School grades disappointment

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The three grades in son’s secondary school are Developing, Expected and Higher. He also has ASD.

In English he’s “between Expected and Higher” like what will that be?
In Maths he’s Higher, yet has 23/40 on the test!
In food tech he has Developing on the practicales, yet Expected on the tests???

Can I ask what you are disappointed about ?

They may give different tests to different sets.
Not good at cooking but knows the theory.
Between expected and higher means just that. Like an A- or a B+.

Both my dcs' schools and the school I work out send out information about what the grades actually mean, which are going to be different for every single school. So the first thing I suggest is check what the school says each one means.

No one can really answer this.

The grade boundaries are reflecting how difficult the exam is. The maths exam might be harder hence the lower grade boundary than perhaps another subject. This is why for GCSEs and A level you can't simply say that someone got 70% so it is an 8, it will depend on how hard the exam was, so 70% on the foundation paper of a GCSE will not result in the same grade as 70% on a higher paper.

I taught maths.

We had different tests for different groups.

If he got 23 on the test for the top group then that is much much better than 40/40 on the test for the bottom group.

That sounds like a good report to me. I have no idea why you're disappointed. The food tech one is practical vs theory. When he cooks at home does he make a mess, overcook of just take ages doing it? Get him to cook more at home.