Unless your child is in Year 2 or Year 6, they will no longer be assessed in levels.

In Year 2 and Year 6,

this is the last year they will be assessed in levels.
The new National Curriculum sets out expectations by year group.
We will assess your child based on these year group expectations as follows:
o Mastered: Your child has mastered their year group expectations and is working above what is
expected
o Secure: Your child is secure in their age related expectations. They are working at what is
expected
o Developing / Developing+: Your child is developing the knowledge, skills and understanding
expected at their age. They are working towards what is expected
o Entering / Entering+: Your child is just beginning to develop the knowledge, skills and
understanding expected at their age. They are working below what is expected

The new curriculums expectation is significantly higher than the previous National Curriculum. It also
places greater emphasis on skills such as arithmetic, fractions, comprehension, grammar and spelling.

Therefore, your child may be currently working at a year groups expectations below their own age
related. For example, a child in Year 4, who finds Maths difficult, may be developing the knowledge,
skills and understanding expected of a Year 3 child. They would be assessed as Year 3 Developing. So
they are working below what is expected. To help them catch up to meet their year groups expectations
in the future, they will begin learning their year groups content as soon as they reach Secure rather
than Mastered. The tier of Mastered is only relevant when a child is working within their current year
group.

Below is a partial progression guide to help inform you:

Year 4 Mastered (4M)

Year 4 Secure (4S)

Year 4 Developing + (4D+)

Year 4 Developing (4D)

Year 4 Entering + (4E+)

Year 4 Entering (4E)

Year 3 Mastered (3M)

Year 3 Secure (3S)

Year 3 Developing + (3D+)

Year 3 Developing (3D)

Year 3 Entering + (3E+)

Year 3 Entering (3E)

Year 2 Mastered (2M)

Year 2 Secure (2S)

Year 2 Developing+

Year 2 Developing

Year 2 Entering+

Year 2 Entering

Year 1 Mastered

Year 1 Secure

In subjects outside English, Maths and Science, expectations are set out across 2 year groups (Year 1&2,
Year 3&4, Year 5&6) so your child may be Y3&4 Entering+ at the end of Year 3 but they may meet
expectations (Y3&4 Secure) by the end of Year 4.

22nd June 2015

Dear Parents,

In a couple of weeks or so, you will receive your childs end of year report summarizing their progress, effort and
achievement.
Owing to considerable governmental change this year in areas of curriculum and assessment, I would very much
like to invite you to read the information written overleaf, which will hopefully help our school community
make sense of the changes that have taken place.
Very simply, the new curriculums expectation is significantly higher than the previous National Curriculum. It
also places greater emphasis on skills such as arithmetic, fractions, comprehension, grammar and spelling.

I do help this helps prepare you for information contained within your childs report.

Kind regards,

Christopher Shields