School refuses to give levels at consultation

[Millie13]

Hi I am a parent of a local school and we have just had a parent consultation . For each child I asked what level including sublevels the children were on ( for English and maths) and what their targets were for the end of the year . I was informed that the school will not give this information out to parents. They will only receive an end of year report with levels . However I would like to see how much progress has been made since the beginning of the academic year and I don't understand why this information is top secret and being kept from me .

I have asked before and had a meeting with the head which proved fruitless as she refused to give me the levels and it turned into an interrogation about why I had an interest in levels . I had to justify my reasons for asking and never received them! .
Could anyone please elaborate on this and how I can obtain them? Are they within their rights to withhold this information ?

I've never seen your version anywhere CG

The flyer I have from local specials menu

Starter
Soup of the day
Served with homemade Bread
Duck liver pate
Smoked Salmon with mini prawn
cocktail
Creamy garlic mushrooms on crouton
**
Main
Roast Loin of pork with mustard mash & buttered greens
Chicken Dianne
Bangers and mash with red onion gravy
Pumpkin ravioli
**
Dessert
Ice cream and sorbet
Clarence mess
Triple chocolate brownie
with rich chocolate sauce
Lemon and lime cheesecake

or another specials

Deep fried Cod, Chips and Mushy Peas 10.75

Deep fried breaded Scampi served with Chips, Salad and Garden Peas 9.55

Deep fried breaded Plaice Goujons served with Chips, Salad and Garden Peas 9.55

Homemade Beef Lasagne served with Chips and Salad 10.25

Homemade Vegetable Lasagne served with Chips and Salad 9.25

Homemade Vegetable Lasagne with Goats Cheese served with Chips and Salad 10.25

Homemade Chunky Steak Pie topped with Puff Pastry, served with Chips and Garden Peas 11.10

Chargrilled Gammon Steak with a choice of Fried Eggs or grilled Pineapple rings, served with Chips, Onion Rings, Mushrooms and half a grilled Tomato 10.50

Homemade Chilli Con Carne served with Rice, Sour Cream and homemade Tortilla Chips 9.55

Chargrilled 8oz Rump Steak served with a choice of Firecracker sauce and glazed Cheese or Mushrooms, half a grilled Tomato and Onion Rings, with Chips 15.50

Pan fried Pork and Leek Sausages served with creamy Mashed Potato, Yorkshire Pudding, Vegetables and Red Onion Gravy 9.95

Slow braised Lamb's Liver with creamy Mashed Potato, Vegetables and Coarse Mustard Gravy 9.55

or

Chef Specials

28th March - 3rd April

Main Course

Chicken breast stuffed with asparagus, coated in a orange hollandaise sauce £13.10

Fresh seabass fillets with sizzled ginger, spring onions & chillies £12.95

10oz italiano burger - lamb mince infused with red onion & basil, accompanied with salad & parmesan & herb coated wedges £10.45

This thread has gone a bit weird!

It's the Oxford comma

The menus have made me hungry

Interesting, but I think teachers need to guard against teaching the obviously ridiculous. For example, I don't think there is a single person in the universe who believes that

Ingredients: chilli, lemon juice, garlic, sage, oregano, salt and pepper.

actually means

chilli & pepper, lemon juice & pepper, garlic & pepper, sage & pepper, oregano & pepper, salt and pepper.

Thought I'd just include what Oxford dictionary point out regarding the use of commas in lists:

Some writers and publishers always put a comma before the word ‘and’
or ‘or’ but it isn’t wrong to leave it out.

source: www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/punctuation-in-lists

not wishing to sit on the fence on this one - but thought it worthwhile to point out that either approach is correct in English and neither approach is more correct than the other.

HTH

Yes, but you can't trust what Oxford says on this issue because, when it comes to comma usage, they're the bad people.

I don't really think all people who advise on comma usage are out to get me, honest.

I take it you don't like the Oxford comma column ....

Are there people who advise on comma usage?

Must be mrz. Publishers have a 'house style', so there must be people who make the decisions....

You can just imagine it, can't you...

I decide where the commas go, around here.

As opposed to: I decide where the commas go around here.

Dear cpasium/ mrz/ columngollum:

thought you'd enjoy this TedEd clip on the Oxford Comma:

ed.ted.com/lessons/grammar-s-great-divide-the-oxford-comma-ted-ed

Enjoy

PastSellByDate

I loved it, too.