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."

I would Suggest Its breaking Date Protection legislation as Its releasing the boys personally information (ie for all to read his Sats outcomes) without his concept. May be an angle to go to the school on.

They wanted to put discreet stickers on the books of pupil premium, i.e. free school meals, students where I am. Can you imagine the embarrassment when other kids ask what it's for! Thankfully I think that idea never came to fruition

Sorry about typos - consent not concept

Our Deputy at the Church of England school where I work took the trouble to have the new software that covers seating/merits/data and so on locked down so that students only ever see a photo on a seating plan for each child along with points earned in the current lesson! Dunno why. Maybe we could start each lesson with a show of hands- "OK, so who's seriously crap? Who's only a bit crap? Who's a bit of a swot? Excellent!"
OFSTED (there's only on F in OFSTED) would love it!

I just remembered being shocked that on my fist day at secondary school in 1982, someone came in to the room and asked us to put our hands up if we got free school meals! I didn't but I remember going home to tell my parents about it and them agreeing that it was wrong. Didn't like it then, don't like it now!

Yanbu. I've seen this too. Not at my own dd's school, but on the front of my cousin's son's year 7 exercise books which she'd left out. This was with the old Sat grades.

I started high school the same year as you op and people with free meals were given a token to present when the rest of us paid with money.

Bad enough, Colonel. At least those grades were numerical, they didn't actually state that you were below expectations!

Yes although people knew what the grades represented

Ours all pay via finger print. No one needs to know who's funding your account.

I think you should flag this concern up in an email if you can. It should have more gravitas coming from a parent who isn't directly affected so to speak.

Yes same at dd's school

I would be absolutely furious and make an official complaint following the complaints policy.

It will be Head/SLT idea, nothing to do with the teachers. It is to fulfil Ofsted criteria of 'knowing target'. Because if one child can't remember their target or current level that teacher could be put on capability and forced out..

It's shit. It's one of the many reasons I left teaching a couple of years ago.

No way would I allow dd's planner to be marked like that. She has SEN but high achieving academically but I wouldn't want her levels advertised. It's bad enough as it is now where we get termly reports on her levels and her anxiety soars if there is any subject deemed "not on course" because what doesn't seem to be taken into account is that her SEN means there are external factors affecting her achievement which don't seem to be considered.