School Reports - is this unusual

[SuitedandBooted]

My DS2 is 8 and his school report still has the same format as it did in previous years - basicly using 4 grades, from AA*, AA, A and BA. I've seen a lot of threads about sub-levels, how a child should progress from, say, a 2a to a 3b in the course of a year etc. There is NO detail like that in my son's report, so it is a bit hard to see if he is progressing properly. Is it common to have reports with so little detail? It's a very small school by the way,(under 100) so I think the teacher should have time to assess the kids properly!

[IndigoBell]

All school reports are different. AA* etc sounds very meaningful. The school knows what level your child is - and have chosen to present it in this very meaningful way. Great.

[SuitedandBooted]

Should have added that there are brief comments like "X clearly enjoys reading and spells well", but there are no progression levels given

[sarahfreck]

I'd ask the class teacher how their grades correlate with the standard National Curriculum levels.