MEG 7/8 in year 7

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My son did well in his year 6 sats which mean he is a MEG (minimum expected grade) in all subjects. How can this be. He’s never done Spanish, German, geography and history in detail before.
Am I to just ignore these “isn’t performing to meg 7/8 standard”. It all feels a bit shitty really. I fully support the school on him working hard and doing his best obviously but getting amber and red (not green) on report cause he maybe is working at a meg 6 level feels quite unfair.
Anyone else feels this way?

School are obliged to show "progress" between KS2 and KS4 so they have to take his SATs results into account. However, that is for the school to worry about. I would agree to ignore and also explain to your DS why you are ignoring them. I have one DC who did unexpectedly well in SATs and one who did unexpectedly badly - their targets are both "wrong" but for different reasons!

Thanks for replying. I need to not take it personally, (I’ve failed as a parent). That’s where I’m struggling I think.

What they are saying I presume is that because he is clearly bright, they expect him to achieve well at GCSE ie at least a 6, yes even in Spanish. Makes no odds that he's not done it before.

That's reasonable. What isn't is expecting to be able to assess where he is in relation to that after two terms. The trouble is they sort of have to. Is he behaving well and working hard? That's what matters.

I meant to say at least a 7!