I have a problem with dd's school please help me to tackle it right

[chopsolata]

dd has come home today with next years teachers for school, she is going into Year 6. last year before secondary. They have decided that the KS2 teachers will teach individual subjects so rather than have a class teacher they will have several different ones. Including the teacher from hell for 4 subjects, who dd hated in Year 3 and basically wasted a year. Before they started year 3 a number of parents raised concerns but the class went ahead.

So just want to know where I go from here, are they allowed to do this in primary? What are our rights as parents? Would it be hugley disruptive to move dd to the nearest catholic school for year 6 (they'll all go to the same secondary)?

TIA

bump please anyone (is it cos I changed my name and you all think i am a newbie )

My Dc's school has specialist teaching from Y3 onwards, with the amount of lessons taught by specialist teachers increasing until by Y5 they are all taught by specialists.

I don't find it difficult for them at all - they love it and are getting the best out of their teachers I think. Lessons are better planned for - as they are used more than once - and the teachers are teaching subjects they are more passionate about rather than crossing all subjects.

I'm afraid coping with teachers from hell, is just part of the equation though - but at 10-11 YO, they should be more than able to cope! Afterall it is very good practice for secondary school

Hi chopsolata not very experienced at this but I would say if you feel you have already wasted a year and you know the teacher is a waste of space - change for a year. As you say they will all meet up again in a year. Of course perhaps if your child is very bright and can sustain another 'wasted' year then you may feel differently but in our house we can't afford to waste a single moment.
Good luck
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flowertop my point exactly, dd is no genius but has made great progress this year with a fabulous teacher, I am just worried she will go backwards with ths new set-up, but worry about how unsettling it would be to move, although on talking with her tonight she seems ok about it

I can't come up with any real solutions, but maybe it would be worth giving the new set-up a go until Christmas? Maybe this teacher was rubbish as she didn't enjoy the job she was doing but she will now be teaching only the subjects she has a passion for and, therefore, is better at teaching. A long shot, I know, but if the school have already received complaints about her (sorry, presuming gender!) this could be their way of improving her work. If it doesn't work, make sure the school is aware!

I would say not to change schools. I mean, all that disruption basically cos you/she don't/doesn't like 1 teacher. I thinik the stress caused & the upheaval of a school change would be worse than having an unwanted teacher for 4 subjects a week. Also, it's sort of teaching her to jump ship when things don't go as you would like them without even trying the new system, which she will have to cope with anyway next year.
There will always be a teacher or boss that she doesn't like or get on with as well as others, but she'll have to learn coping strategies some time

Yes they are.

In some ways this is an excellent was to tranition to y7. They can get used to having subject teachers while they still know the school and are the biggest kids in the school! Otherwise they get it all to get use to in Y7.

In addition they will be taught (I bet) by people who specialise in their subject....a huge advantage for your child. You may even find that the teacher from hell isn't as bad a. in smaller doses and b. when he/she is teaching the subject they love best.

I am a secondary science teacher. I teach all sciences up to age 14.....but what I teach best is biology.

My dd has had specialist teachers since y3 and loves it.

If they hate the teacher, it only lasts an hour.

Big advantage, to my mind