The report is a resource which provides a framework for school leaders and department heads to plan a coherent whole school approach to assessment that will support the learning of each and every student. The resource is also about focusing on the needs of students, the ways in which assessment can best support good pedagogy and practice and supporting effective formative assessment approaches in key stage 3. It can however be used across all key stages. The resource provides: (1) A rationale for the need to refocus assessment; (2) An exploration of some common assessment and inspection myths; (3) Key strategies of effective formative assessment in action; (4) Five key questions to support discussion about a departmental approach to assessment and how these can contribute to the whole school policy; and (5) Thoughts from expert panels in English, mathematics, science, history, geography and modern foreign language to help support, challenge and structure discussions. [The report was developed with the Schools, Students and Teachers Network (SSAT) and the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL).]