aibu to think this is bad for my dc's school to put this in their newsletter?

[whatmatenamechange]

it was all lovely until the end bit, not numbers and letters! that's their grades they're talking about!!! and the head wrote that.

aibu?

[BusyBeez99]

What a lovely message - nice to see a head not pushing league tables

[hairymaryquitecontrary]

What actually is your problem with it?

[silverbell64]

No idea what your problem is either?

[HelenaDove]

i think thats lovely. Especially after some of the head teachers ive been reading about in the news lately.

[whatmatenamechange]

no it is lovely but to say that their grades don't matter is a bit to me.

[hairymaryquitecontrary]

Are they 7 or 17? If the former, or anyway close to it, their grades don't matter.

[Cavender]

He didn't say grades don't matter. He said it was more important to be working hard and doing your best.

[WhataHexIgotinto]

Oh. You're one of those parents ...

[elfinpre]

For a minute I read it that the children's "numbers" were published in the newsletter and that was the OP's understandable complaint.

But what the head actually wrote is more or less what I say to my daughters, that to me the effort score is more important than the attainment. You can't do more than your best.

[Sirzy]

So basically he is saying the important thing is to try your best. What's wrong with that?

[missperegrinespeculiar]

I wish grades were done away with... YABU

[LilyMcClellan]

Clearly some kind of hippy who believes compassion, hard work and pleasure in learning are more important than competitiveness and conformity to norms that by definition can't apply to everyone.

[EssentialHummus]

Where is this school, because if you're anywhere near south London it's going on my admissions application in a few years.

[Ninabean17]

I think that's a great thing to say.

[SilverForest]

Sounds spot on

[blueberrypie0112]

The only thing that stood out is the "below" and "above

[MerryMarigold]

How wonderful. I thoroughly agree with him. And he's probably thing to drum it in to THOSE parents who think that school is only or mainly about numbers and letters and being on the top table.

[Gorgosparta]

I totally agree with him. Dont see an issue.

[LefDeppard]

Struggling to see what the problem with that is, sounds spot on to me.

[Sparklingbrook]

Sounds fine to me.

[OuaisMaisBon]

YABU. HTH.

[Groovee]

Sounds like they've had parents moaning about composite classes and this is their response which sounds fine to me.

[ChasedByBees]

Some children, regardless of how hard they try, will not be able to achieve the standard norm for their age group. Should they be made to feel useless for this?

[BlackeyedSusan]

sounds great to me.

[somewhereovertherain]

Yabu - sounds fine to me as grades shouldn't matter but doing your best and sats are pointless.