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Year 7 report

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Chocdrop01 · 14/07/2018 10:03

Hi just got my ds report yesterday and not really sure how he is doing. The school have used the new gcse 1 to 9 system. Does anyone know what level he should be at in year 7. Thanks

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TeenTimesTwo · 14/07/2018 10:31

OP. The thing is though, if the school have said end of year target is a 4 for everything, and he appears to have got lower than that, then either the school target system is rubbish, or there is something for you to be concerned about. You won't know which unless you ask.

Sugarhunnyicedtea · 14/07/2018 10:28

The information comes from the department of education.

LooseAtTheSeams · 14/07/2018 10:27

I don't think you need to be concerned OP. The system sounds like the one DS2 has at school. I think 2 is the average in Y7 so anything at or above that is good. I have no idea how they arrive at the levels though because as noble says they can't really correlate anything against the new GCSEs until the levels have been established.

noblegiraffe · 14/07/2018 10:26

Sugar that sounds like a school-specific system which may not be the same as the one at the OP’s school.

choc I’m assuming he did pretty well in his SATs if he’s targeted at a GCSE grade 4 by the end of Y7?
If his end of year target was a 4 for everything, then the question would be ‘would he pass (old GCSE grade C) GCSE in this subject if he sat it this year?’. For subjects like maths that’s entirely possible. For subjects that he might just have started at secondary, like a language, product design it’s obviously not going to happen, so his grades should be lower in those subjects.

Look at his effort grades, did he get a good parents evening? If there were no concerns at parents evening, then the grades are probably lower than his target because the school’s system is rubbish.

TeenTimesTwo · 14/07/2018 10:24

Sugar That is specific to your school.

Schools invent their own systems.

OP Contact the tutor and ask for more info. (And have a moan at the sending home reports with no clear context).

Sugarhunnyicedtea · 14/07/2018 10:19

A level 7 is equivalent to the old A grade.
A level 4 is equivalent to the old C grade.
The level shows what the pupil is predicted at GCSE of they continue to work at the same level. So, for example, if the pupil is predicted a level 7, to be on track in year 7 they would be level 7.7, in year 8 8.7 etc

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Chocdrop01 · 14/07/2018 10:15

Hi no they just sent home a chart with an end of year target as a 4 for everything and his grades he did get a few 4- but the rest were 3s and 2+. Am really just wondering if I need to be concerned?

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EllenJanethickerknickers · 14/07/2018 10:13

If they are using GCSE grades are they quoting them as 'current achievement' or 'on track for?' For current achievement I'd have no idea what is expected in Y7.

noblegiraffe · 14/07/2018 10:09

No, it’s all guesswork, you can’t apply GCSE grades to students in Y7 who are not following a GCSE course and haven’t sat GCSE papers, especially when those GCSEs (except maths and English) have only just been sat for the first time by Y11 and standards haven’t been established.

The school should have sent home something with the report to explain how they are using the grading system (and it will be individual to the school), have they not?