International School of Cape Town

From Reception to Year 2 a one-on-one assessment is done with the learners. From Year 3 to Year 13 a Cognitive Assessment Test is completed by prospectiove learners.

The one-on-one assessment done is Key Stage 1 is done to ascertain whether the child is ready for formal learning that starts in Reception. In Year 1 and 2 it is a reading based assessment that would tell us if the child is ready for Year 1 or 2. From year 3 upwards, it is a cognitive assessment that would tell us the type of learner a child is, i.e. visual or spatial and how they would fare within the British Curriculum.