To email headteacher about this

My child is now year 6, she had a consistent teacher in reception, then not again until year 5. Mix of covid/sickness/retirement/resigning and it has absolutely had a big impact on her and a lot of her class. Thankfully the teacher than joined the school in jan year 5 stayed with them for year 6. I wouldn't write but I can see your concern. Hopefully year 2 will be more settled.

no, I wasn't talking about you at all, some poster claiming to be a head, calling the OP "ill informed" and complaining they have to "accommodate people who cant be bothered to understand" which is a really nasty thing to say about people who have been told to call it 6 terms.

I always say 3, when talking to other teachers, but we have to say 6 to parents and pupils

Just checking you know I wasn’t calling anyone names. Think you are referring to another post?

o that is nice, I hope 3 is being allowed to be said again.. still no need to call people names for saying 3

I thought the 6 term trend had passed. It’s definitely 3 round here now.

@frenchfancy81 true. However, many schools do ask teachers to share their intentions and if they know the majority or all are staying, many do have those plans made now.

Wouldn’t that be lovely! People never think like that though, do they.
With supply agencies not even able to supply supply teachers a lot of the time, you are lucky these days that they had a qualified teacher the whole time.
All of these things are considered but also you can’t and shouldn’t be surprised if they do have another job share in the future. We can’t control teacher’s life choices or the timing of them, and many don’t want to come back full time after having a baby or children.

If you were a real head teacher you would know you have to say 6

They can't help it and I'm sure they are doing their best. You are being unreasonable

You will not be able to provide DfE guidance to support your claim that there are 6 terms in a school year. As a ‘real’ Headteacher, I assure you no-one ’has to say 6’. You are mis-informed.

YABU - not for wondering if it would be OK to tell the Head how to do their job but for making the huge assumption that the other class have had the better deal. What if that full-time "consistent" teacher is a bit rubbish and the job-sharers have been first class?
<<voice of experience>>

Oh God, please don't embarrass yourself.

Weird tangent but our school had three terms, never heard of a school with six terms.

OP, YANBU to be concerned how this may impact your child's learning and feeling of stability in the school. Sometimes parents do need to question things in schools and you should be able to, even if it is just to put your mind at ease. Parents may be the bane of many a teachers lives but that doesn't mean they or their concerns don't matter.

I think YWBU to point out that it's disruptive because the school will know that and be doing their best to minimise the impact.

Hi op I think you are getting some unreasonable replies here and actually I don’t think you are wrong.
last year ( year 4 ) my DC class has 3 teachers a week -
mon - Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday and Friday

every other year had 1 teacher.
halfway through the year the year 6 teacher left and they replaced them with one of the 3 teachers from our class who did Thursday and Friday.

then replaced her with who they could each week for the Thursday and Friday so each week it was different.

the kids really struggled due to very diff ways of teaching each subject. Even in secondary school yes you have diff teachers for each lesson but at least subject teaching is consistent. The whole class really struggled with say maths and having up to 4 diff teachers a week teaching it differently.

If you were a real head teacher you would know you have to say 6, and there is nobody who "can't be bothered to understand otherwise" - there is a large population who have had this explained to them.....

An only child?
Don't be that parent. The headteacher knows more than you.

As a headteacher, I assure you that there are 3 terms in a school year, despite the current trend to accommodate those who can’t be bothered to understand otherwise.

6 these days. I know its 3 really, but we have to call it 6

You are being ridiculous, let the Head do their job.
You are also ill informed- the school year has 3 terms, not 6.

Primary is not the time to be worrying about such things.

DS2 had two teachers (job share), one left, one went on maternity leave, the first cover left after two weeks, the maternity leave cover left after 4 weeks, the headmistress taught one day a day, they got two more covers in for a month or so etc etc - he had a total of 9 teachers while in reception. His year1/2 teacher (small school, mixed year groups and not enough money for teachers) apologised at his first parents evening when she said she'd noticed that none of the year1 kids were holding a pencil correctly or able to write along a line as they'd never had ruled paper.

He did just fine long-term and no headteacher would choose broken teaching.

If your child has only had 4 teachers, and if your child has had a qualified person standing up in front of them most of the time, they are well ahead.

Excuse my ignorance (my child hasn't reached school age yet), but what is the problem with 4 teachers over a year in year 1?

Just re next year being planned...the last date for resignations to leave in the summer is 31st May so nothing can be set in stone until after that date. I work in a one-form entry school and there are so many questions marks/such a lot of juggling to be done. Us teachers often don't know where we will be until the end of June.

Oh for goodness sake, do you not think the Head knows how to run a school and manage staffing, but you could do a better job? Heads and teachers are leaving in droves and it’s often because of parents like you. Stop stirring things up unnecessarily.