Year 3 assessments -help!

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Bitsnbobs16 · 19/11/2025 18:12

Bitsnbobs16 · 19/11/2025 16:35

Has anyone else had really bad scores the first proper assessments their kid has done? (And later had them go on to do well academically?) My kid just got 97 out of 141 for English and I am shocked! (We have an older child who has never had anything like as low as this).

The school is competitive and we’ve always had stellar reports for DD until now so I’m really surprised, honestly I thought she was really bright! The teacher said not to worry, they’re so young, it’s their first time etc, but I’m really panicked! Thoughts?

Bump! (Panicking 😬)

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redskydelight · 19/11/2025 18:15

Bitsnbobs16 · 19/11/2025 16:35

Has anyone else had really bad scores the first proper assessments their kid has done? (And later had them go on to do well academically?) My kid just got 97 out of 141 for English and I am shocked! (We have an older child who has never had anything like as low as this).

The school is competitive and we’ve always had stellar reports for DD until now so I’m really surprised, honestly I thought she was really bright! The teacher said not to worry, they’re so young, it’s their first time etc, but I’m really panicked! Thoughts?

Listen to the teacher? Ask what she needs to work on?
Understand if it's actually a bad score (the test might have been set up so that it was very hard to get anywhere near the top mark).

Talkwhilstyouwalk · 21/11/2025 22:54

Don’t take it too seriously. She’s young and maybe she wasn’t concentrating….they are quite boring tests. If you are worried and want to get the scores up then have a look at bonds books or atom learning. It’s just a baseline test, and contrary to popular belief practice can and does improve scores.