No info on progress from school despite request for full educational records -AIBU to complain?

[shinglebeachsadie]

Thanks for any advice given!

My child is in Y5 and every year under writing the report from school just says 'below age related expectations ' and no further info. I've asked about it before but never got anything more specific. So I asked for the full educational records to show me more as I was hoping to see useful info.

I was told there was no further info than that. Aibu to expect more? I would have thought they would need assessment info to plan lessons.

What would you have expected to see in relation to writing progress and have you got any advice going forward?

Thanks!!

They’ve given you his teacher assessments. It’s those (and the curriculum) they use to plan lessons.

Is it test results you were expecting to see? He’ll have done his Y2 SATs I assume? They may not give the children written tests apart from in Y2&6, it may be all on teacher assessments (which they’ve already told you).

To add; rather than ask for past data if I were you I’d ask for his targets. Ask them what, specifically, is his barrier to achieving ‘as expected’ in writing. Ask for them to give you a set of targets you can work on at home or with a tutor.

You would be better asking what strategies they're putting in place to support him and what his specific tragets/difficulties are. How they asses writing may differ from local authority (or even from school to school).

There aren't any 'full educational records.' At least, there weren't when I taught.

There will be written work which the teacher compares with others in the class.

As another poster suggested, the best you can do is ask how best to support your child.
In my view, reading at home will be the best way. If your child doesn't like fiction then try factual books.