We have just had the end of year 4 school report and discovered that DS has made either no progress or just one sub level this year. It also advised that he has made far less effort than in previous years with poor effort reported for writing.
A comment on his school report states that “he is difficult to motivate unless he feels a connection to the adult delivering the lesson”. It does state that “he obviously has enormous potential” but states that he “is often preoccupied with reading a book consequently he is ill-prepared to tackle some of the tasks set”. It also states “he experiences difficulty in developing relationships with some adults”.
When asked he lists his hobbies as reading, writing and drawing and this is what he does at home, however this is certainly not homework or school work. He is usually engrossed in a book at home too. We were aware that he has not felt any connection to his teacher. I had suggested that she might feign an interest in one of his obsessions but she refused.
I cannot understand how the tracking systems in school would not highlight either the lack of progress or the issues with effort before the end of year report. The school is outstanding and I had assumed that all children made the appropriate sublevels. I genuinely thought that if anyone was not on track it would be so unusual that parents would be fully involved and all sorts of processes put in place to ensure the school was not seen to be failing anyone in case of an ofsted inspection.
How should progress and effort be tracked throughout the year? Any thoughts on the report comments and recommendations for follow up?
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School report advised no progress and poor effort
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schoolreporttime · 19/07/2014 18:05
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