Maths - Do i talk to the teacher?

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Evening

I believe that the school are failing my son particularly in Maths. He is on the G&T register - which as far as i can see is pointless.

He is in yr 4 - and goes into yr 5 of his Maths lessons (where he is top of the class in the last round of tests). He gets given the same work as the rest of the class but it is SO easy for him - and stuff he could do aged 6. At home he can easily complete a yr 6 SAT paper in half the time and gets 100% every time (and has been for the last year).

I am not sure that the school know how good at Maths he is because they just give him the stuff the rest of the class do (he is a sensitive quiet soul) - so they know he can do what they teach but seem to not think to try him on something harder/the next stage.

So do i talk to the teacher and show him some of the Maths papers he does at home? or just let them get on with it and continue with Maths at home?

Thank you

I have just asked DD2 (she's just come home from university) what would have helped and she said some harder stuff mixed in with the straightforward maths but with her usual class.

OP - what do the school say - there must be "sideways" extension work they could offer - problem solving rather than just "harder sums" - making him apply what he knows to more abstract problems where the challenge is to work out what the sum should be, rather than just doing the sum IYSWIM?

have you seen this book (and there are sequels), for example?