DS is in Y5 in a small non-selective private school (only 13 DC in his class). He is in top set for maths. Last year the set started with 8 DC in it but over the course of the year 2 of them left and 2 were moved to lower set as they were struggling to keep up, leaving 4 in top set and 9 in the other set. At the beginning of this year the Y5 teacher decided to 'even up the numbers' and moved 3 DC up. This seemed a bit odd at the time but I assumed that they had made a lot of progress in Y4.
They have just done the termly maths test. The 4 original DC all got 90% plus. None of the 3 DC the teacher moved up scored above 60%, and 2 scored below 50%. I've seen the paper they did (DS brought it home to do corrections) and it was pretty easy (certainly based on what top set were doing last year) so am not surprised that the 4 scored highly.
Can the teacher cater for this spread of ability? She is not differentiating the work at all, and I can't see how she can be going at a pace appropriate for all the DC.
It's parent's meeting this week-should I raise this with her? Or am I going to sound like a pushy Mum? She's not exactly approachable...