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Average levels: KS1:2; KS2:4; KS3:??

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Erebus · 07/10/2013 18:40

Purely OOI?

Just curious to know what the 'average expected attainment' level was for KS3 (end of Y9) used to be.

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muminlondon · 07/10/2013 19:21

Er...Level 6?

Also according to this

52% were at L6 or above in English in 2012
61% in Maths
54% Science

15% were at L7 or above in English, 31% Maths.

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Erebus · 07/10/2013 19:51

You just added 2 to level 2, london Grin - I saw what you did!

But you may well be right!

Thanks!

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morethanpotatoprints · 07/10/2013 21:31

I was told that level 8 was good at end of KS3, not sure what is average. Is 8 the highest or is there a 9 too?
Have had 2 dc already finished school and I dunno.
My dd was 8 and working within L8 in music, bit of a boast there. Grin

muminlondon · 07/10/2013 22:46

Well according to Table 1 Level 8 would work out at the top 1% of the cohort in English and 8% in Maths. So I'd consider that good but by no means average Grin

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Erebus · 08/10/2013 08:44

Level 8 at the end of KS3? I'd call that exceptional!

At the DSs' high achieving comp, the end-of-Y9 reports come with an explanatory sheet (v. useful in discovering that a 4L in, say music is considered fine, and a 7L in English considered a very good result)- the sheet cites level 8 and being an exceptionally high achievement that few, if any DC will attain in this subject.

I would have thought there was one definitive mark that 'most DC of this age/at this stage, nationally, should achieve', like they say about a '2' at KS1 and a '4' at KS2.

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TeenAndTween · 08/10/2013 10:42

I believe average expected attainment is now 'level5 or level6'.
At least that's the message we get from DD1's school.

Broadly speaking I get the impressoin Maths, English and Science should be aiming for 6 (ie 2 levels above end y6), but that other subjects, studied in lesser detail in primary, may end up lower.

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Erebus · 08/10/2013 13:45

That seems reasonable, teen. I'd've thought maybe a 6 as they have had 3 years since the end of Y6.

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TeenAndTween · 08/10/2013 14:01

As far as I can tell from threads on here and my DD's target grades, if you reach a high level 5, you are able to achieve a C at GCSE, if that helps.

Talkinpeace · 08/10/2013 17:16

the point of "average" levels is that they are at the middle of a very wide normal distribution
therefore pretty meaningless to any individual pupil

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