What’s in the Report?
- Primary School:
- Details on each subject, with more information on Literacy, Numeracy, and Science.
- Strengths and areas for improvement.
- Behavior and attitude towards learning.
- Attendance record.
- Teacher comments, and sometimes a Head Teacher comment.
- Year 1: Phonics test results (if applicable).
- Year 2: Optional reading, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and math test results (if used by the school).
- Year 4: Multiplication Tables Check results.
- Year 6: Year 6 SAT results (reading, spelling, grammar/punctuation, math).
- Secondary School:
- Individual reports from each subject teacher on progress and attitude.
- A general report from the Form Tutor on attitude, behavior, social, and emotional well-being.
- May include mock exam or test results.
Other Information:
- Interim Reports (Secondary): Short reports sent mid-year, often with expected and current levels for each subject, and grades for attitude, effort, and attendance.
- Parents’ Evenings: Meetings held once per term for parents and teachers to discuss progress and raise concerns.
Remember:
- Reports are important to understand your child’s learning journey.
- Ask the school or teacher for help if you don’t understand something.
- Use reports to celebrate achievements and discuss areas for improvement with your child.
- Work with the teacher to support your child’s learning.
What are school reports like? How much information will I get about my child’s progress?
At primary school, your child’s annual school report is usually quite detailed and will talk about each different subject that your child is learning in school and how they are progressing in this subject. For Literacy, Numeracy and Science, the information is usually a little more detailed than other subjects on the curriculum.
Reports will discuss your child’s strengths and areas for improvement. It will discuss your child’s behaviour and attitude to learning, especially if there are any concerns, and the report will give your child’s attendance record for the year. There may also be a comment from the Head Teacher.
In Year 1, your child will also have the results of their Phonics Assessment Test on the report. Most Year 1 pupils take this statutory test. In Year 2, if the school chooses to use the optional reading, grammar, punctuation, spelling and maths tests available, they may report these to you. This is up to the school if they do this.
In Year 4, your child will sit a statutory Multiplication Tables Check and the results of this will be on their Year 4 report. In Year 6, your child will sit the Year 6 Statutory Assessment Tasks (SAT tests) in reading, spelling, grammar and punctuation and maths. The results from these tests will also be given on the Year 6 report.
At secondary school, each subject teacher writes a report about the child’s progress and attitude to learning in that subject and the Form Tutor will usually write something more general about your child in terms of attitude, behaviour, social and emotional well-being. This will be collated as the annual report. There may also be mock exam or test results included on this report.
Secondary schools may also send out an ‘interim report’ part way through the year which is usually one side of paper and for each subject often includes: your child’s expected level, their current level (from a recent test, or teacher assessed classwork), and grades for attitude, effort and attendance.
Primary and Secondary schools also hold parents’ evenings, usually one per term, where parents and teachers can discuss the child’s progress and parents can ask how their child is progressing as well as raise any concerns.
This question was asked by one of our parents during our recent webinar ‘Unlocking the Power of Parent-Teacher Communication‘ and was answered by a very experienced primary school teacher who has also held a Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCo) role.
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