How much importance would grammar schools would put on the results of year 6 sats , would they be put into sets depending on the results or are they assessed at the begining of year 7.
Most GS in Bucks don't set in Y7 - I always note the KS2 mark and level and these are used by schools for target setting. Also these scores are used for value-added calculations e.g. by Ofsted.
Some posters seem to feel these can be ignored - they may choose to ignore them but I can assure you that they are of utmost interest to Ofsted etc!
Sorry Guest55 - I wasn't very clear. I meant that they didn't pay attention to SATs results in terms of setting the girls. Incidentally the have a very high proportion of girls from independent schools who don't do SATs but perhaps they use something else as a baseline for them.
My DS' school does not set at all in year 7 and uses the end of year 7 exams to set for year 8.
No mention has been made of SATS except for individual target setting for the boys in Maths,English and Science.
gloucestermum wrote:My DS' school does not set at all in year 7 and uses the end of year 7 exams to set for year 8.
No mention has been made of SATS except for individual target setting for the boys in Maths,English and Science.
Guest 55-I meant to us as parents!!! We haven't had a parents evening yet so I only know that they were used from looking in my son's planner and seeing a target written in there