We've just had year 9 parent's evening. There are issues with the English teacher not taking in homework, not marking work and taking 2 months to mark assessments. She seemed obsessed with saying how difficult to new GCSE curriculum will be, as the 19th century set texts are quite inaccessible and hard for teenagers to understand and there will be no coursework. This level of negativity in front of my child doesn't inspire me with confidence.
We were also told that key texts will include Macbeth and An Inspector Calls. Both of these have recently been performed locally with great reviews. She said we hadn't missed much, when I said I wish we had known as we would have gone to see them!
Is it worth raising our concerns with the year head or head of English? DD is a high flyer, so she is likely to get a good grade, but I'm worried that she is losing enthusiasm because of her teacher.