I know how H goes on about how thick I am .....

[carla]

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is it school rsults, carla? in that case cohort= year group and "value added scores" = scores which take into account the children's sat scores when they started at the school (so a fairer score for comparison with other schools)

Don't worry your little head about it, dear

I don't know why they can't just say "year group" TBH. Value-added is OK, though it does bring VAT to mind, but cohort is men in helmets, little skirts and sandals

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Carla - repeat after me:

I am not thick. I am not thick. H is an arse. I am not thick.

see my post below carla. (they take the sat scores or an estimate when the child starts school, and take them away from the final scores).

you're not thick, but you might skim read too much!

They do "baseline assessment" when the child starts school at 4, carla - they measure loads of skills at that point (shapes, numbers, colours, letter recognition, fine motor skills blah blah) although I don't know how they are marked.

Then when they do SATs in Y2 their scores are compared with the baseline assessment, and if they have achieved higher scores than predicted by baseline, that shows some value added. It's a v imprecise science but better than nothing and at least allows for schools with a lower-ability intake to show what they can do.

"Cohort" is used instead of "year group" as in any given year the cohort (those taking the exams) may include students from different year groups.

I did not have a clue what that meant either!

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i can whinge on about the whole sentence for you if you want....
or do you have the answer

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an here now for a while....
I can whinge for you.....

thats just a badly written sentence imo. send it to the Plain English campaign!