Ds in Year 8 of prep school
very strong English & Science, set 1 all the way from year 6, very strong end of year 7 marks (90% plus on level 2 & 3 CE papers)
Slightly weaker maths but still expected to have no problem doing level 2.
School set for English, Maths and Science. Each subject has 2 sets only (so effectively a top and a bottom set)
ds was moved from top set to bottom in just maths last year, was told it was in his best interests and that it wouldn't affect the other subjects.
Goes back yesterday and is told that due to a 'timetabling issue' he and 2 others have been moved to bottom set Science - basically they have decided over the holidays that maths and science are taught at the same time with top set science running at the same time as bottom set maths and then another lesson would be bottom set science whilst top set do maths if you get what I mean?
There were several students moved up from bottom maths to top and for some reason they have automatically been put in top set science even when their test marks don't justify it simply to fit the new timetable!
The science teacher ia fobbing me off with 'your ds will do higher level work, it will be virtually 1:1' but how can that possibly be so when she has other students who need to be got through CE and are nowhere near passing.
What can I put forward as a solution?
The ethos, behaviour and everything about the bottom set is different, it feels like ds is being punished for struggling a little bit in Maths last year. No one at the school said at any point that maths and science suddenly 'stream' together for year 8.
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inthename · 04/09/2014 23:12
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