Really poor KS2 results for school

[Ilovecrumpets]

My DS’ school’s KS2 results are out and are really poor - below average. This is a significant drop from last year and also out of kilter with the other schools in the area ( London borough). Headteacher made a very bland comment in the newsletter about having complete faith in her staff. I get she needs to support them but if have hoped for some more detailed acknowledgment or ansense she is going to do something - although I appreciate it is early days.

My DS is only in Yr1 where he is very happy ( he moved this year as he was unhappy at his other school).

I’m just wondering how concerned I should be?

He's in Yr 1. If a small school a blip is inevitable. It was how some children performed on a few days in stressful tests. It's not worth the paper it is written on.

gwondle

That's just what happened with the new curriculum. The last one was far too easy and so many schools were getting 100%. The new curriculum is far more challenging and most schools have seen a big dip in percentages over the last two years compared to before the change.

It may have been bad teaching too, but you can't use results from two different curriculum tests to compare.