Our school has a high ratio of SEN children and this is given as a reason why we perform poorly in the KS2 SATs ( small cohorts, high proportion of SEN).
Surely depending on your SEN (but a couple of them are quite severe) some are excluded from the SATs?? In which case do they impact the SATs score?
According to gov.uk its ultimately the HT's decision on whether or not children sit the SATs. If they do no does this count as a 0% or they are just left out of the 'calculation'?
Many thanks for any clarity you can give on this.