to find it unnecessary to put a sticker on a planner with your SATS levels?

[DrSeuss]

At my son's new school, their planners/homework diaries all have a large sticker on the front giving their SATS levels, as in "at/above/below expected level". Not a problem for my child but certainly for his friend, who has dyslexia and has already had to deal with the stress of SATS before coming out with levels well below those of his friends, I can imagine it would be quite embarrassing not to mention discouraging. I am a Special Needs TA and former teacher and I would NEVER leave information like that where pupils could see it. And SATS, for God's sake, which are more about the primary school than the child. Why do that to kids? Is it meant to encourage because a lot of my students would just think, "It says on my planner that I'm not good enough."

god that is awful.

Glad you agree- wondered if working in SEN made me over sensitive.

Utterly appalling. I would refuse (and I'm usually a big supporter of school 'daft rules') Does the Hesdteacher know that this is being asked for?

Presumably the Head thought of this, or one of his deputies. As I say, my son's results were all really good so it's not in the least embarrassing or off putting for him but what about those for whom the whole SATS experience was one long nightmare?

And the sticker was placed there by his tutor this morning. Unlikely that she did that off her own bat. Seems to be policy.

I'm also a HLTA in Sen and have a child with Sen and agree it's awful.

My ds is above average cognitively in many areas (top 5%tile in some) but due to his Sen and some poor cognitive abilities he often works below expected level.

He does not need reminding of this daily where others can see it when he's acutely aware of it already.

Ask for the teachers to have stickers on their clothes with 'satisfactory' or 'good' etc.

I know. I never even leave the door of our office unlocked if there's no one else there as I leave because I know whats in the file's on our shelves.

I fully understand about the need for students to be aware of their targets but surely the sticker could go inside the diary at the very least? You can't miss it!

Worse than that- I've worked at a school where there was a big sticker on the front of all books with SAT level and prediction of GCSE. In year seven. Some had predictions of 'failure' (grades that would mean they would have to be re-sat until they had passed).

Ofsted commended it.

And surely you use your data to remind you who needs help? Data which I have always kept strictly private.

I wouldn't be very happy with this at all. Saying to someone that they have performed below average doesn't help them in any way. We would be expected to have a conversation with the student and help them recognise their strengths and areas for development which would then be logged by the student in their planner. That is a lengthy and often fruitless exercise but certainly less demoralising that having a sticker with a bald statement made about you

Appalling imo. Even in HE we are no longer allowed to 'publish' results on notice boards etc (and rightly so)

There really is only one F in OFSTED, isn't there?! What a thing to do to a child!

They did this to us at school 16 years ago. Made the already bullied kid a bigger target within days they'd all been either scribbled over or ripped off

No, that's awful

I'm not in England so this doesn't impact my DC but the answers in this thread seem to imply that the results of the Ofsted inspection are more important than the privacy or self esteem of the pupils...

That's an interesting set of priorities.

I have two sen kids and no freaking way would I allow this

Forgive me as I am in a different system but a sticker printed by the school office and stuck there by the teacher cannot surely be what Ofsted consider to be a child knowing their target?

Awful. I think this obsession with kids knowing their targets (certainly before year 10) is actively unhelpful too tbh and I'm a teacher. Kids should be encouraged to pay attention and do their best, not focus on a grade which has been assigned to them based on questionable data.

I think that's horrendous! Why not put the sticker on the inside cover instead?