IS THIS STATS YEAR 1?

[BeyondRepair]

DD came home yesterday and said they had to do maths work in a booklet, they all had to do each question at the same time and the teacher read out each question as they all went along?

Do all primaries tell us stats results and if so when and how? Would it come through in a formal letter or casual at next parents evening?

KS1 SATs are taken in year 2. The school decides when to set them and how to report the results to parents.

There are no SATs in Year 1. It is possible that this was an assessment (though odd to do the whole class together - unless I have misunderstood your post).

You don't get the individual results of KS1 SATs (even the "proper" Y2 ones!). They are used to inform the teacher assessment score. You are required to be given the teacher assessment score at the end of Y2 (you will be given it formally via a letter or report). Schools vary on whether they share levels at Y1 stage.

Schools can do SATs every year from year 1, although apart from year 2 & 6 they are known as voluntary sats. How the school communicates the results is up to them. My DD came home with a bit of paper with her levels on just before half term, and parents could then make an appointment with the teacher to discuss them if they wanted. I'd ask the teacher.

No such thing as stats, but there are statutory SATs in y2 and 6 and optional ones in 3,4 and 5.

OK.....could it just be a normal little test then>

BeyondRepair

It seems to be pretty common (around here at least) to regularly have pupils take KS1 (Y1/ Y2) or KS2 (Y3 - Y6) SATs. Obviously when it's an end of Key Stage test Teacher assessment at KS1 and at end KS2 results (which I guess is a combination of Teacher Assessment (TA) and independently marked scores) are formally reported to parents (usually as part of the end of year reports your school will send).

The rest of attempts at SATs papers (our school goes in for this at the start of the school year and at the end of each term) is really about 'tracking'. Both tracking pupils' progress but also about tracking how well the teacher is doing. It's quite clear that teachers are expected to raise achievement by so many National Curriculum sub-levels or APP (Assessing Pupils' Progress) points over a school year. So teachers will use things like SATs tests to establish what level pupils were when they started the school year with them and to demonstrate that they have improved by x many pts/ sub-levels.

I realise people get very upset about standardised testing - but I think the way to view it is this is a means of establishing how your child is doing - the results will matter (in terms of the teacher realising they need to do a bit more there/ recognising clear gaps for the entire class or a group/ etc...)

The tendency is for school's to withhold this optional SATs data and not share it with parents. However, most will talk about end of year targets at parent/ teacher meetings or at the very least indicate your child is working below, at or above expected progress levels at that stage. And using these tests to gauge performance - to raise targets - to recognise whether a student is struggling/ not improving - or indeed has rapidly improved and can now access more challenging material - are all good things.

School is about learning - sure it's also is about social development as well and children will also discover arts, sports, drama, dance etc.... but that underlying expectation that primary pupils will leave primary able to read at a 10/11 year old reading level and able to add/ subtract/ multiply/ divide also need to be monitored and I'm afraid sometimes the only means of measuring this is to have a child sit a quiz or a test.

HTH

Thanks so much Past, always so incredibly helpful .

I dont mind tests at all, but if she is doing a test I would like to be let in on the result and be clearly told whats going on...

DD (also yr1) did a maths SATS test (for assessment) just before Easter and a literacy one last week.

AuntieUrsula there are no Year 1 optional tests only Year 3-5.

OP whatever the test your child has done it definitely is not an optional SAT - they don't exist!