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If your year 8 child is streamed and in the top set, can you tell me what level they are working at?

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pollycazalet · 21/06/2013 10:50

Specifically interested in maths, english, science, history.

thanks if anyone can help.

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mumsneedwine · 21/06/2013 12:42

Good point kitten. I know in DDs year the maths ranges from 2A to 8A ! English from 3A to 7B and Science from 4C to 7B. Averages are Maths 5B, English 5B and Science 5A. But it depends what your child is predicted and are they on target for that. Comparing is a helpful but some schools will do things very differently do may change marking accordingly.

gazzalw · 21/06/2013 12:42

I'm quite curious about all these level targets...DS at the end of Yr 7 in a super-selective and thus far (and having said that his end of year report may say otherwise) we have no way of knowing either what his actual levels are and if these match what they should be from his KS2 trajectory..... Confused....

OhYouBadBadKitten · 21/06/2013 12:37

Not sure you are going to get representative answers here. In dds class it ranges from a 5b (in history) to those with level 7s and 8+s

Question to ask really is, is your child on target and if they aren't were the targets sensible?

mumsneedwine · 21/06/2013 12:33

Sorry, forgot science. That's a 7B

mumsneedwine · 21/06/2013 12:33

Maths 8C, English 6A/7C, history 6A, Geography 7C, Art 5B, French 6C, Spanish 5A. She is in top set at local
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RussiansOnTheSpree · 21/06/2013 11:56

Maths? Level 8. Science - I think DS is in the second set, he got a high level 6 at Easter, they have another test before the end of this term. He's on the Triple Science pathway though (I don't know whether that's reasonable given his current level, I also don't know if he will want to do triple when he makes his choices next year). History - no idea. English - he's dyslexic and not near the top set.

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pollycazalet · 21/06/2013 11:53

Is that across all the subjects I mentioned Roo?

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forehead · 21/06/2013 11:50

My dn is level 7/8 maths

Roobag · 21/06/2013 11:45

In my sons set they are working at level 7/8 if that helps.