Who are the high attainers in KS1 now?

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Just wondering who is considered a high attainer now in ks1? Is that the pupils who achieve greater depth in reading writing and maths in the ks1 sats? Before, if I remember correctly each level had an equivalent point score (2b=15, 2a=17, 3=21 etc) and to be in the high attaining group the pupil’s average points score of reading, writing and maths had to be 18 or more. This average point score is currently being used to measure progress in ks2, but soon there will be just scaled scores. Anyone knows how it is calculated now?

It still is measured that way as the children in years 5 & 6 left year2 before the change in curriculum and assessment. Nothing has been declared yet for tracking the progress of those children who were assessed in year 2 on the new curriculum, but you can assume if they got GDS in Y2 they should be expected to achieve GDS in Y6.

I can't do links on this old tablet, but if you Google Primary Accountability it explains how 'old money' assessment is tracked to 'new money' points, but this won't be relevant after summer 2019, and the Prior Attainment Group scaled score expectations changed between2016 &2017 so will probably change again this year.