Hi,
Help please my son has come home devastated that his three best friends (year 7) are in the gifted and talented and he is not. They said the criteria was a minimum of combined maths and English Key stage 2 5a. However, my son is now on a 7a in maths, and very high grades in Science and Geography, the only let down was he was three marks of a 5a in his sats for English SPAG (although sat the comprehension extended 6 paper and got a 5a) They said he cant be on it with his friends which they are running lunchtimes, but I dont understand as his Maths is high and some other subjects, he is just let down by his SPAG slightly, he is going to going into a year 8 class for his maths soon as he is now high enough, but still cant be on the gifted and talented, which to me doesn't make sense. As surely, he needs more help than a child that got a 5a in maths and a 5a in English.
I may be wrong but he doesn't understand and I don't either really. I emailed the school and they said he absolutely excels in maths and science, but is slightly below in English so therefore, can go to the classes with his friends. Is this fair? just looking for some feedback really
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mammydora · 18/01/2016 20:48
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