Do children find out their SATs scores?

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DS is at state primary and in year 6. Next year, he’s going to (hopefully!!) go to private secondary. So his SATs are sort of pointless for secondary school use.

I’m curious - will he / we find out his scores?

Yes, we tell them and send a letter home to parents.

Yes

Thank you!! I’m guessing all schools do the same?

It would be quite odd to expect children to put in all that effort and not know their scores.

I agree but I wasn’t sure as he does mocks at school and doesn’t get told those scores!

Well the mocks are utterly pointless then as they should be showing the children what they know/ don’t know and what to work on now.

Why would he not get them just because he's not going to state school? The primary school will usually share the results as part of the summer term report, you don't get the results from secondary school.

I didn’t know because in our area, the SATS are used for secondary school streaming. We didn’t find out mocks and also the school has told us all collectively each year how it did in year 6 SATS - but that’s the whole group of year 6 - and wasn’t sure if the individuals know their score or not.

DS has (by choice) been doing a lot of work, he does a bit of practice after school every day, and I kind of wanted to know that he’d at least get the satisfaction of the score, even if it won’t benefit him via streaming iyswim.

My school didn't tell the kids but did send them home to parents so parents could choose whether to tell their child or not, which I think is probably the best approach.

Yes the schools we've used and know about do what @noblegiraffe says. But just ask the school. The secondary schools here get them too obviously, but doesn't mean they're not also directly given to the children (well, parents).

Yes, it is usually included with the child's end of year 6 report. The mocks/ practice papers should be shared with the children and gone through together, looking at those questions where a number of children got stuck. They also indicate to teachers which areas of the curriculum need greater focus within the revision timetable. If your son is prepping for the 11+, he should be working at greater depth, unless your preferred schools are not academically selective.

He’s done the 11+ and did really well, so his SATS will probably be good.

He has an interview to get through at his preferred school in January (he has two interviews in January but one school he wants the most!).

He has been working at greater depth since maybe year 1 or 2. Unlike me, he’s a natural nerd! This is why we gave him the option of a different type of school. His primary school also recommended it as they think it’ll be a good environment for him as he hasn’t always been happy at primary school, and they think a smaller class and stretching will benefit him.

Yeah, you get them at the end of year. However, I'd say it's more about how the school has performed/taught rather than individuals that is really being tested. Until SATS, it's pretty much just the teachers assessment of a child's learning that you receive.

At our independent they test again in first term of y7 but you don't get these scores. They describe it as a benchmark from which they can assess if they are on track or if the direction is moving positively or negatively. I like this!

Each Indy has its own admissions criteria. Ours went off a reference from the primary school and an assessment day with tests and an interview. It's an academically selective school but they are looking for potential and attitude not just mega scores at age 11!

They kids aren't streamed in years 7 and 8 at our school so they have time to find their level of attainment.

However, I'd say it's more about how the school has performed/taught rather than individuals that is really being tested.

This isn't true though, otherwise all the kids in the same school who have been taught in the same way would get the same results.

I know that kids are told 'this is a test of the school, not of you' to try to stop them worrying about SATs, but realistically, kids who do well in their SATs tend to do well at secondary and vice versa.

we got our SATs results last week of term in July.

That's what DD's school did.

I'm not certain we ever told her her scores. We just said we were very proud of her. (100, 97 & 96). She was I think the first year of numerical scores and the school hadn't made a big thing about 100 (or 110, or 120) so she didn't ever ask explicitly.

My children got told in the July. We also had a letter with the breakdown.

The parents get a letter with their child's results. Our letter explains what the results mean. The actual scores are converted to scaled scores so you can tell whether they achieved the expected standard (100+) or greater depth (110 +).

Secondary schools use the scores as a rough guide to possible GCSE predictions (or my children's schools did anyway) but also usually have their own tests at the beginning of year 7. And obviously assess the children as they progress through the school.

A selective school may not have much interest in them since the children who get in are likely to have achieved GD anyway.

And, yes, we tell children their mock results so they can see how they're doing. They also get to either re-work the questions they got wrong, with support, or the teachers use these to plan lessons.

Maybe it depend so on the school. My kids’ primary did not tell them. We got emailed the results and it was our choice whether to tell them. Quite a lot of kids went on to private schools from our primary and the SATs were less stressful than the entry exams they sat.