What grades throughout Year 10 if predicted a grade 8/9 in Year 11?

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What are the grades a dc should be achieving during year 10 if they are predicted a grade 8/9 in Year 11, considering they have started their GCSEs in year 10?

Thank you

I suspect the question you actually want answered is "how can I tell if my DC is on track for 8/9s in GCSE?" ... because every school grades their Year 10 students differently.

I'd suggest looking at this recent thread www.mumsnet.com/Talk/secondary/4381309-is-dd-below-average-average-above-average

Firstly you should understand how your school has made its predictions. If its based on KS2 SATS, take with a big pinch of salt. If it's based on your child's current work level, then presumably the school thinks they are on track?

Next you need to understand how the school does grades. If it's "how would my child do if they took a GCSE paper today?" then in most subjects (English probably the only exception) they will score pretty low due to not having covered most of the syllabus.
If it's "they are marked based on the assessments they are doing being the GCSE" it will give you a better guide (probably for 8/9s in Year 11 they'd ideally be getting at least 6s or 7s now), however you should bear in mind that they might be doing "easier" work now (e.g. maths), so their grades might actually go down as they progress as they'll need to show work at a higher level. You should also know whether the school won't mark higher than a 7 in Year 10 (DD's school wouldn't which meant she could get 100% in tests and still be working below target). You should also understand if, even if they are sitting actual GCSE questions, whether they have been given additional "scaffolding" at this stage. e.g. in Religious studies at the start of Year 10, the teacher explained how to structure the answer and worked through a similar example in class before an assessment and as they progressed through the GCSE course, they got less and less support, so again grades went down before they went up.

TL:DR

1. Understand if the predictions are realistic
2. Ask the school if your child is on class. Grades aren't necessarily very helpful and no one here will know how your school does it.

You'll probably find that the school is very reluctant to tell you whether they are on course for a 9, as most teachers think it's too early to say.