National curriculum key stage 1 criteria

[henryhsmum]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me where I can download the national curriculum level criteria for Key stage 1 i.e what are the detailed criteria for Level 1, level 2a, 2b 2c.

Have just had my son's report and am fuming to say the least - how can a 6 year old who is on purple level (ie age 6 to 7) be assessed as being level P5 (they are using P levels as it is a specialist school - he has autism and ADHD but is actually very bright, the problem has been their failure to notice this)

P5 Pupils select a few words, symbols or pictures with which they are particularly familiar and derive some meaning from text, symbols or pictures presented in a way familiar to them. They match objects to pictures and symbols, for example, choosing between two symbols to select a drink or seeing a photograph of a child and eye-pointing at the child. They show curiosity about content at a simple level, for example, they may answer basic two key-word questions about a story.

I have parents evening next week and basically intend to challenge them so I want the KS1 levels to back up what i say.

It does seem odd but how well does he comprehend the books he is reading?

One of my SN pupils gets a reading age of 8.5 on one test which involves decoding and "barking" at text but performs more at the reading age of 5 on another test which assesses understanding.

Look here for APP level 1-8 descriptors for reading (scroll down for the reading ones.)

Thank you, that is helpful. They have checked his understanding (I don't know what they used) and said the level is appropriate. There are also other galring examples of their misassessment of him. For example, in maths he can count well in to the hundreds, knows his ten times tables (in random order not by rote) and he can add numbers such as 51 add 5 mentally and also do subtraction . Yet he is assessed as level P3 which is:

Pupils begin to communicate intentionally. They seek attention through eye contact, gesture or action. They request events or activities, for example, pushing an item of equipment towards a member of staff. They participate in shared activities with less support. They sustain concentration for short periods. They explore materials in increasingly complex ways, for example, banging or rubbing objects together. They observe the results of their own actions with interest, for example, as they throw or drop objects on to different surfaces. They remember learned responses over more extended periods, for example, remembering how to activate a pop-up object from
a previous lesson.

Do you know where I can find the Key Stage 1 assessment criteria as I can only find the P scales online.

The APP grids I showed you are the assessment criteria.

Look on the level 1/ level2 assessment criteria and see where he fits.

If you can tick off all of the statements for level 1 then he would be a 1a (around half ticked off would be 1c and 3/4 ticked off 1b)

Expected levels for the end of year 1 is 1b/2c

Expected levels for end of year 2 is 2b.

These are the level descriptors but not particularly helpful.

P scales are described differently- you might not see level 1/2 described in the same way.

Well, for reading he is between a Level 2 and 3 on criteria AF1. He has never been taught letters and sounds as they don't do them in his school but he taught them to himself by reading a phonics chart and watching alpha blocks.

For AF2 he can do the level 1 items but level 2 only some of it. He could tell you things like who the characters were. It not sure he would know where to look in the text for the info.

The other criteria I am unsure about - they never read non fiction texts as far as I am aware.

To be honest a lot of it depends on how Interested he is in the topic. He has autism and also ADHD.

Where can I find the equivalent of the scales you linked to for maths?

Think I have found the maths ones now

He is mainly level 1 and some level 2 in terms of knowledge but he can not write so he could do most of the criteria but not record his answer without help. Can he score anything on level 2 before he meets all level 1 criteria?

He has never been taught tens and units and place value but he seems to have an intrinsic knowledge of them as he can randomly do sums such as 52 plus 7 mentally so he must know to add the 7 and 2 together to get the 9 of 59. Very like how he learned to read as he knew the phonics without being taught them. I find it difficult to teach him things like tens and units as he is very literal due to being autistic so would find it difficult to accept that a number can be broken down into tens and units as to him 22 is 22 not 2 tens and 2 units.