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GCSE Sociology · key term
Grouping pupils by assessed attainment or ability into groups that remain together across most or all subjects.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
Grouping pupils by assessed ability or attainment into classes that remain broadly the same across subjects.
Revise: Processes Within SchoolsStreaming groups pupils by assessed ability or attainment across subjects. Setting groups them separately for each subject. A pupil could therefore be in a high set for mathematics but a lower set for English.
Distinguish streaming from setting: streaming groups pupils across subjects; setting groups them separately for each subject.
Link league tables to school behaviour: pressure to attract pupils and funding can encourage setting, streaming and extra attention to higher-attaining pupils.
Distinguish setting, which groups pupils by attainment in individual subjects, from streaming, which groups them across most or all subjects.
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Component 1
Grouping pupils by assessed ability so that they remain together for all or most subjects.
Revise: Internal Factors Affecting AchievementStreaming groups pupils by assessed ability, with the same group remaining together for all or most subjects. Banding organises pupils into broad ability groups, such as higher, middle and lower bands. By contrast, setting groups pupils separately for each subject, allowing someone to be in a higher group for one subject and a lower group for another.
Placing pupils into an overall ability group that they remain in across their subjects.
