Can year 2 pupil go into year 3 for ability?

[icklepicklesmum]

My daughter is currently in a year 1/2 class and has achieved the grade she needs to achieve by the end of year 2 already.

Next year she is going into an all year 2 class as our school does not have a year 2/3 split class.

This means she is going into a class where the remainder of the children are basically anything up to a year behind her.

Is is possible for a year 2 pupil to go into a year 3 class based on ability?

This year the teacher has worked with us to ensure she doesnt get bored which is what happens when the work gets too easy. Each time she has said she is bored or the work is too hard she has made it harder. She has ended up getting better grades than most of the year 2 pupils in the class.

If any teachers can help with this or if any of you have experienced this I would appreciated your help.

I plan on seeing the class teacher to discuss our concerns so it would be good to hear some of your experiences beforehand.

Thanks very much

Ickepicklesmum: Haven't read the entire thread, but I had posted once in this thread. I get an impression from your posts that the teacher in question is not as good as she should be. As others have also posted, nothing stops the teacher from challenging pupils who of higher abilities to do more. And it does look the teacher has preferred the easy option.

You seem have done your best to talk to the teachers, and they haven't responded. Maybe there is a good reason for her absences, but not having the courtesy of even informing you of her absence does not justify any reason from her side. You should go ahead and express your feeling of disappointment with the head teacher. totally understand why you don't trust the system

But at the end of the day, all parents want feel confident that their kids are getting the best education(me included). So ultimately if you don't trust the institution.... if i were you, I would not spend any more effort on this, and look at other schools. Of course, you do need to weigh the options of distance and other logistics, but if it gives you peace of mind...may be it's worth it.

if the child isn't kept with her age group (and she'll know if she's a year up and noone else is), she'll start labelling herself. I'd be trying to avoid an intervention that makes the child aware she's bright (assuming she's hitting the top of the year not the minimum targets). She'll be happiest long-term with good social skills from being with her peer group. (I was moved up at a similar age, and I wouldn't do it to my kids)

I was a gifted child brought up in a state school system where there was no differentating. I still wasn't bored most of the time and did not develop any cynicism about education. The reason being quite simply that there are so many subjects where you can do your own differentiating. Yes, spelling and multiplication clearly got a bit boring, not to mention foreign language lessons. But essay writing, history projects, finding out about the natural world invites the kind of work that simply has no limitations: there is no limit to how sohpisticated you can make your project on the Victorian school system or the Tudors, which is the sort of thing children study.