First post here (namechanged from main Talk boards!), so please be gentle
I have just found out that my DD (age 8, Y3)is considered by her school to be G&T. I had to fill in a form for an assessment, and needed to say if she was G&T or SEN, so I asked the school and they said yes to G&T. They haven't said what for and were very tight-lipped. I get the impression they don't approve of the idea of G&T. The school is a very high achieving one (they get about 50% with KS1 SATS at Level 3 for example), so although we knew dd was bright, we didn't think she would 'qualify' as G&T, as so many others are bright too.
Anyway, my question is, do you think we should have been told she was on the G&T list, and be told what for? The school seems not to want to talk about G&T, and we don't want to be seen as over-concerned parents! The school doesn't do stuff it calls G&T, or extension work, although I guess that the top sets do this by default, so does it matter? I assume the school only have a list because they have to, not because they do anything with it?
Any views/experiences?
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CrouchingTigger · 21/05/2009 12:39
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