KS1 targets

[squashpie]

Sorry, I know there are a few threads on this subject but this is a slightly different angle and I didn't want to hijack other threads!

I have never been told how my DC has been doing with reference to EYs or KS1 targets. At his school, they give out 'gradings'. I don't really know how that means he's doing in relation to his peer group in his class, in his year, or in relation to national standards. He is now in Yr 2 and I have our parent teacher chat coming up shortly. Do I have a legal right to ask them how they think he will do? Do I have a legal right to ask what his 'national' scores were at the end of Reception or Yr 1?

I'm assuming that as they've not yet handed these out, there may be some resistance to doing so. Can anyone explain why this might be so (perhaps trying to allay pushy parents, of whom there are many at our school)? And, if so, how I might ask for them anyway?!

Thanks!

As a parent of Year 6 and year 8,
its all hogwash setting levels for them at KS1.

Variations in age/maturity have such a huge effect and all kids are individuals.
Is child happy? Do they skip into school?
Do they like looking at books and doodling with you?

You'll have enough leveling / setting / moderation / exams to make your hair go white at Year 6 and then secondary.
Enjoy asking about their favourite things while you still can.

They don't do levels at the end of reception and as he's now in Yr2 it seems a bit pointless asking for them.

We were given their scores twice in Yr1 - once just before Xmas and once at the end of term. They are teacher assesed and I do wonder how accurate they are though. For literacy DS1 was given a W (ie below expected year 1 targets) at the first one and then 1a six months later despite the fact that he hadn't changed reading books all year!

No harm in asking - but certainly tone down the 'its my legal right to know' business.

Teacher assessment only have to be reported at the end of key stage 1 and key stage 2, even though they are continuous right from Reception up to Year 6.

However, I can't think of any reason why a teacher wouldn't tell you a teacher assessment if you asked - it's a question I have regularly been asked as a Y2 to Y6 class teacher.