Outcomes education

[Peter Mee]

Does the UK have outcomes education, or the older traditional style of reading, writing, arithmetic, giving grades of A, B, C etc? (or do they have something else)?

[simms]

Not sure what you mean by 'outcomes education' but we certainly measure pupils' attainment against nationally agreed targets for core subjects such as Mathematics, English and Science. See http://www.nc.uk.net/index.html

[Diablod666]

we get levels in secondary school. the level a child is supposed to be at for the SATS test in year 6 (the last year of primary school) is level 4 in all subjects. I got level 5's in all mine ;) lol newayz the level that you are meant to be at in year 9 (my current year) is level 5 in every subject. when you do your gcse's i think you are supposed to be at level 6.

[EssJay1]

You're pretty much expected to gain 2 NC levels during each key stage - KS1(Years 1 and 2) @ level 2, KS2 (Years 3 - 6)@ Level 4, KS 3 (Years 7 - 9) @ Level 6. If you get level 5 at the end of KS 2, you should be getting level 7 or 8 at KS3 and be on track for A* at GCSE, as you are apparently above average intelligence!