[senco-forum] Scottish levels- now school starting age

From: Judith Stansfield <stass at onyxnet.co.uk>

Doesn't Scotland have a different 'cut off' date?  I seem to remember that my 'Scottish' nephew (January born) and my 'English' son (May born) were both born the same year and would have been in the same year group had they both been schooled in England. But my nephew ended up 1 year 'ahead' of my son.  

Just thought I'd add to the confusion...

Maggie

--- On Thu, 17/4/08, Judith Stansfield <stass at onyxnet.co.uk> wrote:

> From: Judith Stansfield <stass at onyxnet.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [senco-forum] Scottish levels- now school starting age
> To: "'Kate Barnes'" <kate.senrab at btinternet.com>
> Cc: "'senco forum'" <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
> Date: Thursday, 17 April, 2008, 12:58 PM
> >> Children in England start school in the september
> of the academic
> year they will be 5.<<
> Not necessarily - some summer born children can still start
> in January
> if they go to a Nursery in the same school
> Cheers
> Judith
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
> [mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf
> Of Kate Barnes
> Sent: 17 April 2008 09:19
> To: E A Olson
> Cc: 'senco forum'
> Subject: Re: [senco-forum] Scottish levels- now school
> starting age
> 
> 
> Many thanks. I should have known it would be
> complicated.!... but from
> your correction it would seem that Level c = English Level
> 4.
>   I didnt understand your ref to Scottish pupils having 7
> years in
> primary school and thus being "behind" ie s2 =y9.
> In England children
> start in Reception (YR) and then move to Y1-Y6 in primary,
> thereby also
> doing 7 years. Do you mean that children start school a
> year later in
> Scotland - so that if they transfer to uk and are put into
> a class based
> on chronological age they will in fact be with pupils who
> have had a
> year more in school?
>   Kate
>    
>   
> 
> E A Olson <eao20brab at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>   Sorry, in note 4 of my previous email I should have
> written:
> 
> A pupil working towards or having attained level C in your
> year 6 
> would be of average attainment. Obviously, an older pupil
> working at
> that 
> stage is experiencing difficulties.
> 
> Elizabeth

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