My dd has always been solid in history throughout school even at primary school and was easily on target at her old secondary school to pass, exceeding expectations.
As she has Sen it was one of the few areas she felt confident at.
She moved schools at the very start of year nine due to bullying. During year nine she was predicted a 5 at GCSE level and I was told she would likely get a six. In fact when my daughter missed lessons and revision time in year nine as she did two weeks work experience when many were still in school and only scored a certain level in an exam in year nine the teacher felt it was a blip as a result of her missed revision and not representative of her work. More than two years later following a staff change my daughter is now predicted a two and is scoring very low in history. Lower in fact than year nine.
I have raised this with the teacher to see if dd wasn't trying or such but was told that wasn't the case. The teachers answer was that it was a different subject area.
DD is reporting that the teacher does a lot of worksheet work and doesn't spend much time unlike the other teacher actually talking to the class. Because of my dds Sen and processing difficulties this method just doesn't work for her. Part of her learning plan is that teachers must break down instructions and explanations.
I don't know what to do. I feel I've approached the teacher and been fobbed off and i am cross an area which was a confident boost for her when she struggles so much has become just another stress.