Y10 timetable

[kpp11]

Was having a look at my dc timetable (about to start year10) and I am a little confused. The subjects dc picked as options for gcse have a number after it. All of them have a one after it, but one subject has a two, I'm wondering what it could mean? I'm thinking it could be sets 1/2/3 etc, as the school has always set kids by ability, but the subject that dc has a 2 is a subject that he has always done really well and dc is one of the best (in the top group) if not the best in the year group. So that would mean dc would be on set 2, which would make no sense?? Any ideas what the numbers could mean? Or do high schools don't set by ability in certain GCSE subjects? I know all schools are different and I plan on asking the school what it means, if we can't figure it out, but just wondering if anyone has any idea about the meaning of the numbers. Thanks

@kpp11

UserAtLarge of course it matters, if my dc is getting results well above the group average (most of the time the best result in the group), which is the top group, since year 7 and achieves nearly 100% in every single test, of course I will question if suddenly dc is put into set 2.

. Was this thread just a stealth boast, OP?

Jus ask the school.

AttaGirrrrl compulsory subjects have codes with sets just like year 7/8/9 so I know what they mean, as they use a letter and a number, the other subjects are not using the same codes, as it’s just a number! I asked dc and apparently there are 2 classes for that subject as majority of the kids picked the other subject, so I am assuming the number 2 is just a group and not set by ability! If I knew what it meant I wouldn’t be asking!

None of us can answer though. Ask the school.

It is more than likely to do with option blocks, as explained by a PP. we only have 2 Year 10 classes for my subject, in different option blocks. There is no difference in ability between 1 and 2. This could be different for other subjects with more classes, though. Best to ask the Head of Subject for the class concerned.

I agree that you need to ask the school to be sure. In my school, this is just a class code linked to the option blocks, but it might be different at your child's school.

How can you possibly know that your dc is the best in the year in a subject?
I’ve worked at schools that deliberately make class codes impossible to decipher to avoid this sort of parental interference.
My advice - if your dc starts in September and the challenge doesn’t seem appropriate then query it, otherwise, leave the teachers to do their jobs without having to constantly defend themselves.

My DD is in maths group 10Wx/Ma4. Anyone like to explain that? No, it's an impossible question.

if you're concerned your DC is in the wrong group for a subject, then maybe wait until September and see how the teaching works out before you get bothered about it? As a PP says, this only really matters if it's a subject where there are foundation/higher papers and he's put in a class that doesn't teach the higher material. But in your case, that could only be the issue if the subject is MFL, and if there's only 2 groups for a MFL, chances are that all the children that take it are very good at languages anyway. Or your DC goes to a very small school in which case the groups are pretty mixed ability in any case.
It really isn't worth getting fixated on the "number" of your DC's class!