Progress & Reporting

We are constantly seeking to strengthen our partnership with parents and one of the ways we do this is through organising regular opportunities to give feedback through sharing data and face-to-face Parent Teacher Student Conferences.

At the start of the year, we have orientation sessions for new families; these are repeated termly for those new to Tanglin. We also have Information Evenings for all parents in August. This is an opportunity to find out about year group routines, special events and expectations.

In the Senior School, we have a ‘Meet the Tutor Day’ where parents have an opportunity to meet their child’s tutor if they are new to them. The tutors are the teachers who oversees the daily pastoral care of the students. This happens early in Term 1 to establish positive relations between home and school and to ensure that any teething problems are discussed.   

We hold formal Parent Teacher Student Conferences (PTSCs) in all year groups to review progress on an individual basis. Students are expected to take a proactive role in these meetings. We have found that face-to-face meetings are more effective than written reports, so over the last few years we have increased the number of PTSCs and decreased the number of written reports.

In the Sixth Form, students receive five progress reports across the duration of the two-year course (one in each term for Year 12 and one in each of terms 1 and 2 of Year 13) as well as two PTSCs throughout each academic year. These five progress reports contain attainment grades, internal examination grades where applicable and an indication of attitudes to learning. Students also receive a written tutor report which is complemented by student self-evaluation.