Records sent from old school - how long?

[ButterflyUpSoHigh]

My Dd changed schools at Christmas. The old school still hasn't sent her records to the new school. I have just had her report and it has no previous levels for any subject and no current levels for most subjects except Maths, English and Science.

Surely it shouldn't take 3 months to send the records 2 miles away.

Should I leave it up to the new school to chase or should I contact the old school myself?

Thanks

Thanks. That seems wrong too. There is a section on the report that says KS2 sats which say 4a but she got 5's and 6's.

I will pop in next week and see what the problem is.

Chase, chase, chase. It is important: and schools generally are a bit rubbish at this. Even great schools, as my boys' school is. Why can't her teacher give a "current working level"..? That shouldn't be dependant on any prior data?!

ds2 changed school in yr9 mid-year. At the school's request, WE sent copies of all previous data, including school reports and levels. We sent copies of his yr6 SATs results, yr7 CATs and we arranged for him to sit yr9 CATs, which normally were not taken at his old school. I have no idea what/when the old school sent any data over.

Started new school, all fine, setting mostly appropriate. But when it came to reports and parents evening about 5 months after he started, many subjects hadn't given him a target, so there was no 'on track/performance data'. When we asked the teachers they said there was no prior attainment data on the system.

I went and found the 'year achievement coordinator' and "had a little rant". And they did get it sorted in the end.

Just to agree with what Roisin said - and yes it may include you seeing Head of Year/ Tutor to push this a bit.

I would add that the LEA should hold the KS1&2 Data for your child centrally & digitally - Your child should have a unique student reference number and so that should be immediately available (as in press button & print out) - tracking can generally run from that if your DD is Year 7.

We had similar when DD2 transfered in Y4 of primary school after we moved to another part of the same city. I think this is something LEAs/ Schools really need to tighten up. It's not the end of the world, of course, but it doesn't look terribly professional or joined up. People move for all sorts of reasons and that can be hard enough as it is for a child - the child's progress shouldn't be stalled because of lack of data.