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Yr 7 DD's sets - should I query?

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jennieflower · 04/09/2014 22:17

My DD did pretty well through primary school, she had a slight blip with her maths teacher who predicted her a 4 in her sats, but she actually achieved a 5b, which apparently was a big surprise to the teacher.

I've checked her high school timetable and she's been put into set 3 (of 3) for maths, I suspect her set placing was determined by her predicted sats grade and not the actual grade. Does this sound right? Should I question the schools decision to put her in set 3 or wait for them to evaluate her themselves? I don't want to come across as overly pushy but also don't want her to waste time doing work that doesn't stretch her in the right way.

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TalkinPeace · 04/09/2014 22:38

do you know the grades of all the other kids in the cohort?
because without that info its not possible to comment on setting decisions generally

noblegiraffe · 04/09/2014 22:36

Schools are far less likely to set based on teacher assessment than actual SATs score. Are you sure she is actually in set 3/3? A lot of schools won't have set yet and will be doing their own assessments in the first few weeks of term and will set based on those.

donkir · 04/09/2014 22:22

I had this with ds last year he was downgraded in a few subjects which I wasn't happy about but didn't say anything.
I'm glad I left it as after a few months he got put in to top set everything and his sense of achievement was great.
Now going in to year 8 he has nearly exceeded his end of year targets already.