Y2 assessments, what happens if children fail?

[lucylue]

hi all,
my dd is in y2 and she will have assessments 1 month later.
what happens if she fails?
she doesnt like to study at home very much and i am on meds so i find it hard to study with her.
and i dont want to put pressure on her, she is young, and i dont want her hate studying so i am not pushing her much.
in school she is not doing so well, she is intelligent but has some concentration problems, i may say she may be a bit below average now.
so what will happen if she fails?
thanks in advance.

nothing ! don't worry and don't stress the poor child...

she can't fail. It is not a test of her, but of how well the school is teaching.

There should not be any home study to back it up. It is not about studying.

Why do you think she's a bit below average, what have the teachers told you about how they believe she's doing .. basically the grade she'll get will be based on the teacher's assessment of her, and the SATs are to provide documentary evidence of this assessment

If you mean Yr2 SATS, she really can't fail. It really is meant as a general check that she's grasped the basics of numeracy, handwriting etc - and as much as anything, it should be seen as a check on the standard of teaching as much as a check on how well your child is doing.

At Year 2, I wouldn't push her at all - at most schools the only reason the kids even know they have SATs is because pretty special workbooks suddenly appear in the classroom. Some of it is also teacher-assessed so if your DD is having an "off day" then it isn't the end of the world. She won't be expected to concentrate for a long period on one task. And if there are specific problems, the SATs will flag them up and she might get some additional help with reading or writing, which can only be a good thing.

How can she fail? It isn't testing her.

Grrr. these SATS for 7 year olds make me so

Continue as you are, don't put pressure on her and don't push her. She is verrrrry young. The SATS mean nothing!

thank you very much MaryAnnSingleton, Twiglett, Hassled.
i was scared she will need to repeat Y2.

thank you bluenosesaint

why do they do them? my son is year 2 too.

We are approaching yr 6 SATs and I'm determined that ds won't be stressed by it...they're making him do extra maths booster classes - but please don't worry about your dd

i dont know 3NAB,
in last half term we came to the half of the maths book they gave to study, and we did a bit from science and English.
(i bet she has forggotten at least half of what we studied then)
but now i feel she doesnt want to do it, and i am in meds and not feeling well atm to push her for a little bit study.

I heard a great analysis for why they do SATS

the govt is full of accountants and number-crunchers, they cannot accept professional teachers reporting on how children are doing in schools, they need to reduce it all down to numbers that can be analysed, shuffled around, hidden, and reinterpreted for the confusion of the electorate and to give lipservice to a seeming 'choice' to parents ... and there we have SATS

you could be describing my dd

her concentration is so hopeless that they are not even going to get her to sit her SATS - they are just going to estimate her level

I know this is because putting her in for her SATS would pull down her school's results and tbh I'm quite happy with that - she is a complete space cadet sometimes and there would be no point at all for anyone

she is bright, like your dd

SATs aren't pass or fail as such. If your daughter was seriously behind then you should already know and the school would have an individual education plan in place to help her progress.

The SATs don't matter at all. If she is underperforming the school should be addressing her weaknesses.