The Decimal System

Designed first and foremost with children’s needs at heart, a complete assessment system for writing, reading and mathematics from Year 1 to Year 6 that includes Next Steps Bookmarks for pupils and parents/carers, Assessment Sheets for teachers, and a powerful free Tracking System for leaders.

New in Version 4

All resources are now editable in MS Word 2010 or later

Addition of Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards to further motivate learning

Assessment Framework Criteria now in bold on the Bookmarks in addition to the Assessment Sheets for Writing and Reading

Option to include your school logo instead of the PrimaryTools.co.uk logo.

For Pupils and Parents/Carers

The system aims to inform pupils of the next steps needed to progress their learning. The bookmarks and the assessment sheets can be used as stand-alone items, or alongside each other. Why not share a paper copy with parents/carers so they can help at home and at parents/carers meetings?

For Teachers

The system is also designed to be easily picked up by teachers. A recommended process is found in the samples (see below), although the school is free to adapt as needed.

For School Leaders

The system also creates a Decimal Score that can be used for tracking and informing planning for the needs of your pupils. It is recommended that the free tracking system is used although the tools and systems can easily be adapted to compliment an existing system.

Assessment Criteria

All the criteria are editable. Most of the next steps (assessment criteria) already provided have been taken directly from the main National Curriculum (2014). Additionally, some of the next steps are taken from the appendices of the National Curriculum and the Assessment Frameworks used at the end of Year 2 and Year 6.

Samples, Pricing and Ordering

All samples are from Year 3 and come in a non-editable pdf format. Full versions come in an editable MS Word format (requires 2010 version or later).

Tracker

Versions and Editing

All materials in the current versions are now editable although the first page and headers/footers remain protected for copyright reasons. You will need Microsoft Word 2010 or later.
Next Steps Bookmarks: Choose to use the Standard Bookmarks (which match the steps on the Assessment Sheets) or Child Friendly Bookmarks which have the same next steps in the same order as the Standard Version and Assessment Sheets, but rewritten to be more accessible to pupils and parents.

Terms and Conditions

*Full terms and conditions can be found here. The materials are for use by you and your school. They may not be passed to a third party or stored openly/publicly online. Additional conditions apply to the use of the free tracker (see documentation). More information available from the pricing page.