Agree with the comments made so far.
I recently attended a Parent Consultation evening and it was absolutley laughable! I challenged the teacher about my daughters reading as she was struggling to meet the demands of the lessons and she just ranted at me that she had 32 children in the class and could not give one to one reading lessons - I wasn't even requesting that!!!! Just wanted to know how much of the school day was given to reading and literacy - then she just went on about school policies - my god if you show no interest in your child's education - they cuss you - and your demanding if you show some!!!
The teachers make me laugh as they are quick to go on strike when they want more pay but not to reduce class sizes or lesson plans.
Who dreamed up the latest education policies - everything is driven by stats and league tables and it is not benefiting the children. too much pressure to make the school look good. I was given advice that the league tables are not always the best guide to how the school is actually doing - there are grades and if there is a high proportion of puplis passing the grade 2 mark (grade 1 being high) usually means the school is training the kids just to pass the sats and not actually learning anything - if there is a higher percentage of grade 1 passes then the school is motivating the pupils and are learning. If the majority is passing then the school receives a better budget - all about money not our children.
