National Curriculm levels Help!!!

[frodoandsam]

HI,
Can anyone help with this. I am trying to find out what the different levels mean
"Writing
NC En3 2b, 3c, 4c, 4e, 4g, 5e, 5h"

What age? what key stage?
Thanks in advance
Kathryn

[Ruprekt]

2b is National Average for end of Y2

3C is what DS2 went into Y3 as!

4C is Y5 ish


NO IDEA ABOUT 4E onwards. Are they real levels?

[frodoandsam]

Hi,
She is in a special school, but they are still working on the NC. I was wondering what EN3 was.
She is supposed to be working below Key stage 1

[mrssmooth]

Ruprekt has it! As far as I know, and have seen, the levels are only from a-c, so don't know about any others.

[poshme]

Hi OP ex primary teacher here. What you are describing sounds more like the strands of learning from the national curriculum. From what I can remember in the NC En3 would be one of the aspects and then the following numbers would indicate what they're learning about. My NC is in storage so I can't check but as an example (made up from my head!) En3 4c could be a statement like "read a variety of texts" or something like that. It is not a level of progress, just a descriptor of what they're studying.
I may be wrong but What you've written doesn't sound like levels, as levels go 1c,1b,1a, 2c,2b,2a etc They don't go over c for the letters , and the En3 bit certainly sounds like a NC descriptor.
Disclaimer- I haven't taught for a few years, and didn't really look atmy actual NC much when teaching!

[frodoandsam]

HI,
Thanks for that.
I have managed to find out the EN =English and that 1,2,3 are listening, reading, writting.
What I can't find is 2b to 5h. that seems to be impossible to find.

[BackforGood]

I agree with poshme
They sound like the stuff the children are being taught, rather than a ';eve; they are achieving.
In a Special school, if working below Level 1 stuff, I'd expect them to be using 'P-Levels' rather than Nat Curr. levels.

[poshme]

OP you would probably need a copy of the NC to find those out. Don't know if it's online. If I ever get mine out of storage boxes (moved house 6 months ago and still not sorted yet ) I'll look it up for you.

[poshme]

Ok I think you'll find it here www.education.gov.uk/schools/teachingandlearning/curriculum/primary/b00198874/english/ks1
Or somewhere on that bit of the education site. Hth

[poshme]

Sorry can't do proper links on my phone

[frodoandsam]

Ah Ha, I've found it. thank you very much, kathryn