Beaconside Primary & Nursery School understands that the effective use of marking and feedback techniques can have a powerful influence on pupils’ learning and progression. Marking is a key aspect of a teacher’s responsibility and is a prominent technique for communicating with pupils – marking is part of the school’s comprehensive review of teaching, learning, assessment and achievement. Feedback is a process that the school applies consistently, to better support pupils’ learning.  

Our approach aims to ensure that marking and feedback:

• Informs pupils about what they have done well and highlights areas of improvement.  
• Supports pupils’ confidence in learning, contributing to accelerated learning. 
• Supports teachers’ assessment knowledge for each pupil, to plan and establish effective next steps in their academic progression. 
• Develops reliable processes in the school, which equally balance the need to provide marking and feedback and where it is appropriate to provide it. 

Marking and Feedbck Policy (see policies page).