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Yr 7 predicted grades in Year 9 - did they bear any reality to what your dcs got?

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swanthingafteranother · 17/07/2012 20:18

Ds1 has finished Year 7. He has received an prediction of 6C across the board, apart from 7C in music. Is that quite a low estimation of his talents?
Did you find what they predicted matched up two years later, or did it spur your dcs to achieve more..

I am bit lost in understanding what the ratings actually mean..They did explain it to me in extremely complex statistical terms, but I still don't know whether ds is is low mediocre or normal for a 12 year old boy of seemingly good intelligence. They refuse to tell me how he stands in relation to rest of his class... He seems to have progressed little from his SATs scores last year, ie: Maths was 4 in SATS and he was assessed as 4c by current teacher at end of this year..Confused

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Niceweather · 18/07/2012 06:29

I think that a Level 7 is somehow (but not really) equivalent to a Grade C GCSE.

My DSs "working at" grades and target grades are all over the place rather than straight 6s across the board.

bruffin · 17/07/2012 22:10

Once they are in year 10 they no longer get levels

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swanthingafteranother · 17/07/2012 20:35

Oh, I understand now, it is all to do with GCSE grades...
Thanks, that makes a lot more sense...Sometimes I think the teachers forget to state the obvious because it is so um obvious. But he would have to get more than 6 presumably in Year 11, to get a B in GSCE in Year 11?

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Summerz · 17/07/2012 20:28

In Year 7, most students grades are low, they're adapting to high school systems. This is the same for all Years, especially in the first term as they're trying to get back into the academic state. - beware that when your ds is in Year 8/9, you may expect grade drops.

Anyways, you say the your ds is predicted a 6c in every single subjects and a 7c in music for Year 9. This isn't really a 'low estimate' of your ds' talents, it's mostly based in their KS2 grades (4 in KS2 Maths = expected a level 6 in KS3 Maths at end of Year 9.) Your ds can always improve on his levels and easily beat his target though, he's only in Year 7/nearly 8, so you should expect ds to be a 5/6 in Year 8 if he tries hard.

Basically, your ds has a target of a D grade equivalent in current GCSE terms, but if he achieves that 6 in Year 9, he will then be targeted a B at GCSE. This can obviously improve. Overall, your ds is not low or mediocre, above average if anything.

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