Is anyone with a year 9 prepared to post a few of the NC levels they got this year? I need some points of comparison!

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seeker · 25/06/2010 07:46

That's it really!

In case anyone's interested, mine got a range from 6b for Citizenship to 8c for History (obviously better at the past than the future!

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seeker · 25/06/2010 18:04

Yes, she is at a grammar. One of the reasons I asked was that this time we were given a table showing the % of girls at each level - for a high performing grammar there seemed to be quite a lot of level 5s and not many level 8s. I wasn't really asking in relation to dd - (although the opportunity to boast about her 8c in History did not pass my by!) - I was just interested in quite how much value the Grammar added. Assuming that most of them would have been on 3 level 5s or at least 2 5s and a 4 at the beginning of year 7, I was a bit surprised to see quite a few still on level 5 in year 9.

I am very ambivalent about grammar schools - so I do quite a lot of pondering about them!

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TheFallenMadonna · 25/06/2010 17:54

Our KS3 results in Science went from a level 7a to below level 3. That's the spread across the cohort, across the ability range. So other people in other schools will be getting the same levels, whatever the level...

Our brightest students get levels 6-8.

Goblinchild · 25/06/2010 17:52

My boy is at a comp and has Asperger's, so the teacher he has makes a huge difference to his ability to focus and learn.
Disorganised, over-colloquial and woolly and he either crashes and burns or goes into standby mode.

mumblechum · 25/06/2010 17:49

I like a bit of nosiness myself too, Seeker. Ds's school is a high performing Grammar and v high grades are just ho hum to the school. In a comp, there would be much more of a spread of results so more a feeling of achievement for doing well. Yours is at a Grammar as well, isn't he, Seeker?

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seeker · 25/06/2010 16:47

Absolutely. But I think it's also interesting to see where your child is in relation to others at the stage of theri education. Apart from anything else, if your school were to be telling you that your child was doing incredibly well, and you discovered that practically every 14 year old in the country was doing better, then you minght want to have a word with the school. or if your child was worried about their own progress, it would be helpful to say "Well, I've done a bit of research, and other people in other schools are getting the same grades"

I also don't think straight nosiness is a bad motive , either!

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JGBMum · 25/06/2010 16:41

Sorry if that sounds a bit blunt - it wasnt meant to

JGBMum · 25/06/2010 16:39

Isn't it more important that your DC has improved on his Y8 levels, rather than comparing him/her with other people?

mumblechum · 25/06/2010 14:41

Last yr

Biology & Physics 7a, Chemistry 8c
Maths 7c
English 7b

These were the SATS levels, not sure if they're the same as the NC levels. The school were doing their own SATS, even tho' the govt had scrapped them.

Goblinchild · 25/06/2010 07:55

Last Year
Maths 7c, biology and chemistry 7c, physics 6b
English 6a, history and geography 7b
Teamstuff and communication-based activities, he's around a 4b. Just don't ask about MFL

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