There is just over one week left of academic year 2009/2010. It has been another highly successful and extremely busy ten months or so in the life of the Rainbow International School community. As usual there has been an attempt to strike a balance between academic progress and extra-curricular involvement. When considering academic progress it is important to look at the aspect of ‘value added’. With the non-selective intake policy of the school, we will always have a wide range of abilities and, therefore, a diverse set of examination results. However, it is important to understand the progress made by each individual throughout a school year. This analysis of academic performance has been lacking in the past but Mr Toscano, the new headmaster of secondary school, is keen to give more meaning to our exam data from now on and not just look at raw scores. The aim of Rainbow has always been to maximise the achievement of every child in the school. In the past we have probably not been measuring how successful we have been in reaching this goal. In primary school there is already a detailed tracking system now in place which ensures that the progress of children is closely monitored and remedial intervention implemented whenever it is clear that a child requires it.