2 sublevels in 2 years. Is that good enough progress?

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Dd has made only 2 sublevels progress in 2 years.

Her teachers are happy with her - her effort, attitude and behaviour are all good ...but is the progress good enough?

She isn't behind, so no concerns there, its just that she seems to have slowed right down.

She's about to go into Y5 btw.

The average is 2 sub levels a year, however it's not always that straightforward . If it's in all subjects then I'd have a problem but just one or two then I'd just keep an eye on it.

It's in all subjects.

My gut feeling is that its not enough progress, but as they're happy with her, I don't know what I can do?

I think the average is supposed to be 1.5 levels per year isn't it? i.e. two whole levels over three years (i.e. your level 3 kid in ks1 should be a level 5 one in ks2).
Which makes your dd's progress sound OK since progress isn't linear.

Sorry that should be two whole levels over three years?
Oh god, I think I'd fail my maths sats as I can't work it out.

Honestly I'd be wary. We've had to move a few times and I've had experience of five different primary schools (over three dc's) and you'd be amazed by how much expectations can differ.

Should be 3 sub levels over 2 years.
Her progress seems ok but I would keep a close watch next year. Hopefully she's very secure where she is and will progress up a sub level quickly at the beginning of next year.

What levels is she actually on? Is it that the rest have been catching up and they have been focusing classroom teaching on them?

She's 4b for reading and 4c for everything else.

I know this is pretty good, which is why I was reluctant to say the level. It's not the level she's on that worries me, its the slowing down of progress.

I maybe WAY off the mark - but I was talking to someone yesterday about this because my son hasn't moved any sub levels this year (although has good grades) - my friend says that this is because the tests they took 6 months were easier then the tests they have just taken ...dunno how true this is but made sense to me

It is possible that she was "only just" a 3a/4c two year ago, and now she's a "not quite" 4a/5c. In which case, she would only be just slightly short of the expected whole level over two years.

But it seems unlikely that that would be the case in all subjects.

In your position, I would be watching very carefully to see whether the school appeared to be getting complacent about the progress of more able pupils. I know that my children's school would expect a child of her level still to be making two sub-levels' progress per year.

I would love that to be true, cunning.

Thankyou for all your replies.