So... I'll try and make this succinct and I suppose I am looking for reassurance that I am not being a completely pushy mum.... ( I might be).
My DD is very bright (not boasting it is a fact), not a genius but very clever. She goes to a semi selective school (state school) which is very hard to get into. She got an academic place. (It is complicated and I won't go into the boring bits but she came in the top 12 of about 300 applicants).
Anyway....she is now in year 9 and in the top set for all set subjects except science. She is in set 3 of 5 for this. I have for the first time (ever) in the whole of her school life emailed school with a query. This is related to her set but I'm not querying the set. The reason I'm not querying it is because we were told in the parents at the end of last term (July) that her science teacher was disappointed with her progress. I was surprised and so was my daughter as up until then we thought she was doing ok. (Her March report was glowing and she was identified as gifted and talented in science in year 7). There was a lot going on a the end of last year (she was bullied) and she has admitted she didn't like the teacher and probably didn't work very hard. Therefore she probably got given the set that is the refelection of her work.
However, I am disappointed to have not been told she wasn't doing that well until it was too late in the year to make any difference. Am I being pushy to have emailed school about this? I am slightly worried as the set will determine her options in relation to GCSE (and of course now whe wants to be a doctor.....)