Year 2 report

[Zizibobo]

For those with year 2 kids, can you share if your school uses the GD, A, WT and WBA abbreviations on report?

DD has GD for reading and is where she needs to be for the end of Y2.

I’m just wondering if teachers just say these things to appease parents? Spelling, for example, I don’t feel DD is working at the expected level yet report says she is.

anybody else?

@Zizibobo did your child do SATs? In year 2 a lot of the final assessment is based on that, especially if the children are between levels. The spelling test this year was quite kind.

@Bertielong3 school reports literally aren’t worth the paper they are written on.
So glad I spent quite literally days writing mine now!

Op, we have this too (probably most schools do?), though not the actual reports until this coming week. Ours have been consistent across the year and different year groups so I find them believable. I don't think ours does SATs any more.

Presumably if your DD has achieved GD for reading she is ahead of where she needs to be (though I know the book bands don't align with the NC, but also that a lot of schools don't use them any more).

Greater depth means she is working beyond her reading level, she might be at the end of the reading books for her Year group however the teacher has identified that she is more than able for her year group.
Our school uses these, and then also gives a really detailed explanation as to why. Unlike our previous school that just gave colours at the end of the term!

They won’t just pluck them out of thin air, there have to be evidence based, ie the end of term assessments etc

Thank you. Her spelling isn’t great - thanks phonics - so I was surprised that she is where she should be for end of year 2.

No, the school doesn’t do SATS.

I don't think spelling expectations are especially high for year 2 so she probably is at the expected standard. There is a massive difference between the top end of expected and bottom end of it though as they will pit the majority of children in this category.