Do teachers tell parents this??

Top of the class? Sure. "Better" than others? No

Isn't that just semantics. The mother is probably paraphrasing. Top of the class by default means better than others.

Top of the class? Sure. "Better" than others? No.

I was told my Dd was top in her art class at her year 9 parents evening and would achieve an A if she were to sit her GCSE that year. The art teacher said it in front of Dd.
She is a very talented artist but was talking about how she had lost her motivation that term so I’m thinking it was said to boost dds confidence (which it did) whether it was true or not.

Well I've never heard she is the absolute best, but yes at parents night I was usually told that my daughter was one of th top students in a given subject or that she was ahead of the class. Often I was told she'd scored highest in a given test.

So yes, I'd assume it's feasible.

O don't think they put it quite like that.

But I've had comments like "ds was 2nd highest score in X test and highest boy" and "ds is always doing the extension work and he's ask me to confirm he does in fact complete his homework during maths lessons too" and "ds was in group achieving high enough for separate science but his literacy problems are too severe to cope with workload in our opinion".

But also.....

"Ds 1:1 is doing X with him and working on Y. I've told him not to worry he's only getting a 1 on tests as he has 18 months to improve".

All relevant to ds and all show me where he is achieving in line with peers. However he's not described as "top of class" or "bottom of class". These things are actually fluid and he may struggle with another topic and not score so well!

We used to get told when DS got the top mark in school for a particular exam, but that was at parents evening when they were going to be choosing A levels. I think the teacher was pitching for him to pick that subject!

DD's school don't say. No idea if she's brilliant or bog standard!

Depends on the school, depends on the child. There was a thread a couple of months ago about exactly this, and lots of schools do tell parents when their child is top.

Fuck, no. When would They?! Parents never see teachers at secondary school unless it's parents evening or you've been asked to come in. My DD has just started secondary school and I've seen her form tutor and HoY in passing. That's it.

At secondary school, particularly, I think it's quite common that a teacher will say something like: "and they got one of the top three marks in the last couple of tests, so they're doing very well." It's not really a comparison with other students as much as a statement of fact.

No I wouldn't think so.
They would praise all their achievements, yes, but they wouldn't compare with other students.

Not generally. Your friend is being a tit. Does she also post to Facebook and Instagram about how wonderful her life is?