I collected my DC ( twins ) from school today ( for ref. it is a private school ) and I was asking about their day. They said the Physics lesson was ok and they didn’t do anything because the teacher said she is tired and she put a documentary on for them to watch. They are in F9 but already preparing for GCSEs. This seems to be a reoccurring trend with this particular teacher. Sometimes she takes them out to play in the woods on the school grounds instead of the lesson. I wouldn’t mind, if there was an educational purpose for it, but my DC said that they are just chatting. She is suppose to be their teacher for the next three years to take them through GCSEs. I don’t think her teaching is adequate. I have been told by some parents with children in F11, who have the same teacher, that they have to do tutoring outside the school for Physics because they are behind the other children who have different teachers. On top of it all, this teacher has a child in our year and my DC are good friends with her child. We know them for years ( they joined our school in F6 ) and I know the teacher more as a mum acquaintance. This is the first year she is teaching my DC. I feel like I would be an asshole to complain to school without trying to talk to her first. Also what if I do complain and she finds out it was me. Our DCs are a part of group of 8 close friends and they do a lot of stuff together at the weekends ( sleepovers, shopping, activities etc ). I don’t know how to approach it without making it awkward in the group. Do I just suck it up and pay for a private tutoring, talk to the school or talk to the teacher?