I'll put this in at the beginning - I am a secondary school teacher. I also have twin DDs in Year 7 (not the school I teach at) and their parents evening is this week. Before half term, they brought home reports, which were really complicated (a whole other thread there) but each subject had a colour - purple meant everything was great, green was good, orange meant the DC was underperforming, and red mean there were real issues. The letter which accompanied the report said that if a subject had been marked as orange, parents should make an appointment with the subject teacher.
DTDs went into school with a list of teachers we therefore needed to see, but several have told them that they "don't need to see" us. My issues with this are:
- If the letter says that orange = appointment needed then surely an appointment should be given, and
- On parents evening, if I ask for an appointment with a teacher, I should be given one.