DS is in Y2 and we will thus be told his NC levels in reading, writing etc at the end of the school year. I get that this is a big deal for the school (as Ofsted looks at them) but what do they really mean for me as a parent (as long as he is making progress, set work of correct level etc)?
Question particularly raised as we've recently had a parents' evening and were given interim levels. A lot of DS's levels seemed to be artificially low. In writing he had not satisfied one objective at level 1, so his teacher had said she could not give him higher than level 1a, despite him having been assessed as having met many objectives at level 2 and even at level 3. So the actual "level" seemed pretty meaningless, and what was important was knowing the areas that DS was competent in and which he needed to work on (which were set as his individual targets).
Or am I missing something?
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KS1 NC levels - do they matter?
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onthebus · 09/02/2011 11:51
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