Year 7 predicted GCSE Grades

[PurpleDuck]

It is rather tricky for 11yr olds to get to grips with the actual limitations of these 'predictions' versus apparent importance of them.

I just told dc that they will just be 'the minimum that you should be able to achieve' and not 'the maximum that you can possibly achieve'.

It will depend on how the school or staff explain it to the dc and how they are interpreted (or not) at home I suppose.

Exactly. This is why I am much happier not to be given any predictions but simply be told on a regular basis how DS is doing compared to where the teachers think he should be at any given stage; so far, this approach has worked very well for us. A 5-year prediction/forecast seems a really strange idea, so much can happen during such a long time...

[FunkyMonkey]

What poor psychology.