Head lying etc

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DD and DS (twins) have started in Y6 a few months ago at a popular primary school. DD is very brainy, DS is a bit dim but very endearing. (Trying to get appointment with EP for him.) There are three groups. Bottom and top taught by head, middle taught by head. DD is in top, DS bottom. I noticed that DS always had more homework and didn't like school (kept pretending to be sick) and asked DD why. DD said head only let DS's group have maths, english and a bit of science, but nothing else, because she wanted their group to catch up and get good SATs results. Other subjects she regarded as 'fluffy'.

Heard from DS a few weeks ago that head told class that SATs were the 'most important tests you will ever get' and that the bottom group wasn't trying hard enough. I got mad then because I regard the CATs (tests the secondary school gives to set the pupils) as more important. I told DD and DS to boycott the SATS when they were given them. I'm not sure if this was a good idea or not.

I don't know how the head found out, but recently she made another class announcement. It went roughly along the lines of this:

I have heard that someone's parent has told their children (looks suspiciously at DD and DS) to hand in blank SATs papers. This is a terrible idea. You must not listen to these silly fabrications. What do you think will happen when your next school reads your results? They won't let you stay! So don't listen to your parents, do the right thing and work hard for your test marks. I want a Level 5, 4b at least from all of you.

I don't know what I should do now. How will DS cope? How did she find out?Should I have a war quiet chat with head? Do I take DD and DS out and put them in another school?

Was she able to access the SATs Hunty ?

Indigo - HA! to DD getting into a special school. Believe it or not, having left Y6 working on 'p' scales, and still being on SA+, she is doing really well in MS. She is getting lvl 3's and 4's in most subjects and lvl 5's in science. Her school sit their RE GCSE a year early (all of them), she recently had her mocks (she is in Y9).

Her half-term report in October predicted a 'G'. She got a 'C' in her mocks !! (It has taken a LOT of help from me at home though).

Was she able to access the SATS? Nah, not really - but the school were asking me to keep her at home for the week, and LIE and say she was sick. I refused, and INSISTED she sat them. I wanted it to show on their league table results JUST how crap they were with SN. There was about 12 of us with SN dc who were asked to keep them off that week, all of us refused, and so their results that year show that they had 12/61 still working towards lvl 3!

She would show on their league tables even if she stayed at home hunty that's how it works and why some schools hound children to turn up even if they have broken limbs.

That's a pretty incredible story.

Are you saying end of year 6 she couldn't read or write anything, and now, 3 years late, she can read a novel and write a story?

That's very inspiring.

Yes, she can! It has taken a lot of hard work by her Secondary for Y7 and Y8, and a LOT of hard work at home with me. Her RE teacher actually PHONED me at home to tell me the grade she got on her mock exam - because even the TEACHER was astounded! Just 6 weeks beforehand the teacher had predicted a 'G' in her mocks...

They are now thinking about moving her up an RE set as they think she might be able to get a 'B' if she works hard enough - but she can't do that on the foundation paper!

Wow!