SATS scores help

[Satsscores]

Hi,

My DS got a score of 115 on his reading SAT in key stage 1 in the reading paper. From what I can see this would count as greater depth.
His teacher has marked him as 'expected' rather than greater depth based on his work throughout the year, they also say he is at 'expected' level now. I think he's not being challenged enough and that they aren't getting the best out of him in class.
He is new to this school (a year ago) and was always one of the best readers at his old school and I genuinely think he is talented in this area, but the books he brings home just don't challenge him at all.

Is it unusual for teachers to grade lower than test scores? I am new to all this and don't have a clue. TIA

Was the test score from last Summer?
Yes, teachers can and do grade lower than test scores suggest, they can also grade higher! The test is just one small part of the evidence base they need to make a judgement. It is slightly unusual to have such a high test score but be assessed as working at expected, but not unheard of. If they don't have evidence that your child has consistently demonstrated greater depth skills across the whole of the reading curriculum then they won't assess as such.
Assuming your child is now in year 3, the " expectation" at this time in year 3 is greater than the " expectation " at the end of year 2. So your child could well be assessed as working at expected then and now but still have made the required progress.

Thanks for this, that's helpful. Yes the grade from last summer. I suppose I'm concerned he isn't being challenged in class, or his potential isn't being reached in his class work.
He has been reading quite difficult books for a long time now, and the ones that come home just aren't the same level at all.
When I spoke to the head (about something else initially) she said the moderator had moderated him down, the teacher wasn't able to emass enough evidence for him to be graded as greater depth.

Oh, that's difficult if the school has external moderation, ours went through EVERYTHING with a fine toothcomb and they wouldn't look at the test paper results at all, it was all down to the evidence we had gathered, even video recordings of children reading where she counted the number of words read per minute! And if a child is moderated, you have to go with the level given.

Do you know how his current books are allocated? We use a scheme called Accelerated reader where a child does a comprehension test of increasing difficulty. This gives a reading range and the children can choose books between this range. But it is based on comprehension rather than reading fluency, which can be the difference between KS1 and KS2. It might be worth finding out how books are now allocated.