KS3 Sats: what do the results mean?

[Lovemyteens]

My son came home to say he "got 90 in science,which is a 6". Can anyone clarify what this means? Neither of us is sure - My guess is that it's pretty average, given the amount of revision...

[Jules001]

For KS3 Sats, levels 5/6 are considered average , check out this link to find out more http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/communities/onionstreet/ski lls/ks3_sats_long2.shtml

[Gnu]

The mark range for a level 6 is 77 - 103

http://www.qca.org.uk/12470.html

So 90 is bang in the middle.  This is about, or slightly above average nationally and the measure of success depends on the KS2 result.  Progress from a good level 5 to an average level 6 over 3 years would be worse than progress from an average level 4.