ks2 sats and secondary school

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sally40
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ks2 sats and secondary school

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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.
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Post by Guest55 »

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!

:lol:
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Post by KM »

My daughter's grammar school in Essex doesn't set at any point and I don't believe they pay any attention to SATS results.
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Post by Guest55 »

KM - they HAVE to take note of the KS2 results - they will be judged on the progress their pupils make from the point of entry!
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Post by honscupboard »

We (in Poole) sit 12+ and have to get at least two 5's and a 4 or they don't rate your chances!
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Post by KM »

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.
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Post by Guest55 »

Ok I see what you mean - with all the new measures of progress being KS2 to KS4 children with no KS2 levels are ignored in the analysis ....
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Post by gloucestermum »

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.

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Post by Guest55 »

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.
I think that's quite a big mention - :lol:
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Post by gloucestermum »

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 :wink:
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