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reception report

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ROSY2016 · 10/07/2016 13:05

at the current year ,is it good to achieve exceeding in all 17 areas at reception? has the standards levels has been raised from previous year?

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spanieleyes · 10/07/2016 15:32

I might just be guessing, but exceeding in all areas sounds quite good to meConfused

insancerre · 10/07/2016 15:43

I work in a nursery and the head teacher told me they only have 2 children who have exceeding this year in reception

catkind · 10/07/2016 17:10

It was always very good to get exceeding across the board; EYFS hasn't changed since last year.

user789653241 · 10/07/2016 17:36

Great result! Flowers

Floggingmolly · 10/07/2016 17:38

How could it not be good, exactly? Strange...

CocktailQueen · 10/07/2016 17:40

No. It would be better to have 'emerging' across the board.

Stealth boast, much? Hmm

Witchend · 10/07/2016 18:28

No it's really bad I'd be really worried.
Didn't you know that there's a degree above it called exceeding exceeding? If she hasn't got at least 12 out of 17 on that level then you really need to be considering hassling the school to see improvements next year. Standards are slipping you know.
In two years time they'll add another standard on the top called exceeding exceeding exceeding to show how standards are getting even better. Hmm

mrz · 10/07/2016 18:34

No standards / expectations haven't been raised from the previous year's

Dripdrop · 10/07/2016 18:42

I teach reception and have never had a child who is exceeding in all 17 areas...

user789653241 · 10/07/2016 18:43

Be nice, people!
It's a bit of proud parents moment on the anonymous forum.

VertiginousOust · 10/07/2016 18:44

Ok, I'll bite. Hmm my DC has just got exceeding across the board in reception and her teacher said she'd never taught a child who had done that before. So yes, it's good of course. How could it be anything other than good?

sirfredfredgeorge · 10/07/2016 18:44

In 2015, 2% of children got exceeding in all things.

It seems like an awful lot of effort on the part of the teachers to get the evidence to back it up...

gumbrilla · 10/07/2016 20:14

DD just got this, and was a bit of a shock. Not sure what to do with it, apart from a bang up Pizza Hut meal to congratulate her for her hard work, flowers for the teacher for her hard work, and not to mention it to any of the other parents, on pain of excommunication.

MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 10/07/2016 20:29

My child got not meeting the standard for EYFS. He's just done key stage 1 SATS and scored very highly.

Nobody cares because it doesn't mean anything. When they do GCSEs nobody cares how good they were at self care when they were 4/5 or how good they were at passing a test when they were 7.

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ROSY2016 · 10/07/2016 20:31

congratz gumbrilla.

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gumbrilla · 10/07/2016 23:11

Thank you, but it's not deserved really. For us what matters is, is she happy? They don't measure that one. She may repeat her performance in the years to come, or the other kids might catch her up, hard to say, I hope she does well, but I care more about her being happy and safe.

Fairuza · 10/07/2016 23:57

No exceeding is rubbish OP, how disappointing for you.

Mandzi34 · 11/07/2016 06:51

Ds was below average in Reception and was one of the lowest in his class. By Year 1 he was in the middle and just continued to improve from there. Don't worry, I'm sure she won't be the only one exceeding by the end of next year ;), so you won't be left on your own.

PrincessHairyMclary · 11/07/2016 07:09

DD was exceeding in everything last year, also oldest in the year which I'm sure helps.

This year she's still doing well but teaching styles are different and more formal and I'm sure others have probably caught up.

Ofcourse it's lovely to have all those ticks on the page but really doesn't extend much beyond reception.

MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 11/07/2016 08:06

The thing with the EYFS is that unless a teacher has actually observed something it hasn't happened. This can work against shy children, especially if the teacher lacks the skills to create the right environment for observations for all children.

I've seen EYFS where a child has been marked below expected level because the only assessment was based on show and tell which the child wouldn't do. The same child had been observed at preschool the year before meeting the standard.

I'm expecting big things of my Autumn born show off girl though. She's going to ace that EYFS assessment Wink Grin

Ginmummy1 · 11/07/2016 09:59

DD is in Reception, and the EYFS report offers Emerging, Developing, Secure. No ‘exceeding’.

I thought all schools would use the same categories, but it seems not!

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ROSY2016 · 11/07/2016 10:18

I think instead of exceeding 'secure' would be nice wording.

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sirfredfredgeorge · 11/07/2016 10:29

Pretty sure schools are supposed to use that particular wording.
www.gov.uk/guidance/2016-early-years-foundation-stage-assessment-and-reporting-arrangements-ara/section-4-reporting-and-using-results

Secure is a different thing to exceeding too...

AMomentaryLapseOfReason · 11/07/2016 10:39

Our school used 'exceeding' in the reception report and 'secure' in the FS1 and FS2 reports. DD was 'exceeding' in all 17 areas: the report was lovely, but didn't make a big deal out of it, it focused on her personality and enjoyment of different aspects of learning. I hadn't realised it was so unusual. Her teacher hasn't mentioned it to me at all.

Ginmummy1 · 11/07/2016 10:57

Oh dear – so DD’s school is once again not doing things correctly!

Tempted as I am to show them the error of their ways, it’s nearly the end of the year and DD got ‘secure’ on all 17 goals in her February report, so I think I can resist the temptation to ask how many ‘exceeding’ scores they fancy giving her at the end of the year.