Is it possible to contest school report results?

[Olympias]

Hello everybody!

I've just got my DS's end of year school report(he is in reception). His early years foundation stage profile total score is 74,
which is slightly below the nation's average (78).
I firmly believe that a few of the scores are lower then they should be.
for example I know for a fact that he counts up to 100, and does whatever else is required
to get a 9 in "Numbers as labels" portion of the profile, and he got a 6.
If these scores were "corrected" his total would be somewhere around 80.
I wouldn't worry about the scores so much if he stayed on in the school, but we are considering going to another (hopefully better)
state or independent school, and I am concerned, that the below average score might be a problem.
So, my questions are:
Is my worry justified: can a below average score at the end of the reception year be of a problem when going to another
school,especially highly selective independent school?
Is it possible to contest results and ask for a reassessment?

thanks very much for your replies.

Thanks cazzybabs and mrz. Dont think I am interested enough to ask to see scores.

Still furious that I got 6 or 7 pages of 'nothing' - just standard phrases joined together telling me loads but nothing. I actually struggled to read dd1's report as it was so boring.

I would give anything to get half a page of something really relevant and personal to my child.

We try to keep our reports to 2 sides of A4 and that includes the return slip for appointments

Ledogy, how are they still babies in reception?

They are capable of learning for periods of ten to 15 minutes at a time and I have seen astonishing results in phonics, reading and writing. This is from an intake in a very poor area with a majority of children having a language other than English spoken at home.

I think reception is a really critical year that can set children on the path to a smooth learning journey afterwards.

lol at getting muted and mooted confused

No they aren't babies but they are very young children just starting out on their school careers with many years of the education system ahead of them. The average 5 year old can concentrate for approx 1 minute for every year of their life plus or minus a minute so between 4 and six minute blocks...
I agree reception is an important year (often the importance is underestimated~) but failing to complete the EYFS profile isn't the end of the world and doesn't mean a child won't do very well in the future. It is recognised that achieving certain scale points is a better indicator of future achievement than the total score.

mrz I often worship at your feet, did you know that?

You are brilliant

just full of odd information or something

I know it's a bit beyond your year group but this is the kind of odd information I thought you might like

Thank you

I teach juniors at the school my kids attend. DS Year two.
When DS was in reception, he had never written anything independently and scored really low on this aspect of CLL. I knew he could write four words unaided, but I also knew he had NEVER done this of his own accord, it had always been when he was bribed encouraged/told to. Fast forward two years and he got a 2A in KS1 SATS for writing. I am so glad that the fabulous and wonderful school that he goes to and I teach at didn't stress, panic, try to make out he was something he wasn't and were simply willing to let him be and allowed him to develop at his own pace. I did say to our assessment co-ordinator that he would gain serious value added points, but she said that we don't count value added between the end of foundation stage and the end of KS1. So, no reason to mark EYFSP down in order to gain value added.

When EYFSP is administered and assessed properly, it is a fabulous tool for allowing children to develop in thier own way. Chill out OP, in a few years time you'll wonder what all the fuss was about as your child will develop in ways that are probably not how the EYFSP predicted.

This testing of very young children is pointless! As is the 'nappy curriculum' - it just wastes the teachers / nursery assistants time filling in endless forms when they should be interacting with the children. Many of the children in the Reception class are too young to be in school and would be better off in playgroup. When children are ready for formal learning they need to be taught in a structured manner not left to 'independently' learn through play.

So in response to your question, I wouldn't worry about what score your DS got. I know people who showed no /little potential in Reception but got to University!!!

Ime what children do at school and what they can do at home may differ widely at reception age. When ds was in reception he was assessed as knowing four letters (his name has four letters). His teacher couldn't understand why I queried the overly simplistic reading books he was getting. It was only by chance that she mentioned his initial assessment and we discovered that he was pretending he didn't know his letters when he had been very secure with them at nursery and as a result had started learning to read there.