To ask has anyone’s children not met standards in SATS but gone on to do well in GCSEs

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Hi

education has not always been a priority in our lives with DD11 - we of course have encouraged it but there was a lot going on during primary which was prioritised mainly health.

she is older now and as much has her health still impacts her she is going to a much smaller setting for secondary and her hospital admissions have lowered massively.

for the whole of her primary school life she has been attached to machinery over night and had a lot of medical intervention at home. For reference she has gone through 3 major surgeries and multiple bouts of life threatening sepsis, lost range in her legs after a serious bout.
she was off school for shielding for a lot longer than most and then was out of school after a school break down until she moved to a different school.
on average she probably attended school
10 percent of the time between reception and year 2. Year 3 - 5 around 30-40 percent and year 6 18 percent.

she is also autistic with CP and an additional language disorder.
she is however the most resilient person ever and you would never know if you met her down the street any of it.

she in terms of mumsnet probably did not do great in her SATs ( to us she did incredible ) and we are so proud of her. Since her scores were genuinely a suprise to us ( I really don’t mean that in a bad way, a good suprise ) it made me start evaluating how much she could achieve. She would never eve be pressured and her health would always come first. I see a lot of posts saying that there is a strong correlation between SATs and GCSE does anyone have any positive stories of children that were able to pass there “ progression 8 “ predictions think is what it’s called ( sorry had not looked to much in to before as I said it wasn’t something we really thought of )
she will be going to a much smaller setting and we are hoping she will cope with the days longer health wise to be able to attend more but I see a lot In empathise in other posts about spag scores. Is it very hard to “ catch “ up past this point of the correlation is something between SATs and GCSE ?

What were her scaled scores? If below 90 I’d say statistically very unlikely but if between 90and 100 then it’s possible she could get expected later in secondary school.
either way, it sounds like she and you have been through an awful lot and I am so glad to read she is healthier than previously. It must have been very hard on you all 💐I hope her experiences of secondary are really positive

She got reading comprehension 107 ( which I know is absolutely great )

she didn’t hit 100 in spag or maths ( 98 and 99 )

I find it really hard - her health will always come first but I also don’t want her to not accomplish what she can without pressure of course because of something that is not her fault either ! Like I want her to have the same opportunities as an adult but finding the balance is really tough !

Frankly, if she can get 107, 98 and 99, with less than 20% attendance in Y6, then she must be awesome.

I agree but it’s why I am now thinking more about it I suppose that sounds awful as I am sooo proud of her no matter what her scores were as she is an incredible child in so many ways … but maybe I underestimated her academic ability ? Then reading Mumsnet the last few days I think maybe I have just realised I may need to evaluate it all a bit more as I don’t want her to miss out just because of circumstances

She has done amazingly well and is just off 100 in two of her tests.

Does she have an EHCP? At the very least does her secondary school know her musical history and any interventions/reasonable adjustments that need to be put in place?

Yes she has had an ehcp since before starting primary we have been very “ lucky “ with our local authority.

actually tbf I should of realised I underestimated her ability because we knew she wouldn’t cope in mainstream and both me and LA agreed for a specific Sen school for secondary which consists of a lot of medically complex children / genetic conditions and there was no concerns by the LA that she wouldn’t get a space but then she went for a trial in the current year 7 class and they responded the day after saying they couldn’t meet her needs due to her levels being above the cohort and they didn’t offer the right qualifications for her .. I cried for a week over it and was sooo stressed.

she is now going to an independent school for SPLd mainly dyslexia based but after initially consulting no as she was more complex than their usual students they decided to meet her and gave her a trial with their curriculum ( mainstream curriculum with adaptions ) and offered her a place there. small classes but normal curriculum with assistive technology etc

so now I’m guessing we have a real shot here at helping her over come everything ?

I should say in terms of her writing she is quite behind because in her first primary school they insisted on her handwriting and she couldn’t physically write so she then didn’t learn anything about structure of sentences etc
her spelling and grammar also took a massive hit.
it was not until year 4 when the OT contacted the LA for a laptop and update her EHCP that she really started learning English or participating. ( she has right sided hemiplegia so physical writing was hard but it was all they cared about ) the new school allowed the laptop and she started improving her spellings etc
overall scored 98 in spag and as the teacher told me year 5 secured in writing at end of year 6.