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Working beyond their years : does anyone understand these terms, developing secure mastering fluent

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MaybeThisTimeILlbeLucky · 19/07/2025 10:54

Hello does anyone else school use these terms please !
Fluent is obviously the highest but working ahead of age expectations is that also mastering ?

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mindutopia · 19/07/2025 12:22

It’s common across all schools generally. Maybe slightly different terms across different subjects. They should have sent a guidance for understanding the school report. Otherwise, email and ask for it.

MaybeThisTimeILlbeLucky · 20/07/2025 08:19

@mindutopia I did they are closed for summer

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RedPandaClaws · 20/07/2025 08:36

Developing - behind
Secure - average
Mastering - good/above average
Fluent - top of the class

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Smallhaircut · 20/07/2025 08:38

Developing - working towards where they need to be
secure - where they need to be
mastering - working above where they need to be
fluent - this one confuses me a bit but I assume it means that they’re really high.

MaybeThisTimeILlbeLucky · 20/07/2025 09:53

Thanks when I goggles it, it said the same which is why I queried it because surely fluent would be working above age expeditions ?

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MaybeThisTimeILlbeLucky · 20/07/2025 09:53

Hence i asked in case a teacher on here actually knows

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Sandyoldelbows · 20/07/2025 09:55

Use the order they’ve been written in and think of them as D C B A.

MaybeThisTimeILlbeLucky · 20/07/2025 10:02

This is for year 7

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RedPandaClaws · 21/07/2025 15:59

It's really bad of the school not to put a simple explanation in the report. Just explaining what each one means.

DelphiniumBlue · 21/07/2025 16:10

I've always found " where they should be" a difficult concept. It means something different in teacher speak. "At age related expectations" is more specific and accurate, but of course that can change .. for example, having an understanding of basic algebra is sometimes an expectation for Y6, and sometimes not.
"Achieving mastery" is not the same as "being in the process of mastering" in normal English, and my school don't use either term on this years reports. We have "working above ARE" or "exceeding ARE" to mean they are comfortably above average. "Fluent" would only be applicable to certain subjects, and is not used by all schools. I'd imagine it means "very good".

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