"is level 5a in year 5 good?" ah fuck off with your Facebook stealth boasts

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Aibu to delete someone from Facebook who rather than out and out saying 'proud of my little darling for getting a 5a' feigns ignorance at the whole levels thing to get the most reaction possible out of their Facebook friends?

I will say now I am in a real stinker of a mood and can't be doing with stealth boasts right now which may be clouding my judgement on this.

I would respond with concern- for English primary schools, only year 2 and year 6 should be receiving a report in the form of levels this year. The school should have a new reporting system for the other year groups.

Perhaps something like:

"Gosh yes, I totally understand your concerns- that's not good news is it? It's a real worry when a school is so far behind the times that they are reporting on year 5 children using levels. Have they even been reaching the 2014 curriculum?"

How can anyone boast about their child's academic achievement?
I don't get it. I also don't get the obsession with SAT levels.
Seems like some sort of re-enactment of their own childhood.
No one ever worried about how I was doing a Primary SChool, why are we supposed to care?
If there is an issue the teacher will tell you and if they are happy, grand

Yanbu, it's nice to celebrate your child's achievements but imo disingenuous Facebook posts or similar on MN are not the way to do it.

The only people I tell about my dses results and achievements are family, no one else gives a stuff quite frankly

I don't honestly believe that anyone has got to KS2 without understanding SATS levels. You do what I did and google it.

Levels in primary school should not have been referred to anymore as of this year as they don't exist. I would make them aware that Ofsted would kick off if they hear schools still reporting levels (THAT DON'T EXIST).

At least it was on FB where you can scroll through and ignore, I got a friend with similar age DC who called me to tell me how great her DC is. 30 min of explaining me how great the DC is doing in detail without asking once how mine did.

The child obviously doesn't get her brains from mum, if mum can't use google!

Our primary abandoned sat levels this year so we only got an age related score. Although tbh they only ever gave levels in year 2 and 6.

You could point out that levels are on their way out as they are constantly over inflated - especially at primary school where scaffolding is used to a certain extent. Also that secondary schools spend their lives having to explain this to parents who don't understand that little Jimmy may have got a 5a at the end of year 6 but is actually work at a 4a during year 7 because he is now having to work more independently and, without the scaffolding, he doesn't hit the level requirements. Can you tell I can't wait for levels to be scrapped completely. Our new year 7's in September won't be given levels it is going to be joyous.

Oh and ywnbu to delete them that is so annoying.

" sorry to hear that, hope they catch up soon"

It was as of Sept 2014 that the new curriculum came into place and the schools should not be reporting levels at the end of this year.

Sats level yes (yr2 and yr6) but not any other years.

At least that is how it was explained to me by the school teacher when I questioned the (totally useless) report.

Apparently they do still asses and they do hold that information (but not relating to levels) but they only offer it on request.

Oh don't be so mean! Of course Level 5a in Year 5 is very good! Congratulate the mother and child effusively - your relationship will only get better.

It's been abolished? So my kids reports should have shown something different or will it be next year that they are no longer relevant?

I might post "are 5 A*s at A Level good enough for medicine at Cambridge, or does Tarquin need 6?"

Sorry should have read full thread

Outstanding school my arse - keep up with the times!

nikki they have has of september but they haven't been replaced by anything by the gov it is up to individual schools to work out how they track their pupils so some schools are sticking with the numbers that they know for now as they work out what they are going to do instead.
schoolgovernors.thekeysupport.com/sample-articles/removal-of-national-curriculum-levels

Reply saying, "Not if she's planning on Oxbridge. Talk to the school about extra support."
YANBU, by the way. Of course they know what it means. They just want a page full of validation.

It's not absolutely impossible that they don't understand it.

My eldest has just left school and my youngest is in fourth form Y10 and I STILL can't make head nor tail of bloody levels.

Clearly I am an old gimmer, set in my ways.

They've explained it to me several times. I'm embarrassed to ask again I keep having to phone my dad (ex maths teacher) and get him to talk me through it. Again.

The problem with old style levels is they no longer match the new curriculum. So is the school not teaching the new curriculum or giving out levels which don't correspond with what they are teaching? The new curriculum is a big step up. It would be very confusing for a school to keep with 4a, 5b etc but change what they effectively mean the child can do without causing confusion to both staff and parents.

Nothing wrong with actually being proud of what your childs achieved but not as a snidey inviting compliments way or if it's because you're proud they are better than someone else.
One silly bitch who's pfb is in the top maths set/ group (along with her dumbass mate) have spent 7 years sharing their childs genius with anyone they believe has dc scoring less. I know this is the case because they make obvious attempts to avoid the parents of higher achievers and concentrate on the lower achievers parents. I took great delight last week in sharing dds significantly higher achievements with the pair, out of earshot of other parents, in exactly the same way they've done to others. It was incredibly satisfying to watch their usually smug and gleeful expressions when achievement is mentioned turn to grimaces. Apparently 'my child is higher achieving than yours' is no longer fun when they're on the end of it.