Appeal against a SAT mark

[Ruthrob61]

Having been through all this with one child (now 19 with baby 6mths)). My son has just had his SAT results.

We were happy with all but one (in fact one we were surprised he received a 4 in).

However, his Maths SAT did not reflect what we believed he ought to have had. I always find it odd that teacher assessments always seem to reflect the end result ie TA 4 actual assessment 2 for example).

We want to appeal the grade he got. No, he is far from MENSA but in mathematics from Year 1 to 6 his yearly reports reports always stated a 'good mathematician and ought to go far in this subject'.

Does anyone know how (of if possible) a parent can appeal against a SAT result. I know GCSE results can be appealed but can KS2 results also carry that possibility?

I would be extremely grateful if anyone parent can give me an idea (or if they have managed to do this themselves) how it may work?

Thanks for listening.

Ruth

Really? Enough to affect the level? Blimey.
I regularly send our English papers back, but never Maths.

Why does it matter? Or am I being thick? Isn't 4 what they are suposed to get in Year 6? We were delighted with dd's 5 5 4 - shouldn't we have been?

Agree with others that it really doesn't matter. Most schools will do their own tests in the first few weeks and few stream until year 8.

Sats are just for the school, nothing will be decided based just on his Sats results.

I really wouldn't expend all the time and effort. Secondary schools will carry out their own tests in year 7 before they put children into sets. This allows us to take into the different teaching styles of the various feeder primaries, and helps us to have a better idea of the base line ability of the kids.

As a teacher, and a parent I honestly wouldn't worry about it.

I wouldnt bother it sends out the wrong message to your child and isnt worth the hassle.

Secondry school will soon realise if this is the coorect grade for your son, or not. They will do their own tests to grou and set pupils, and not use SATS as so many children are taught to test.