2. New National Curriculum came into force
from September 2014.
Expectations are much higher than
previously.
Children at the end of Year 4 are now
expected to be working at a similar standard
to the end of Year 5 under the previous
curriculum.
3. Levels are no longer to be
reported with the exception of
Year 2 and Year 6 in July 2015.
However Year 2 will also receive
notification of their children’s
attainment under the new
curriculum expectations.
4. Children are assessed formally and
informally through the course of
their lessons and activities each
day.
Assessment is used to inform the
next stage of learning.
This is called ‘Teacher Assessment’
and tracks the attainment of the
children throughout the school
year.
5. From next year, there are
new SATS tests for both Year
2 and Year 6 which are
significantly higher in their
expectation of the children.
We will be using rigorous
end of year testing in the
non-SATS year groups as
well.
6. We are reporting your child’s attainment
according to ‘Year Group Related
Expectations’. Attainment in each of the
subjects will be indicated as shown below.
YEAR GROUP EXPECTATIONS
N Working below expectations for the year group.
B Beginning to work at the expectations for the year group.
D Developing within the expectations for the year group.
S Secure in the expectations for the year group.
E Exceeding the expectations for the year group.
7. There is no direct correlation between the old
system of levels and the new curriculum.
However in approximate terms children in
Year 6 who previously would be expected to be
level 4b to be deemed average/secure, will now
be expected to perform at an equivalent of an
old level 5.
Expectations are higher in every year group.
8. Vary sentence structure, using different openers.
Use adjectival phrases (e.g. biting cold wind).
Use appropriate choice of noun or pronoun.
Use fronted adverbials.
Use apostrophe for plural possession.
Use a comma after fronted adverbial (e.g. Later that
day, I heard bad news.).
Use commas to mark clauses.
Use inverted commas and other punctuation to
punctuate direct speech.
Use paragraphs to organised ideas around a theme.
Use connecting adverbs to link paragraphs.
Write with increasing legibility, consistency and
fluency.
9. Give a personal point of view on a text.
Re-explain a text with confidence.
Justify inferences with evidence, predicting what
might happen from details stated or implied.
Use appropriate voices for characters within a story.
Recognise apostrophe of possession (plural)
Identify how sentence type can be changed by
altering word order, tenses, adding/deleting words or
amending punctuation.
Explain why a writer has used different sentence
types or a particular word order and the effect it has
created.
Skim & scan to locate information and/or answer a
question
10. Add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using the efficient written
methods of columnar addition and subtraction where appropriate
Estimate and use inverse operations to check answers to a calculation
Solve addition and subtraction two-step problems in contexts, deciding
which operations and methods to use and why
Recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12
x 12
Use place value, known and derived facts to multiply and divide
mentally, including: multiplying by 0 and 1; dividing by 1; multiplying
three numbers together.
Recognise and use factor pairs and commutativity in mental calculations
Multiply two-digit and three-digit numbers by a one-digit number using
formal written layout
Solve problems involving multiplying and adding, including using the
distributive law and harder multiplication problems such as which n
objects are connected to m objects
11. Some children are not able to access the
curriculum for their year group in one or more
subjects.
These are reported as N. Class teachers will be
able to inform you as to the curriculum
expectations that your child is working at.
12. One major change with the disappearance of
levels is that when challenging the more able
learners, there is an emphasis on breadth of
learning and deepening learning by using and
applying their knowledge and skills.
The expectation is that these children will
develop a deeper and fuller understanding of
the curriculum Year Group Expectations.
