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Average levels end of Y7? (sorry!!)

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kitnkaboodle · 27/11/2013 15:06

Sorry for yet another levels post. I realise that they can border on an obsession.

My Y7 son has started at a school I had some reservations about, and I am trying to discreetly keep an eye on where he and his peers are at, and how this compares with other schools.

Could someone in the know kindly let me know what the national average levels are at the end of Y7. Any stats/tables, etc, gratefully received.

We have had no meeting with teachers yet, and none on the horizon (I know I could ask if I was that bothered). But he has his end of year targets written in his journal, and I've sneaked a look at the grades he got for assessmetnts before half term. They are, at present, pretty meaningless to me.

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lottysmum · 28/11/2013 15:52

My dd has been doing French for 2 years and she's at level 4 (leaving year 6) but like KatandKit has stated she has just started Spanish in Year 7 and is picking it up allot quicker than French - I'm not sure how they are taught but it does seem to make it more interesting ...

What i thought funny was that my DD has been set a level 7 for RE at the end of this year ... when we have had some interesting conversations about religion since she started secondary school ...

Marmitelover55 · 28/11/2013 15:18

My DD1 also has a target for French and Spanish of a 4a and has currently been assessed as a 1 for French and 2 for Spanish. It also says that the target fof the end of year 9 is a level 6.

KatAndKit · 28/11/2013 07:33

Levels in mfl are not really comparable to the levels of reading and writing in English. Level 1 in mfl is being able to read and say single words only. Your above averagely intelligent child in year 7 will skip straight through this and be learning to communicate in sentences from the word go. The trouble in mfl is that kids can get stuck on a level 4 for quite some time as the jump to the higher levels is more difficult than progressing through the lower levels.

Takver · 27/11/2013 20:48

Its a bit weird, isn't it. Obviously, it isn't really a matter of great moment, I'm more hoping that in 5 years' time she'll have a working knowledge of the language Grin

ThreeBeeOneGee · 27/11/2013 20:41

I also find the levels in MFL difficult to understand. DS2 also started French in September. After three weeks they had an assessment in which he got a level 2 "because I was able to speak in sentences". His end of Y7 target is 4A if that helps.

Takver · 27/11/2013 19:30

I was wondering a similar question. DD has a note in her French book congratulating her on 'achieving a level 3 in her test and speaking and writing' (rough paraphrase)

Now, my dd is clearly a genus Grin but I don't understand how anyone can be a curriculum level 3 at something they have been learning for approximately 7 weeks - they are definitely at the 'my name is X, I like swimming and animals' stage . . . Surely at this point they would be a level 1 if that Confused

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kitnkaboodle · 27/11/2013 18:03

Oh, brilliant link, thanks! I guess answers everything. I'll file it away!

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titchy · 27/11/2013 15:16

4a / 5c is average attainment for end year 7, based on 4b being average for end year 6.