DD's SATS results

[annieboo]

My dd who is an August child has scored 3 2As in her sats results - is this ok?

If shes a year 2 then yes
If year 6 then not really

Don't you get any info from the school?

I sympathise because I was utterly baffled by SATS results. Read this thread. It'll tell you all you need to know about where your DD should be.

no not really - she's a year 2

For year 2, she's in line with expected.

They are teacher assessments, not SAT results. They are drawn from lots of sources of evidence, not just the tests.

2A is above expected attainment for Y2, which is 2b for the average child (whoever that is!).

5s all around here

Not in Y2, simples!

I think two boys got a 5 in DS's maths group (top set of academic school). DS is 9 and was grumpy because he got a 4a. So I'm convinced that 5s all around cannot be the norm at 9 and certainly not at 7.

My DD got 1s and a w ,but we cant all be academics can we ,im going to groom her to marry well They are going to test her for dyslexia next school year as when she had a special needs assessment ,they highlighted areas that are common with dyslexic children

Dont understand how anyone can be baffled by SATs results. There are tons of sites that explain whats expected and MN has lots of posts on the subject.Does the school not explain whats the average and above?

Whats worse is that some people who were claiming ignorance a couple of days ago have been on again and again posting about the 4's their child got (yawn)

Really? I post a lot on these threads, as a Literacy and Assessment co-ordinator, and haven't noticed any duplication.

Spill!

I understand how people can be baffled by it. Particularly if they are new to the system and there are no explanations given by the school. There have literally been a stack of threads about this, so the experience can't be uncommon.

Also if you work through the National Curriculum website, you don't get any information at all. So I don't think it's obvious when you google either. Speaking as one who googled for a while and didn't come up with anything.

I'm kind of surprised by the hostility though. I mean isn't it a legitimate question to ask?

Yes and you dont get people baffled if their children get 1's strangely enough. The majority of these threads seem to be written by people whose children have done really well and who would be able to find out the levels by simply typing something like "expected levels at the end of key stage 1" into Google or by asking Mumsnet where they could be found without actually saying what a childs score is.
Nobody minds bragging/proud mummy moments but when there is an obvious attempt to disguise them as something else its a little wearing.

lol paranoid! It does come across like that!

It might be due to maternal pride, as you say. Alternatively it might be lack of parental interest, causing said underachievement. But by all means be cynical. Most of the time, I'm sure you'll be right.

The thing is, they can be a bit mystifying. So, for example, dd was graded the same for reading - which she has always found easy and does all the time for pleasure, and for writing - where she has struggled desperately for the last 2 years, we have Been In For Meetings, she has A Plan et al. So what are we meant to make of that?
(As it happens, what I make of it is that its just a number, she's only 7, and it probably doesn't mean that much at all , particularly since I remember some rather random school gradings in my younger days)

Aha, I have found this website which actually lists what they expect a child to have achieved to be graded at a particular level.

I'm a bit supsicious of these threads. When ds1 did his sats in yr 2 I asked his teacher what the numbers meant.

Also, addition of "August child" implies ooh look she's youngest in the year and got xyz

Well, my little lad who is 9, did really quite badly in his last SATs. Do you know what, I don't give a stuff. What I was over the moon about was his teacher telling me that he is a kind and generous little boy who is always thinking of other people and whose classmates parents say things like 'which one is G, my daughter/son always tells me how thoughtful he is'. So there

yes the August child bit was a bit

I agree with paranoid2 these parents are bragging.

There are many threads on this subject but the one which is sort of relevant to this had more than one parent in utter confusion as to which way was up - in relation to the sublevels so is A better than or worse than B?

A prime example of this faux naiivity has just been posted - 'my child got 2B in Y1, is this ok, or do I need to support during holidays??' Yawn.

Quattro, I know some queries are genuine, it's just that NOBODY EVER QUERIES "Is it okay that my child got a W in their Yr1 results?", or similar. Do inquisitive parents only have children who get higher than average results, or what??

We need a BOAST ABOUT YOUR CHILD's SAT RESULTS HERE!! thread in Chat .

It looks like that and said inquisitive parents dont seem to know that in most exams an A is better than a B.