Sons school report refers to ‘she’

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Shinysal · 30/05/2025 16:38

My son has almost completed his first year in secondary school and received his report card. Each teacher has completed a page and he has 12 different subjects. 3 seperate teachers have referred to him as ‘she’ and one has done it through out the update.

The music teacher has put the wrong instrument and marks against his test according to my son.

The overall report is very very good so just wondering am I being unreasonable to be disappointed that the teachers have not proof read it but I do appreciate they are busy and have lots of kids. Just concerned that they might not even be for the right child!?

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NeverDropYourMooncup · 30/05/2025 22:04

FrippEnos · 30/05/2025 21:56

Mine would also include

Out of 14 lessons I was only able to teach your child 6 times, this is due to the residential trip, various inclusion activities and CATS that have been to take place during none core lessons.
I still have their blazer from the first lesson, which despite various reminders remains on the desk by the radiator were it was abandoned.

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'I am told, however, that x was one of the children who kindly held the door open for me when I had to move the entire class due to a visiting PSHE session group saying once they arrived that they had to have access to five microphones, a nine channel audio mixer and full stage lighting in order for the session about not stabbing one another to go ahead. So he gets an extra point for good attitude as a result of not slamming the door in my face'.

RawBloomers · 31/05/2025 03:58

Neemie · 30/05/2025 21:47

An honest report for the first year of secondary would look like this:

I only started teaching your son this term because we rotate teachers due to specialist subject areas. Your child’s lesson is a double period on Thursday afternoon. His year group was doing a Shakespeare workshop for week one. We then had an introductory lesson in which I learnt a few names, your son was not one of the names I learnt. I currently teach 200 students and don’t know the younger ones very well at all. I have had two homework’s in from this class and he was away on the day one was due in. The one he handed in was completely average. This doesn’t mean anything as he may well get a fantastic GCSE grade in this subject or he may not. I have only seen him for half a term and he missed one lesson and one lesson was the Shakespeare workshop so that means I have seen his class of 28 students 3 times. If your son chooses my subject for GCSE, I will get to know him in year 10 and you will get a genuine report about his progress then. I have inflated his subject grade because I can’t really base it on one homework and I don’t want to discourage him.

It would be refreshing and probably more useful to get this sort of thing.

Multiplegums · 31/05/2025 06:02

ColinCaterpillarsNo1Fan · 30/05/2025 18:29

Dd's school always refer to the pupils as they regardless of sex and yes there is definitely a gender identity agenda with this particular school. They used to be part of the Stonewall network but have since deleted it from their website. Yet some of the teachers still pander to the old ways.....

So if they “always” refer to “they” and that is the school’s policy….

why on earth did you demand the school rewrite your daughter’s report to state “she” rather than “they”? @ColinCaterpillarsNo1Fan

(and did they?)

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