Is there a crib sheet?

[Pyrrah]

Just wondering if there is a website or pdf or something available that explains what each level of the key stages means without having to wade through 50 pages of detail?

For example, what does a child need to know to score a 2 or a 3 in KS1? What are the letters - ie a 2b or a 3a? When are the tests taken? Are they just tested on English and Maths or on other subjects too?

Are they only sat in state schools or in the private sector as well?

Btw, if the testing is only on English and Maths, do the schools concentrate on these to the detriment of other subjects?

Basically anything to explain the ins and outs to a novice!

There should be if there isn't! What a great idea!

The tests are only a small part of the whole assessment process and in fact it is the teacher's overall assessment of the child's work over the whole year that is reported not the test results.

A b indicates a child working securely at that level a c indicates the child is demonstrating aspects of that level and an a that they are working towards the next level.

www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupDownloadFile.asp?GroupID=717006&ResourceId=2971620

dera.ioe.ac.uk/8960/1/00434-2009.pdf

www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/curriculum_support/documents/What_I_can_do_-_level_1.pdf

www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/nationalstrategy/literacy/getfile.php?src=1548/app_en_assescriteria.pdf&s=4f51ff6fbbb918764397bf23eafc5547

Sorry,but have you got one for Maths MRZ? Please.

TIA

Thanks for the links!

I notice that there are levels 1-7, yet scores for schools are only for L3 and L5 - does that mean that some children may be at L2 at KS1 while others could be at L4 at the same point and some children may be at L4 at KS2 whereas others could be at L7?

Should all children have finished L7 by the time they leave primary school?

Or have I totally misunderstood?

No children should be level 7/8 when they complete compulsory education at age 16

Thank you. Just seen that Maths was included already,MRZ...

The expected level for most children at the end of KS1 is level 2 at the end of KS2 - level 4

I saw in the new national curriculum thread that one poster (snowball?) says that in one of her Y5 classes most are at L5, one at L7 and one at L1.

That can't mean a 9 year-old is doing work aimed at a 15/16 year old - or does it?

Are there different types of levels numbered 1-7 that she is talking about?

Sorry if these sound like ridiculous questions!

No she is talking about NC levels and yes children can and do work at these higher levels (although very few children nationally will be working at level 7 in primary schools) just as there will be pupils in secondary schools who are still working at lower levels.

Levels 1-3 in Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2, ages 4-7) Most pupils are at Level 2 by the end of Key Stage 1
Levels 2-5 in Key Stage 2 (Years 3-6, ages 7-11) Most pupils are at Level 4 by the end of Key Stage 2
Levels 3-7 in Key Stage 3 (Years 7-9, ages 11-14) Most pupils are at Level 5/6 by the end of Key Stage 3

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/parents/how_is_my_child_doing/

Thank you - the BBC link is EXACTLY what I needed. Brilliant!

Just to clarify!
I teach a mixed age class of years 5 and 6. However the majority of them ( 17 out of 25) are year 6 and I have the top eight year 5's by ability. So the results are slightly skewed! The largest group I have in maths are working at level 5/6 ( that's 8 out of 25) with one of those working at level 7 ( he IS rather bright!) I then have smaller groups working at every level from 1 up to 4.
So I have children working chronologically from year 1 to year 9 in my 2 year class!