Progress expected for an 'outstanding school'

[wheresthebeach]

I may be imagining things but I thought that outstanding schools were suppose to make more than standard progress? Is this is the case? My DD is at an outstanding school and they seem to be happy with expected progress (2 levels between end of KS1 and end KS2).
Appreciate it if anyone could shed some light!

No schools are not expected to make more than the standard expected progress. However, they ARE expected to show how they differentiate effectively for the more able and less able.

OFSTED don't have different standards just because a school is Outstanding but the school is expected to show they have maintained the skills which got them the Outstanding grading in the first place.

Two levels sounds reasonable to me. Quite a few children in DD's class got level 3 in everything, and given how rare a 6 is in reading, I wouldn't expect higher than a 5 in any subject.

We have been told in no uncertain terms that 2 levels is no longer good enough. We are tracking children in terms of three levels progress, not two. We are a junior school with consistently good results - but there's no way all those level threes will be sixes. It's just not possible without extreme hot housing I've seen in some "beacon schools."

Two levels is expected progress, three is considered above this. OFSTED will look at results yes but is not the only factor in 'outstanding

Not sure about the specifics will have to check with my wife (head) when she gets in.
What I will say is regardless of the school rating children should be making the best progress that is possible for them, afterall with the best will in the world some children are able to achieve more highly than others.

If your child is making progress at the level expected for his age (nationaly) then he's not doing badly and that could possibly be his level? You'd expect an outstanding school to be getting the best out of their children and maybe they are.

We are expected to show 14 points progress between ks1 and ks2, so two whole levels plus a sublevel ( is a 2b child in KS1 would need to be a 4a by KS2) and a third of children are expected to make 16 points!

Thanks all - school seems to have let progress slow through years 3-5 and now realising there are issues. Just wanted to understand where we should be expecting DD to get to. Cheers for info.