year 7 german

sally40 · Post by **sally40** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:07 am

Hi all that have answered thank you for your advice this is such a great site and have learnt so much and its nice to know that if i have any questions or concerns there is help to be had

Bexley · Post by **Bexley** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:36 pm

Hi Sally

another thing to remember is that each test will have a ceiling for the level achievable. A child could be working at, for example, level 4, but if a test has a maximum mark of a level 3, that's all they'll be able to get.

wurzel · Post by **wurzel** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 1:56 pm

We were sent averages for all subjects at the end of yr 7, so that we could see where our own child was in relation to the average. When I compared these against a similar list from another local grammar school, the average grades varied in a rather random way from subject to subject, by more than one level in some cases. I don't know why this is; perhaps teaching varies or some schools push particular subjects harder, or have different expectations in the first year. The overall effect was to make me fairly relaxed about exact levels at this stage, as long as progress looked reasonable.