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A mastery scale names the levels a student moves through on each topic, such as Needs work, Developing and Secure. Practice places a student on the scale automatically, and a tutor can set a level by hand. Students, tutors and (unless switched off) parents see the same levels in the Mastery table.

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Set up a mastery scale (owners and admins)

  1. Go to Settings, then Subjects, then Mastery scale.
  2. Pick a starting template: 3, 4 or 5 bands. The default is three bands: Needs work, Developing and Secure.
  3. Edit the bands table: rename a band, or change the score where it begins. A band runs until the next one starts, so bands never overlap or leave gaps.
  4. To score one subject differently, add a subject override. Every other subject keeps using the organisation’s scale.
  5. Click Save.
Levels tutors have already set keep their band. Nothing in a student’s history is rewritten.

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Set a level for a student (tutors)

  1. Open the student’s Mastery table. Topics are grouped into sections using your organisation’s level names.
  2. Pick a topic and choose a level. The row shows Set by with your name. A level you set wins over the practice score.
  3. If the student practises again and the result lands in a different band, the row shows Check so you can confirm your level or change it.
  4. Optionally set a target level for a term.
Your note on a level is visible to staff only. A Secure level you set unlocks that topic as a prerequisite in the student’s learning path.

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What parents see

Parents see the Mastery table and weak-area review unless the organisation or a class turns them off.
  • Org admins choose this for org classrooms. Tutors choose it for their own groups and 1:1s.
  • If any of a child’s classes turns Mastery off, the parent sees none of it on the main progress page.
  • Parents never see the knowledge map or diagnostic answers.