Dd8 attends a small primary 15 to a yr (max) and is taught in a mixed yr group (3&4) most of the year 3's are behind where they should be due to a poor teacher in yr 2 who is no longer at the school. Dd is one of the lucky ones and has had same teacher since yr 2.she is doing well and already heading towards 'exceeding'. Dd has complained she gets a bit bored when the teacher has to stop and explain in more detail to the yr 3's. I've asked the teacher is she can have more stretching work but was told they aren't allowed to teach them yr 5 work but will try and ensure she has other tasks to complete . I can't believe this and think it's more to do with the teacher having such a wide range of abilities to teach from underperforming yr3 to over performing yr 4. What are your thoughts are schools not allowed to teach above their year group? Ofsted report said the school wasn't stretching more able pupils either
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