At Silverdale, we measure how well your child is engaging in their lessons through ATL – Attitude to Learning. This is reported to you throughout the year as a score between 1 (exceptional) and 4 (inadequate), with the aim being to get an average ATL score as close to 1 as possible.

When teachers are deciding what score to award to your child, they think about 5 different things. They ask themselves about the 5Rs:

• How ready to learn are they?
• How resilient are they?
• How resourceful are they?
• How respectful are they?
• How reflective are they?

Each time students receive an ATL score, they have an opportunity to reflect on it and set themselves targets for the term ahead.