I admit it my original post wasnt well worded. I had been up since 5am turning things over in my mind before it dawned on me to ask advice on here. amillionyears summarised the situation well. Thanks.
I don't like gossiping about teachers. I am in awe of them most of the time. The class in question is in Y4. So feedback from their teachers in reception, Y1, Y2, Y3 was that as a whole they were great, generally bright and well behaved and generally a pleasure to teach.
After 1 term in Y4, the teacher says they are a difficult class. The teacher has been teaching Y4 for more than three years. At parents' evening she told me that my dd was sticking at the same grade as last term in literacy. And in the next breath told me that in fairness to my child, she hasn't taught her those things and that they are difficult topics to teach. Right. I let it pass and decided I would try to teach my child those topics and figured it would come in time.
Then, last week my dd told me that she doesn't like maths any more because now that her group knows all the times tables really well, they are left on their own to do really boring sums.
I know that loads of kids dislike maths - including my ds. But my dd loves maths. Always has. And suddenly she is telling me she doesn't enjoy it any more.
And then another mum asks me how dd is at school and suddenly she has had similar comments from her previously cheerful and enthused child.
Then another Mum mentions that she felt embarrassed on a school trip at how unruly the class were and that the teacher in question had rolled her eyes and said 'Some days, I just can't be bothered.'
Ok. we all have days when we can't be bothered and in many other jobs the immediate effects would not be so apparent.
But if there are lots of days when you can't be bothered and the job in question directly affects the welfare and education of children, I think parents have a right to start asking questions about what can be done.