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Transparency of information in schools

EllenMS

My 13 year-old daughter currently attends mainstream school; she is in Year 8.  Following sleepless nights I argued for a follow-up EP assessment; her last one being in 2004.  According to her school, she was making good progress in most areas with 2 years of data indicating an increase in levels in all areas.  However, following her recent EP assessment, the levels given to us by the school have been blown out of the water by the EP report - the school has inflated her levels by two whole levels. In laymans terms, her English score on paper was a 3a - in reality, she is 1a/2c; the equivalent of a child aged 6 - 7 yrs.  I was incensed at this information and the seemingly incompetence of her school to notify me of any concerns, and depsite her statement, the systematic faliure of any of her teachers alerting me to any serious issues with her learning.  I am now fighting to have her removed from the school immediately having identified a special school sympathetic to her needs.

Have any other parents experienced anything similar with their childs school?

I am keen to hear from anyone in this situation, as there appears to be a systematic lack of transparency and honesty in terms of dealing with parents of students with SEN when it comes to communicating concerns or indeed putting the childs best interests at the heart of the matter; instead it appears to be a system of concentrating on attainment levels so OFSTED are pleased and the league tables are favourable.

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  • Hi EllenMS,

    My 9 yr old daughter(soon to be 10), was diagnosed with autism a year ago and it has been her educational needs that have been the most concern to us. Your experience sounds shocking in the least. These league tables for schools are causing more damage to the more vulnerable students and put  pressure on teachers as well, I have heard of a case in my daughters school a few years back where the teacher altered the sats papers.It was quickly brushed under the carpet and the teacher "retired". I have also heard of teachers giving the answers out, as that happened to my son when doing his gcse s and his school is "outstanding" according to ofsed. Another way schools used to alter the  scores is to have the " strugglers" absent on the day of the tests. Its scary, my daughter is due to move up to senior school next year, and we worry that all the excellent work that has been done for her over the last year will be wasted.

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  • Hi EllenMS,

    My 9 yr old daughter(soon to be 10), was diagnosed with autism a year ago and it has been her educational needs that have been the most concern to us. Your experience sounds shocking in the least. These league tables for schools are causing more damage to the more vulnerable students and put  pressure on teachers as well, I have heard of a case in my daughters school a few years back where the teacher altered the sats papers.It was quickly brushed under the carpet and the teacher "retired". I have also heard of teachers giving the answers out, as that happened to my son when doing his gcse s and his school is "outstanding" according to ofsed. Another way schools used to alter the  scores is to have the " strugglers" absent on the day of the tests. Its scary, my daughter is due to move up to senior school next year, and we worry that all the excellent work that has been done for her over the last year will be wasted.

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