crazycrofter wrote:
Caveman47 wrote:
A quick question:
Does the SATs have any bearing on what groups at Grammar school?
Hi Caveman, at HGS they have all their lessons in form groups for year 7 except DT and literacy (one lesson, set from Nov.)
They do lots of baseline tests when they join which i think they use for target setting (ie GCSE targets) and i guess SATs are used here too.
My son didn't do SATs as he was home educated and it hasn't mattered. So probably nothing to worry about if SATs don't go to plan!
Two years ago they sat CATs in the first couple of weeks at HGS. As CC says, these were used for Literacy sets, but just for 1 lesson a week. The other English lessons were in their form groups.
They have exams at the end of Y7 for Maths sets in Y8, and exams at the end of Y8 for Maths and Science sets in Y9. There are mid-term exams in Y8 in Maths which determine if they move groups. Other mid-term exams in other subjects are just to see how they are progressing.