Ok firstly dd does have some learning difficulties (Dyspraxia, processing, sensory related) but is not statements and she has worked really hard the last couple of years and made brilliant progress.
In September she went up to a new school which better met her needs and career aims and they have been fantastic, the pastoral care is outstanding and she has made huge progress in many subjects and for the first time ever really loves school and has friends.
My problem is in maths she has dropped from being predicted a B to being predicted a D in the space of three months. The old school hadn't over estimated as dd was also heavily tested when she started by the new school and was found by them to be working slightly higher if anything than the old school.
There are no behaviour problems, in every single other lesson she has a level 1 (the top) for effort and attitude. In this one she has a 3 which is average but no there are no behavioural issues and teacher didn't have anything to say negative apart from she wasn't making progress.
She has two teachers for maths and in the areas she has been identified as struggling she has one particular teacher. I really like this teacher and dd loves him, he is very much for pushing the children to achieve their best but dd has said that his classes are often noisy and disruptive which is a nightmare for a child with sensory issues and he spends a lot of the class telling them to behave.
There is no year head in the school as the school is small but I feel I need to talk to school about this as Maths is so important for college so I am wondering how you would best approach this.
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Sudden dramatic drop in predicted grades, disruptive class and a lovely teacher, help please!
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PenguinSanctuary · 12/01/2017 08:44
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