What do levels mean in school reports?
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
