DS is in Y6 and about to sit the SATS, for long and complicated reasons to do with funding, support and dyslexia, which I can't go into now, I am thinking about him not sitting them.
The questions I have is how important are they for the transition to secondary school? I hear they test them with CAT test anyway when they start at secondary level and they are part of the transition package primary school send. We've already had two meetings with secondary school about him.
My DS is stressed at pissed off at the moment and I think the pressure of the SATS from school is really getting to him I've tried to lighten it all for him and not place importance on them as the only thing that matters.
In my mind it would be like forcing a pilot to fly a plane blindfolded if he took them. Is the stress worth it? Is the fallout worth it? Are they long forgotten the minute they start secondary school?
I don't want a debate about the issue of sitting or not sitting his SATS, I would like help and advice from those with children at this level and how the secondary school system works.
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SATS results - how do secondary schools view them/need them?
grants1000 · 05/03/2013 10:56
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