Parents furious as kids are forced to REPEAT a year because primary school can’t afford to replace teacher
Four children at Long Melford Primary School in Sudbury, Suffolk now have to resit Year 3 because funding cuts created split year groups to manage class numbers
PRIMARY school kids are being held back a year because their school can't afford to employ any more teachers.
Year Four pupils at Long Melford Primary School in Sudbury, Suffolk, are being forced to resit Year 3 after funding cuts meant that a teacher who left couldn't be replaced.
Instead, four kids will be moved down a year as the school bring in split-year groups in a bid to manage class numbers.
But parents of the pupils affected have blasted the move, which they say has singled their children out and could put them at risk of being bullied.
Jane Brown, whose daughter Rose, nine, will be forced down a year, told the : "My daughter says, 'I'm not good enough to be in my year group.'
"The children have been really affected by it.
"Parents of children who were moving classes were given the opportunity to make an appointment to discuss with the head teacher.
"Teachers of mixed-age classes are used to setting homework that is appropriate for the age range.
"The school's main priority is to provide the best possible education for all its pupils and to organise classes to maximise learning."
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