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What does level 5 as a target for Yr 9 equate to?

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OrmIrian · 01/04/2009 15:07

DS#1's tutor tells us that level 5 is their target. Is that a 'good' grade or a basic attainment level? DS is in yr7 and has 4 for most subjects and 5 for science. Is he supposed to coast now? Or should he be setting his sights higher. I am at sea tbh.

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PrimulaVeris · 01/04/2009 15:12

Hmm. My dd was assessed at hihg L5 in Y7, target is a L7 by end Y9, if that helps

If he's already at 5 that seems strange to me

SpringySponge · 01/04/2009 15:11

I think the highest grades in year 9 are 7s in English & science, & 8 in maths. I'm not sure if they'll have changed the maths one to a 7 by now though (I'm going on when I did it in 2003 - the first year that level 8 wasn't available for the other 2 subjects).

A level 5 isn't bad, but it's not what I'd advise to be a target for someone already achieving similar in year 7

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OrmIrian · 01/04/2009 15:11

It's end of key stage I think.

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TheFallenMadonna · 01/04/2009 15:10

Pupils are expected to make two levels of progress across the three years of KS3. So if he came into secondary school at level 4, he should achieve level 6 by the end of year 9. Is the target an in-year one or an-end-of-key stage one?