2016 SATS results - should I be worried?

[Thomasina76]

DS's primary school is Ofsted outstanding and I think last year 96% of kids got level 4 of above, with around 80/90% getting level 5 or above. Just seen the 2016 SATs results and it seems reading is 78%, writing 80% and maths 90%. Another school nearby with a much more Osted and which got much less good results last year seems to have done much better, getting scores all in the 90s. I know schools performed worse this year due to the changes in the curriculum but should I be worried? I have been worried for some time about how pushy/rigorous the school is and have always been reassured by their excellent results.

[spanieleyes]

The combined score is always a lot lower than the individual scores ( so 53% combined with 66% individual reading, 70% individual maths and 74% writing.) schools achieving 80-90% are doing very well indeed!

[Bluebird23]

Ah, I understand spanieleyes.

The individual scores for this school are all in the late 80% and early 90% but the combined score is 74%.

[whatnext2016]

110 as a high score is a standardised score - where the max possible is 120 - so it is a ' 'high score'. There's also a raw score table on the gov website.

Plus, the results PDF document states that only 5% of children were awarded scores of 110+ across all three measures.

The 2016 papers were very challenging.

[Feenie]

As I said, I think it's fine for these particular papers - I know exactly how challenging they were! Only 3% of children even attempted the final question of the reading paper, never mind got it correct. I think next year's reading will be very different.

[mrz]

"110 as a high score is a standardised score"

The 110 is a scale score not a standardised score very different things.

[HarveySchlumpfenburger]

This is going to be one of those regular things, isn't it?

Setting the assessment system with a pass mark as a scaled score of 100 was a bloody stupid idea. This confusion was inevitable.

[whatnext2016]

Sorry yes - scaled. What I was trying to convey is that achieving 110+ (scaled) as a score where 120 was the highest possible - was actually a very challenging benchmark for DfE to set as equating to a 'high score'.

Maths - a child needed 99/110 - 90% correct answers
Spag - child 61/70 - 87% correct answers
Reading - child needed 34/50 - 64%
correct answers

It's what the 110 means in relation to the cohort that makes it a 'high score'.

110+ across the papers was very difficult to achieve - only 5% did!