Assessment in Outram

Find out how Outram Secondary School assesses student learning, from formative tasks to year-end exams, and view subject weightings by level and stream.

Last updated 11 July 2026

Assessment in Outram Secondary School

What is Assessment?

Assessment is the process of gathering and analysing evidence on student learning for making appropriate decisions and enhancing learning. It is used for making decisions about students, curricula, programmes and educational policy, with a view of providing information to students, teachers, schools, parents, other stakeholders and to the education system.

Purpose of assessment

Formative assessment should help to build skills that will be tested in summative assessments, by identifying learning gaps and assessing students’ level of understanding based on learning objectives.
Summative assessment should provide information on students’ mastery of Learning Outcomes based on the subject syllabuses at key milestones. Information from SA should be used formatively to refine future lesson objectives and formative assessment accordingly.

Modes of Assessment

Formative assessment

Throughout the year, students will work on different assignments and activities that help them increase their knowledge and practice their skills. These activities will allow them to demonstrate how they are doing, what their strengths are and in which areas they can improve. Teachers will use this information to adjust their classroom instructions and provide feedback to students on how to close their learning gaps.

Weighted Assessment

Weighted assessments are scheduled termly to check for students’ understanding close learning gap and prepare students for the summative assessment at the end of the year. Appendix A illustrates the assessment weightings of the different subjects your child is taking.

Summative assessment

During the school year, students will sit for the year-end examination to demonstrate their learning for the year. Summative assessment will take on the following formats:

Summative assessment formats by secondary level

Secondary 3	End-of-Year Examination
Secondary 4 and 5	Preliminary Examination

Communication with parents

Academic progress will be reported on a termly basis through the generation of results slips through School Cockpit.
Progress in terms of the non-examinable curriculum, including CCE and PE and the co-curriculum, including CCA will be reported in the holistic report card.
The school conducts at least 2 Parent-Teacher meeting(s) in the year.