Daughter being moved down a class in maths – thoughts

Investment bank analyst: Straight A’s, Double Maths, Phd.

Investment bank CEO: Modern Art, Dropout of Uni to pick basil in Italy over summer to perfect their pesto recipe.

Get a tutor or the teacher to help over break times with the struggle subjects.

Double down on internships and work experience as early as possible.

Or relax a bit to the reduce the stress/anxiety levels a bit

TBF, she’s buzzing and so proud of herself though. 🙂

Sounds like it did some good then.

I am not so sure it did her good (and we could even consider that she has missed out on some key learning leading up to her GCSEs which could be detrimental). She spent the last three months questioning her abilities and, as I have already said, I maintain that the original decision was wrong.

The first thing i’ll say is GCSE’s dont matter in the real world. As long as you get a C (or whatever it is now) its zero barrier later in life. Theres too much pressure on kids at this stage.

If she follows this up a level to A Levels, its going to increase in difficulty by x1000 and become harder to be at the top of the class.

Having had to go through a difficult patch (and recover) is a good life lesson to learn.

The first thing i’ll say is GCSE’s dont matter in the real world. As long as you get a C (or whatever it is now) its zero barrier later in life.

Whilst I agree with that sentiment (I got shocking grades and only having some artistic skills saved me), at that age they should feel like they are being recognised and rewarded for their (quite substantial) efforts, not be moved down a class based on what was, in her case, a single blip. Anyway, I feel like I am repeating myself now.

I would go in and have a friendly word, I think teachers should expect a little parental concern if their children are getting dropped a set.

But from your OP I would be prepared for a couple of things

1, you might have a biased view of your kids previous performance (maybe even encouraged by some misinformation from them). So be prepared that it might be the right decision, and allow them to give their justification.

2. The teacher who said it was nothing to do with them might have been passing the book so they don’t have to deal with any fallout.

@MSP – it is all sorted now – she was moved down three months ago (we didn’t agree but accepted their decision after I discussed it with the HoD), she has done her mocks, done well (as we expected her to do, and as her teacher expected her to) and has been moved back to where she was in the top set!

Have we found out the reason for the move?

The move back up or the original move down?