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Keeping expectations high in lower sets

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PutYourBackIntoit · 23/12/2020 18:34

Lovely dd1, well behaved, worrier, funny and switched on has had a rubbish start to secondary (even more than most but it's a bit outing to go into).

She's been placed in sets 3 & 4 for English and maths/science which sounds about right based on her current academic ability.

She has some specific learning needs, which mean she does not achieve her potential without a lot of extra time. She has a Myplan for this, senco seems pretty good. CATS and teacher based assessments have placed her in these sets.

Just wondering if parents and teachers out there have any tips for me in order to keep her from becoming lost in a loud class, and to keep everyone's including her own expectations up. We know that she is bright (from WISC tests from camhs -75th percentile).

She wants to be a lawyer, go to uni etc.

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TeenPlusTwenties · 23/12/2020 18:53

For clarity, are they sets 3 & 4 out of 4 or out of 12?

You talk about 'lower sets' and then say she is bright and in 75th percentile.

Not everyone can be top set. That doesn't mean that people not in top set can't aim for 7+ in GCSEs. She needs to try hard and not worry about what number is attached to her set.

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