You'd think that was the sort of thing that the teachers would discuss with you in a meeting, wouldn't you? Oh no. Apparently the teacher involved is a bit pally with one of the mums whose dc is also staying behind and told her. Naturally she was a bit upset and told everyone else that some kids were being kept back a year.
Apparently it's perfectly normal to have some kept back if the class is too big. They stay in their previous class but as a seperate group so they can do the appropriate level of work. Then they mix up for activities and play time. They select the last few summer born and keep them back. The only reason the class is so big is because so many out-of-catchment kids got in on appeal. Unfortunately that's out of the schools control.
This is our first experience of this as parents and we found out via the gossip network. We have no idea how it works logistically. It's such a small school, there's nowhere else to put a seperate class. A few of us are going to see the teacher tomorrow for a bit of clarification.
I don't know how I'm going to tell dd that's she's not moving up a class after all. She's already on the advanced reading stage, I'm a bit worried that being stuck with the next foundation class is going to limit her potential. They say not but she's going to be in the foundation classroom surrounded by other kids playing, I don't see how it can't have an effect on their abilities.
This had not been handled very well. If I were one of the out-of-catchment parents I'd be mentioning my choice of schools. Unfortunately this is our catchment school so we're stuck with it. We've been told they're staying back and that's it. I don't even know what I could do.
Just wanted a rant really. Thanks for reading.
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Found out via the gossip grapevine that my dd is being kept back a year at school.
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Ilovemydogandmydoglovesme · 09/07/2014 17:02
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