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Y10 timetable

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kpp11 · 02/07/2021 21:10

Was having a look at my dc timetable (about to start year10) and I am a little confused. The subjects dc picked as options for gcse have a number after it. All of them have a one after it, but one subject has a two, I'm wondering what it could mean? I'm thinking it could be sets 1/2/3 etc, as the school has always set kids by ability, but the subject that dc has a 2 is a subject that he has always done really well and dc is one of the best (in the top group) if not the best in the year group. So that would mean dc would be on set 2, which would make no sense?? Any ideas what the numbers could mean? Or do high schools don't set by ability in certain GCSE subjects? I know all schools are different and I plan on asking the school what it means, if we can't figure it out, but just wondering if anyone has any idea about the meaning of the numbers. Thanks

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Bobbiepin · 02/07/2021 21:41

Likely to be a group code, especially for something like history or English with more than one group.

Also as a teacher, what school has made next year's timetable AND sent it out to parents?!

kpp11 · 02/07/2021 21:40

Thank you for your replies. Does that mean that group 1 is higher ability compared to the other groups? Or does it mean students are not set by ability?

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iklboo · 02/07/2021 21:39

At DS's school some options have two separate groups because they're popular, and they're on different days. Homework is set Group 1 due Wednesday, Group 2 due Friday etc.

tessiegirl · 02/07/2021 21:37

In my school the top set is split into two groups but they are parallel. Known as T1 and T2

BashandWhizz · 02/07/2021 21:33

Probably just a group code

Hercisback · 02/07/2021 21:31

Could just be to differentiate between two or more groups of the same subject.

greenlynx · 02/07/2021 21:14

Could be the number of the group?