Do teachers tell parents where their child is position in the class?

[mariebelle234]

A friend of mine who has a DC at a different primary school to mine told me her teacher said she's top of the class. I thought that's great. They don't inform us where our child is in the class at our school. Then today my DS informed me that in his class DC A is top of class, followed by DC B, DC C. I've not ever been told this information from the teachers at parent teacher meetings or at any other time. Perhaps it's because he is not near the top. Is this the sort of information that teachers share with parents of top academically performing DCs? Surely they just tell you they are doing better than expected standard, at standard or need support, not some sort of ranking. But I don't know:? This is for primary school.

As a primary teacher, parents often asked me this but I never answered...nor did I ever league table them in order to have that information.

Exactly. I’ve been a primary school teacher for 18 years and I have never ranked the class. I could tell you who my best couple of writer are, who did well in the last maths test or where they are in the reading scheme but never who is ‘top of the class’.

What would that achieve anyway? What does it matter to your child if they are better than 28 other children. That’s just a random selection of other kids. A standardised score is much more telling.