KS2 Level 5 vs level 6 and KGGS
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:23 pm
Our daughter passed her 11+ and has a place at KGGS.
We are out of the catchment area and our primary school do no prep work for 11+ as there are no schools within catchment area which still require these exams to be taken so it's all been a bit new to us!
When taking test SATS my daughter has got 5a/b/c in everything and her teacher has this week mentioned taking maths at Level 6.
We are just wondering what difference this will make when she gets to KGGS - I have had a look at a level 6 maths paper and to be honest they have not really covered anything in the paper at school and I suspect she would not get a particularly great score.
Presumably, the scores she gets determine which level of class she is put into once she gets to KGGS? We want her to be in the 'better' groups if this is the case, but am really not sure about the level 6 papers.
She did not have any coaching for the 11+. We bought a few papers for her to get a feel for what to expect but didn't really spend a huge amount of time on them. She had decided that she didn't want to go to KGGS so didn't put in a huge amount of extra effort. After passing though she immediately changed her mind and can't wait to go now.
I'm just wondering if anyone could maybe advise what impact the SATS scores have when getting to KGGS. I have read that if she gets level 5 a,b or c it is just recorded as a level 5. Is this correct?
Is it better for her to stick with taking Level 5 papers and get a good score, and leaving the Level 6 which she has not studied for at all?
Any advice would be truly appreciated
Many thanks in advance
Kirsti
We are out of the catchment area and our primary school do no prep work for 11+ as there are no schools within catchment area which still require these exams to be taken so it's all been a bit new to us!
When taking test SATS my daughter has got 5a/b/c in everything and her teacher has this week mentioned taking maths at Level 6.
We are just wondering what difference this will make when she gets to KGGS - I have had a look at a level 6 maths paper and to be honest they have not really covered anything in the paper at school and I suspect she would not get a particularly great score.
Presumably, the scores she gets determine which level of class she is put into once she gets to KGGS? We want her to be in the 'better' groups if this is the case, but am really not sure about the level 6 papers.
She did not have any coaching for the 11+. We bought a few papers for her to get a feel for what to expect but didn't really spend a huge amount of time on them. She had decided that she didn't want to go to KGGS so didn't put in a huge amount of extra effort. After passing though she immediately changed her mind and can't wait to go now.
I'm just wondering if anyone could maybe advise what impact the SATS scores have when getting to KGGS. I have read that if she gets level 5 a,b or c it is just recorded as a level 5. Is this correct?
Is it better for her to stick with taking Level 5 papers and get a good score, and leaving the Level 6 which she has not studied for at all?
Any advice would be truly appreciated
Many thanks in advance
Kirsti