School refusing access to exam results

It really isn't (odd, I mean). There is such a wide window, meets expectations isn't wishywashy, it tells you all that you need to know, she is broadly where she should be for her age and if there are concerns they will flag them. Do you have particular concerns as you do sound a little anxious?

Why can't you use that to help? If your child is meeting or exceeding expectations, she doesn't need help anyway. Give her a chance to relax.

So your mum remembers a time when more emphasis was placed on these tests. They've moved away from that approach on purpose. Your child has still completed them, but to your child, the school has been careful not to make a big deal of the results or the exams at all. That's good!

They may be used to double check end of year results. Is what they are seeing on the exam matching what they are seeing from your child in class each day? If not, why not? Is there something that everyone seems to be getting wrong? Therefore, possible a gap in their teaching that they can address now and at the start of next year? These are questions for the school to reflect on themselves and not something for you, your child or your mother to worry about (and I say this as someone who taught for over 40 years and know to keep my beak out with grandchildren).

Your mum should know this, but the best thing you could do over the holidays is talk to your child, include them in things you are doing, read to them and have them read to you (every day if you can). These will be very different books as you can give them a richness of language that they can't read for themselves yet. Visit museums, zoos or even just the shops, there's plenty to see, do and learn around every corner. Play, indulge in imaginative play and don't forget to let them get bored too. as for maths, cut fruit, vegetable and even garlic bread into halves and quarters. Talk about them, how many halves or quarters are there? If I eat one, how much is left.

There should be no sitting down to revise or do school work each morning, it should just come through opportunities in the world around you during the holidays.

They constantly do assessments right throughout school. It’s a Goveism. I can’t imagine asking for the results to be honest, why do you need to know? If the teachers have concerns, they’ll let you know.

You will find out in the next report

also you csn just test your daughter from tests on line etc sndcfind out what she can do or not

or just relax and enjoy the summer if something was seriously wrong you would be told

The children do assessments every term. To monitor progress. As others have said, to write reports and see where children need help. These assessments get marked and then they are shredded. You really don’t need to know about every single assessment. If you did, you would be informed.

When you did y2 SATs it was statutory that they were reported. That’s no longer the case and thankfully not even statutory to do the tests.

KS1 tests ought to be so low key that the children barely know they’re being assessed. I’m very surprised that this school called them ‘exams’ and I think that might be what has caused all the concern. They are not equivalent in assessment value to KS2 SATs by a long way as the children are so young.

Doing assessments in secret is a provocative way to describe a bit of unreported learning 😂. It really isn’t strange at all, teachers do it all the time - because the vast majority of assessment isn’t done by a test, it’s done using teacher judgement as you work with and observe a child. Tests are just a snapshot and one more bit of information to add to the myriad of information you’ve gleaned from a range of sources.

Even if the school had reported the marks of the tests there is no way they would have given parents the marked test papers which is what OP is actually wanting. Because then there’s a public discussion on the WhatsApp group about how qu7 wasn’t fairly worded and how little Johnny got all the decimals correct, did anyone else’s child? Etc, etc. Teachers just don’t need the hassle. And if you’re not getting the test papers then the actual test result is fairly useless. You have the teacher’s assessment for the year on the school report (the part she is deeming wishy washy) which takes into consideration the test result but other things too. That’s really all you need.

I don’t know why OP has had quite such a pile on.

I agree she doesn’t need to know. But I don’t think she’s some nightmare parent for asking, she’s just trying to be engaged with her child’s education.

The thing is though, even if she knew the score that doesn't help know which areas are weakest (which is what she apparently wants to know). If she found out the child got 20/25 that is no different than what she already knows (working at greater depth for example).

Looking through the books that have been sent home will be the most useful if she wants to know what was tricky. The child's work should show mistakes and where it has been corrected. She could even just use this to talk to the child in general (like the time for example).

Don't understand. If you've got all the books, then why can't you look through those and come to your own judgement about what you want to do with your DD.

YANBU. Reports in primary school are useless. They were so much more informative and detailed when DD1 started school in 2010. A few years later after DD2 started it changed to the bland, broad brush nonsense we have now.

I found parents at primary school horrendously competitive. If they released test results there would be a flurry of "so proud of my exceptionally talented child" posts on social media. If you want ho know how to best support your child, have a word with the teacher.

Well I'd want complete transparency.

This is standard in every school. It's end of year assessments. I doubt very much it was for an entire 2 weeks either, it's usually over a few days. Teaching staff use the assessments to write the end of term reports. If you want to know more, then ask the teacher if there's any areas that you can help your daughter in at home. I'm sure they'll be happy to give feedback.

My son's secondary school has end of unit assessments every 6 weeks! These aren't shared with parents. It helps the school see where a student may need more support.

You do need to stop expecting every piece of information to be shared with you, because it simply won't be.

No it’s not - it’s how most schools work! And I bet they didn’t use the word ‘exams’ because that’s not what they are, they’re assessments used to support a teacher’s judgement on how a child is progressing against the Standards of achievement within a particular year group.
If a child’s report states ‘expected’ it means they are working at exactly the Standard they should be for that year group. Nothing at all wish washy about it. I’m surprised that as a parent so invested in your Dcs education you didn’t already know this?

I thought this thread was going to be about A level results on the 13th August! Not Year 2.

So did it say something like-
working below expected
working towards expected
working at expected
working at greater depth

Working at expected means she is working at what is expected of a 7 year old child nationally. Towards means she’s almost there but not quite so is slightly behind national average. Greater depth is higher than expected at her age.
in yr 6 sats scores are out of 120. Below 90 is working below. 90-100 is working towards. 100-110 is working at expected and 110+ is greater depth. So if they did yr2 sats testing that’s roughly what she scored.

They’re tests, to check progress, not exams. You are being so weird OP!

We did get my year 2 daughters tests sent home, but just as part of a bundle of all her books.

In year 3 you should get (or at least we got) test results every term with a summary of results and areas to work on. Up to year 2 learning is still semi play based, and then there is a big jump into year 3.

This ^^
Reading is probably the most important thing you can do with your child. Not just books at bedtime, but information notices, road signs, recipes ( also good for maths). You can find ‘education’ in any area of life- how things are made, how they work, weather, nature. Encourage curiosity in the world. Music uses both sides of the brain. Etc.
I presume there’ll be a parents evening? That’s when you can ask questions.

But wasn't that down to the parents as well. My own parents had little or in my dad's case, no education, but they both kept an eye on what work is was doing, how i was compared to my peers. That was the 1970s and with technology it is so much easier to do that now.

Once they realised I was doing ok they left me to it as education wasn't seen as important in our community/family.

I agree with you OP. I am a teacher and there is no way I would blindly trust the school. However, I also think it is better to support them in different ways outside school with clubs, reading and activities that support their learning in the subjects they are interested in. The curriculum and assessments in school are not the be all and end all.

OP - What you need to do is to ask school 'If we were to do any maths/English over the summer to keep skills up, is there any area in particular we need to focus on?'

If they say Fractions or using Capitals at the start of sentences then you know, otherwise you can see what she has done over the year and just do bits.

A holiday diary is always good for keeping up skills.

Sorry but I do think it’s strange to not tell parents.

I remember when I did Y2 sats, or any sort of assessment, the results were shared with parents. Doing assessments in secret and not telling the parents the results is a strange thing to do.

OP, Delete the word exam - they are assessments to inform the school report