DS sat early GCSE Language, he received his results today and has a D. Which on the face of it is a good result considering he has SEN and has had little/no support educationally. School applied for a statement Jul 10.
Asked DS if he was pleased with the result; he responded 'I don't think I got a D, I was predicted an E'. I also have my doubts.
BACK HISTORY
Yr 9 DS was recommended for a level 1 ADSAN/COPE/PLO cse, this would have given him the equivalent of one GCSE grade E-F for all functional skills incl maths and english. We opted for GCSE route.
DS gained L4 for KS3 English SATS (1 short paragraph repeated 3 times); Teacher Assessment 5c.
All Yr 9 Teacher assessed work was homework completed with varying degrees of parental support.
YR 10 - predicted D's in every subject. Head stated the school use upper levels of FFT data for motivational purposes!
Yr 10 Mid term report (Nov) has ds as 'on target'
End of Year 10 he was predicted an E. According to HOD this was based on his practice mock alone.
Thread about this here www.mumsnet.com/Talk/secondary/1039039-Any-KS4-EnglishTeachers School advice was all he needs to concentrate on is SPAG.
Yr11 Nov report predicted an F. According to HOD this was based on his mock exam alone.
I was given the first of two pages of the Nov mock (typed). Showed it to DS the first thing he said was 'there should be two pages and I didn't put that full stop there or there, or that comma there!
DS is supposed to use a laptop for writing, but has only had access to one for controlled assessments and exams.
DS has had next to no homework for english during KS4. There appears to be very little independent work in his exercise books, most appears copied off the board. He has also lost a lot of motivation this year and refuses to revise; he wants to fail!
I'm aware the result consistes of (three?) controlled assessments, an oral and the exam and not the exam alone. Is it feasible that DS could have achieved a D, considering his start point?
Would it be a reasonable request to ask the school for an explanation of how he achieved the D?
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Minx179 · 13/01/2011 23:56
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