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DS just been sick & has SATs on Monday

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nicemarmot · 07/05/2022 22:02

DS has year 6 SATs starting on Monday. He’s been feeling bit under the weather and has just come down to say he’s been sick. Does anyone know what happens if you have to miss one of the days due to illness?

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helpmum2003 · 07/05/2022 22:04

I don't think anything would happen. Remember SATs monitor schools. There is very little importance for the child.

Hope he feels better soon and don't rush him back...

TinaYouFatLard · 07/05/2022 22:05

Nothing will happen.

Theunamedcat · 07/05/2022 22:06

The assessments are repeated in year 7 anyway

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nearlyspringyay · 07/05/2022 22:09

It means nothing, if he's still sick on Monday he'll do it later

Rogue1001MNer · 07/05/2022 22:10

Call in sick on Monday if your school has a 48 hr rule. Explain why.

The school can arrange for him to sit it later I'm the week.

Assuming it's a one-off puke and he's getting better. If he's ill, he's ill 🤷‍♀️

Vegansausageroll · 07/05/2022 22:11

Please don’t worry about SATs. Hope DS is better soon.

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nicemarmot · 07/05/2022 22:11

Thank you. Do you think they’d get him to sit it on a later date? Also was led to believe that secondary school use the SATs marks to select which sets you go in.

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Rogue1001MNer · 07/05/2022 22:15

Some do. Some do their own tests.

SATs are used as a projected thing to predict gcse grades

And they are very important to the primary school

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nicemarmot · 07/05/2022 22:16

Thanks @Rogue1001MNer , good to know he could sit it later. Don’t want him worrying about it so hopefully that will put his mind to rest.

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fruitpastille · 07/05/2022 22:16

They will use teacher assessment if he doesn't do the tests. If he hasn't actually thrown up I'd send him in to be honest. Might just be nerves.

mummymathsteacher · 07/05/2022 22:19

You can't sit the paper later in the week, that's not true!

I would talk to the school. We have always ignored the 48hour rule in these circumstances. If he's too ill, he's too ill, however I would predict the school will ask him to come in and complete in a first aid room or similar.

Hope he feels better soon! SATs don't tell you anything about a child.

DogsAndGin · 07/05/2022 22:21

I wouldn’t want my child to sit sats anyway - so I would take that as a win! And I’m a year 6 teacher!

2tired2bewitty · 07/05/2022 22:22

Remember that nobody’s done SATs for the last two years and secondary schools have coped, so don’t worry about that. Hope he feels better soon.

Tulipvase · 07/05/2022 22:25

My daughter missed some of her sats due to sickness (doing her GCSEs this year, so a while ago). She ended up having to do all the maths papers on one day in the Head’s office.

Smileatthesmallthings · 07/05/2022 22:25

If they were to make him sit it later in the week I think they'd have to make sure he had no contact with anyone else in his year group between the test he missed and the time he took it. Get in touch with the school and see what they say. Poor soul; I really hope it's not nerves. I hate SATs and I've worked in year 6 for the last 7 years.

BadlydoneHelen · 07/05/2022 22:28

We had a situation like this once and because the child in question was feeling ok (just not allowed in school because of 48 hr rule) we sent a TA to their house and they sat the paper at home under their supervision.

Bumblefuzz · 07/05/2022 22:29

My DD is in year 7 and missed most of year 5 & 6 due to Covid closure. None of her year or the year above did SAT's. High schools reassess when they get there and don't tend to put them in ability groups straight away. Since starting high school DD is now excelling in subjects that she was assessed as behind in at primary.

Hospedia · 07/05/2022 22:32

Just phone him in sick, SATS be damned.

No way would I be letting a TA come to my hosue to give my child an exam or sending them to school to do the exam in an isolation room. They're more important for the school then the child, they're a way of checking that the teaching is up to snuff and I can guarantee no university has ever asked "so how did you do in your year 6 SATS?"

Perfectlystill · 07/05/2022 22:33

SATs are of zero consequence. I didn't even find out what my DC scored. (Both are very bright).

I wouldn't think about it again.

ItsSnowJokes · 07/05/2022 22:33

BadlydoneHelen · 07/05/2022 22:28

We had a situation like this once and because the child in question was feeling ok (just not allowed in school because of 48 hr rule) we sent a TA to their house and they sat the paper at home under their supervision.

What?!?!?!?! That is horrific. SATs are not that important that we are sending school staff to people's private homes to sit these tests. Testing of these young kids needs to stop. They basically miss a year of education in year 6 with all this prep for SATs.

BobblyBlueJumper · 07/05/2022 22:37

Most schools don't set kids until Y8 and will also do their own assessment at the start of Y7 anyway as SATs are often unreliable.

Basically, don't worry if your child misses their SATs exams. It will not affect their future.

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nicemarmot · 07/05/2022 22:41

Hes just thrown up again 😞, hopefully he feels better in the morning. They do seem to be the focus of the whole of year 6.

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Rogue1001MNer · 07/05/2022 22:42

You can't sit the paper later in the week, that's not true!

Errrm, yes. They can and do. I work in 2 primary schools, used to be 3. This absolutely does happen.

They're more important for the school then the child, they're a way of checking that the teaching is up to snuff and I can guarantee no university has ever asked "so how did you do in your year 6 SATS?"
True about the university. Primaries are judged/graded a lot on their SAT'S results. Most parents on here will have (at least partially) based their decision on choosing the school for their dc based on their data. If you like your kid's school, is it not a quid pro quo that your child sits the tests and helps inform the next generation?

potteringpenguin · 07/05/2022 22:43

If he wants to do it , school can ask for a timetable variation for up to five days after each test. He would need to be kept away from other children who had sat the test including phone /internet contact. Quite usual to have one or two who need it. No consequences of note at all for him if he doesn't though.

Hospedia · 07/05/2022 22:49

Rogue1001MNer · 07/05/2022 22:42

You can't sit the paper later in the week, that's not true!

Errrm, yes. They can and do. I work in 2 primary schools, used to be 3. This absolutely does happen.

They're more important for the school then the child, they're a way of checking that the teaching is up to snuff and I can guarantee no university has ever asked "so how did you do in your year 6 SATS?"
True about the university. Primaries are judged/graded a lot on their SAT'S results. Most parents on here will have (at least partially) based their decision on choosing the school for their dc based on their data. If you like your kid's school, is it not a quid pro quo that your child sits the tests and helps inform the next generation?

I don't owe the school quid pro quo. I owe them partnership and I owe them an appropriate degree of support but my priority will always be my child and I will always advocate for him/her. One of my children was massively stressed out by the SATS, there were large amounts of homework set over the Easter holidays, lunch time SATS club, before and after school SATS club, even fucking Saturday school. I declined consent for all of them, told school that if they couldn't prepare DC during school hours that was their problem, then DC was so burnt out with it all that I rang them in sick the day of the tests.

I'm not here to facilitate that sort of pressure for a 10-11 Yr old.