grading on reports, can someone explain it please?

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this is the first year (dd1 in yr2) where I've been given her grades. For the life of me I can't remember how they are worked out.

just need to know what a 2a and 3c mean.

IITC, 2a is normal for the age group and 3c 'exceeds expectations' (is very good)

she's doing really well!
Children should be a level 4 by the end of KS2

70% of children are supposed to get 2b at the end of Y2. Those children would then be at 2a/3c by the end of Y3.

The levels go up 2c, 2b, 2a, 3c etc but the children are expected to improve by 2 sub-levels a year. It's not 2 in yr2 and 3 in yr3 (cos that would be too easy).

thank you, much clearer. she got the 3c in reading but thats the one thing we struggle supporting at home

Not sure where you got 70% from, fruitful - 2b is the expected level at end of Y2.

And I think children are expected to move by 3 sublevels over 2 years rather than 2 sub levels a year. A child on a 2b at the end of yr2 would be expected to bet a 4b at the end of yr6 although of course it doesnt always work out like that

Feenie Expected today is what a few years ago, 70% got, and even further back it was the average for an age group. These are the moving goal posts of education.

Ah ok, its not "70% are supposed to" it is "70% actually do".

In 2009, 72% got 2b for reading, 60% for writing and 74% for maths.

www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000867/index.shtml

Llevel 2b or above - not level 2 b

"Feenie Expected today is what a few years ago, 70% got, and even further back it was the average for an age group. These are the moving goal posts of education."

Thanks for the lesson, mummytime! 70% is an arbitrary figure plucked out of mid air. What you mean is that a few years ago 2b was the national average, and now (thanks to David Blunkett, actually) is is the expected level. But 70% does not, and has never, has anything to do with it - that's what I was referring to. It isn't a 'goalpost'.

As Indigobell points out, the figures you are referring to are 2b and above, fruitful.

the average child is expected to get a 2b or above. A 3c is for very able pupils in year 2. The average rate of progress is for pupils to make 2 sub levels progress in each year, although schools aim for children to make more than that as it shows that they are challenging their children into making above average rates of progress.

Back to your original question your child is working above average levels for a year 2 child!

ktee1 2 sub-levels per year is actually good progress, according to Ofsted. One and a half sub-levels per year is satisfactory progress.

Think about it - if a 2b child made progress of what you call an 'average' 2 sub-levels per year, they would be a 5c in Year 6 - far above an average rate of progress.

Two sublevels per year is the target schools aim for to show they are challenging their children into making above average progress.