reporting purposes the grade is further refined:

• C – Students are just achieving that grade

• B – Students are securely at that grade

• A – Students are working at the top of that grade but not quite achieving the next one.

Your child’s PPG grade is created from their achievement at KS2. Every child then has an individual flight path. This generates a PPG grade for each assessment point, culminating with their final grade in year 11.

There will also be an Attitude to Learning grade. This is what it means:

• A – These pupils consistently show an
  excellent attitude to learning

• B – These pupils consistently show a good
  attitude to learning

• C – These pupils show an acceptable attitude to
  learning

• D – These pupils show a less than acceptable
  attitude to learning

• E – These pupils show an unacceptable attitude
  to learning

At KS3 the assessment of Attitude to Learning is the same as GCSE, however the assessment grade will be one of the following three options:

1. Working Below Expected Progress

2. Making Expected Progress

3. Working Beyond Expected Progress

KS3 students all have assessment sheets for each module located on their subject Google Classroom. You will be able to see on these documents what areas of assessment have been assessed and what level they have received for each area. On these document you will also be able to see if they have received ‘working towards expected level’ which will be an area highlighted in yellow. 

 

How do you know if your child has made progress?

Compare the assessment grade received with what your child gained last time. Has there been an improvement? If the grades are the same, progress might still have been made, but maybe not enough to warrant gaining the next grade.