A question for British members

Yesterday when I clearing out a shelf I found my old reports from when I was at school in the 70s. They all stated which position I was in the class , for example : 5th out of 33.
Is that still done in British schools?
I've been away from England for nany years.

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SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

They did at my school in the 1990s, but we were probably peculiar because it was owned and run by the MOD. We used to get graded for each subject A-E for Effort and 1-5 for Achievement. One year I got A5 for German and E1 for Home Economics 🙂

BridgeOvertroubledWaters · 61-69, M

@SunshineGirl we had A-E back in the 1970s

MartinII · 70-79, M

@SunshineGirl Brilliant! How are your German and your cooking now? (“Home Economics” - lovely Orwellian phrase!)

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@MartinII I can get by in German (it was only because of one teacher that I was scared to speak up in class), I'm still good at cooking, and I work in economics! 😅 I got into trouble in HE that year for expressing an opinion that a recipe for fairy cakes (which we were supposed to be baking) was neither very nutritional nor useful for an independent life 🙄

MartinII · 70-79, M

@SunshineGirl What was the punishment - eat an extra fairy cake? My mum was an HE teacher, but in her day it was Domestic Science!

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@MartinII I had to sit outside te headmistress's office and explain why I had been sent out of the class. She basically agreed with me 😅 But it still got reported on my school record and I had to come back in my lunch hour to do the lesson again 😒

Stefanv · 56-60, M

@SunshineGirl remind me not to come to dinner or if I do I will bring something jawohl!😂👍