When do we get the year 6 SATs results?

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Just had DS1's report, and thought the results would be in it. But they aren't. Do we get told?

Got ours yesterday on a little card. With the level and the sub level. Dd is chuffed as a frog with hers.

Apparently ours will be given out with the reports on Friday. Hope everyone gets what they are expecting or the school leavers disco that evening is going to be a bit

Well the office staff at dds school don't seem to know when we'll get ours or if any of them were marked within school (as I know some were). Anyway, I'll just have to wait and see and mark it as another reason why dd should not have gone there.

Honestly- SATS levels shouldn't matter enough to most children to affect their enjoyment of their disco!

DS was verbally given his - failed to get a Level 6 in Maths but then did it with slapped cheek virus - wish we hadn't sent him in to do it. He did say it was significantly harder than any of the ones they'd practised in class though....

No official letter though....

Not a major deal MrsS3. I think statistical data is always useful as at least perhaps, you can monitor and or start thinking about additional support towards his GCSE's:) nearer the time.

What do they mean?

DS1 got 5 Eng, 5 maths and 5 reading.

We're still waiting for ours, assume they will be out with reports on Friday so that teachers have a weekend of peace before the questions start coming. Or maybe they'll wait till next week. When dd did hers a few years ago there was no parental discussion about them and no one knew what anyone else's child got.

Well DS knows that most of the ones who took level 6 maths didn't get it (except the two who'd had tutors for the 11+) but aside from that no-one has mentioned anything about them really. But then after all the angst of 11+ exams, results and school offers they are really a bit of an anticlimax aren't they? Think that by this point in Year 6 the children are really past the point of caring!

Tiredmama- google is your friend.

It's out of ten.

Hi Tiredmama Level 5, is the highest score available (unless your school did the new extension level 6 - not all of them did). It means you should be incredibly happy as he is above average in all three areas. It is also likely, if his secondary school streams, he'll be in the top group.

Roughly (very roughly, can go either slightly up or down depending of subject) 80% of kids reach the expected level 4. Teachers often give their own assessments too and give sub-levels of a, b and c, based on the year. So your ds may have got say 5a in Maths, 5b in reading (comprehension) and 5c in writing. a is the highest sub level.

Many argue, that it's the schools issue and nothing to do with the parents or the kids, because the school is judged accordingly, some going into special measures if too many kids fail to reach target. I however, was quite keen for my ds to get a decent result because of streaming in his new school, where the top groups do Latin, and also, becuase there is a direct correlation between sats results and gcse results. At least then, based on what your child gets, you can think ahead in terms of extra help if need be.

This is my understanding of it all:)

Hope that helps

Level 6 maths WAS much harder than any of the practices! AND the pass mark has gone up by 50% on last year. However, a much truer reflection of level 6 ability IMO.

Just to clarify my previous post - My 2 were given verbally their results, which they all wrote down to bring home. Main level sent to school, and school worked out sub level, and also their actual score on each test - out of 100 in math, and out of 50 in english written and comprehension.
We were given their school reports today with their teacher assessment level, which were all lower (in 2 cases significantly lower!) than the SAT scores they actually got!

@Bubby64 - That's surprising Bubby. Looking at the pile my son brought home with him yesterday, it would appear that the teacher's assessment was an average, based on the score achieved throughout the year from mocks. For example, for Maths, he scored mostly 5a's in the mocks the odd 5b, so for his Teacher's assessment he was given a 5a for Maths. English writing he scored a combination of 5b's and 5a's, but mostly 5bs, so teacher assessment awarded was 5b. The official level from the test was a 5. So based on what you've said and my own observations, it looks as though they performed significantly better in the test, on the day, than they had done during the year.

My ds was given a teacher assessed level in maths of 5a but only got a level 4 in the SATs. I am v disappointed with this as maths is his best subject and his teacher is always saying how well he is doing. I concentrated most of my efforts at home on his English because he struggles with this (dyslexia) and he got a 5 in his English! I wonder if he just struggled with the maths paper on the day and maybe did not read some of the questions properly?

I don't know whether any of you have seen my thread from earlier today amd can shed light on my confusion. DS's school did the internally assessed writing SATs, for which he scored 28/50, a level 4. He got 41/50 for his reading, a level 5. The DFE website says that this year, instead of adding them together to arrive at an overall level, teachers should award, in writing, 30 marks for a level 3, 40 for a 4 and 50 for a 5. This should be added to the reading mark to arrive at the overall level. in this case DS should have got 81, which is a level 5.
Don't get it.

link here www.education.gov.uk/schools/teachingandlearning/assessment/keystage2/pupil/b00209308/english-levels/english-formula

I got DS2's today. Straight 5s plus the 6 for maths.

Completely meaningless of course but he is happy to have beaten his older brother, albeit by a tiny margin and a technicality :o

So is the maths just based on the exam on the day and not the teachers assessment?

Sphil yes the marks in tens plus the reading score is the overall literacy grade. Ds1 has managed a 4 through this when otherwise his very dyslexic efforts would only have made a 3. You are absolutely correct, and your ds has most definitely got himself a 5! Very well done to him and I'd have to go and tell the teacher but I bet you're too polite

Oh no I'm not!. It may make a difference to setting- and as they set Drama, History and Geography ( all strong subjects for DS) according to English SATs results, it's important. His is not a school that takes interference from parents lightly though, so will have to gird my loins...