New recruit teacher is inadequate

But you described it as

a comment I made in a presentation at school

not a question.

And judging by the way you've expressed yourself on this thread, I can't imagine it was an especially constructive comment either.

BOF

I understood it to mean that the OP used the occasion of a presentation by the school to make a point about where they were going wrong.

Not sure whether that's better or worse than your scenario.

Hang on- you were giving a presentation in school to tell them where they were going wrong?

Was this the primary or the secondary?

I can only imagine the size of the party they threw after you left your child's last school. I bet that Head is tempted to reconsider his plans for early retirement and that the staff absence levels are back down to pre-2010 levels

I'm just confused by the refusal to say what the actual subject is. It is not like saying "It is latin/chemistry/divination" would make the op any more identifiable than the information she has already given.

silver you may well be right.

But there are SO many inconsistencies in this thread it's unreal

She's known about the big problem since May v the big problem only emerged after the HT chat

She's always known the kids were doing crap in this subject v the old teacher got them to a high standard

She wants the new teacher fired v why would we ever think she wanted him fired?

All of this plus a hilarious analogy about Aunt Chotilde's cake and an industrial caterer.

And I'm genuinely confused

BOP the OP's DD and her peers were taught by a much loved teacher and to a high standard in their previous school (junior).

Now they have moved up to secondary where the pupils have historically not done well in this subject.

I suspect the Head has turned the OP's concerns about a specific teacher and his lack of effective management to suit his own agenda about the curriculum. Knowing her style and enterprise he has flattered her and fired her up on an issue that he has been unable to get the MD to move on in the past.

Either that or he wanted the MD to have a good laugh at the entitled Englishwoman too.

got you (the DC) to a very high standard"

And

"they haven't done very well I knew this all along"

Are both direct quotes.

Which is it op? At first you said they were at a very high standard. Now you're saying you knew they weren't all along. Which is it?

And, if you'll forgive me for saying so, you don't seem the sort of parent to keep quiet if you knew all along it was crap.

Yit = you

Hold on, so what you said much earlier on about them doing well under the previous teacher

"teachers who you and we all loved and supported for the past 8 years and got you to a very high standard"

Was wrong?

And what you said about the new teacher being incompetent and inadequate and knowing nothing about this subject, do yit needed to get him removed, was also wrong

And you've known for MONTHS that the curriculum was wrong but only decided to discuss it with the HT when you went to discuss the incompetent teacher, so that wasn't mentioned in the op either. Even though you've known about that since May

i really AM confused now.

Are yit sure this isn't the plot of a Kafka story and you're kidding us along?

The only thing I am 100% prime time sure of is that the OP will be discussed at very great length during staff breaks.
And there will be tears of mirth and much Gallic thigh slapping.

And why were you going on earlier about French employment law and having to act quickly or you'd be stuck with this fellow if you didn't originally intend to have him booted out??...

^ What they said .

Things don't add up plus there are big bits of info missing

Am I the only one with no idea what this is about and why the OP is unable to tell us what subject and specific issues there are about the curriculum?

There is enough identifiable info to identify the school if you were the HT or another parent so that cannot be the reason.

By failing to specify the subject and giving really weird analogies, you are making only very limited sense, BoboChic... And why were you going on earlier about French employment law and having to act quickly or you'd be stuck with this fellow if you didn't originally intend to have him booted out??...

This wasn't ever picked up via the inspection framework?

So, if the current curriculum is wrong then how have previous cohorts managed any success in it.
Something isn't computing in my tiny brain about this. Must be missing something.

The teacher is wrong in the context of the current curriculum. It would be impossible to recruit someone today with the requisite skills to teach it.

so there is no one in France who can teach this!?

This thread is getting stranger by the minute.

Would anyone other than a native English speaker be up for the job? I'm not sure how it works in bilingual schools.

Ah, I wondered about that Bobo. What subject?

The teacher is wrong in the context of the current curriculum. It would be impossible to recruit someone today with the requisite skills to teach it.

The current flawed curriculum?

BlowOn, you and I seem to be coming to the same conclusion.