Archive for July, 2009

Understanding your child’s school report • 07.07.09

Yvonne contacted Familynatters when trying to understand her child’s report.

Dear Lorna

Can you help me understand what a level 2a is in literacy and 2b in numeracy?  My son is coming to the end of year 3 and I’ve just received her school report.

Well, Yvonne, a 2A is the expected achievement level for a child about to finish year 3.   Your son has therefore achieved the expected level in literacy but not quite in numeracy.

level expected year achieve

W  (working towards)

1C

1B

1A end Y1

2C

2B end Y2

2A end Y3

3C

3B end Y4

3A end Y5

4C

4B end Y6

4A

5C

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What do levels mean in school reports? • 07.07.09

Sometimes parents are given attainment levels on their children’s school reports.  But what do they mean?

Basically levels are a description of what your child has achieved. Teachers expect children to achieve a level 2 by the end of year 2 (age 6 – 7), and a level 4 by the end of year 6 (age 10 – 11). Each level is split up into 3 sub levels. C is the lowest sub level, B is the middle and A is the highest.

Currently formal assessments are carried out at the end of Y2 and Y6 in the form of SATs for numeracy, reading, writing and science. W stands for working towards.

level expected year achieve

W

1C

1B

1A                                          end Y1

2C

2B                                          end Y2

2A                                          end Y3

3C

3B                                          end Y4

3A                                          end Y5

4C

4B                                          end Y6

4A

5C

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