In case there was any doubt we just had a clear confirmation of the disastrous malpractice common in British education. Our son was sent home to the half-term break with these grades:
These grades are obviously terrible (for those not familiar with British grading, the "projected grades" are what is meant to reflect the pupil's current work) but no one sent us a message alerting us about the need to do something about it, and no homework was set for a two-week half-term holiday in order to catch up.
This would amount to gross negligence and would be bad enough, but things are even worse: we happen to know that people who asked at the school (with our permission) how the boy wass doing were told that he "was doing well", with nothing to worry about! This is beyond negligence, this is deception, including self-deception, as they truly believe what they are saying! He is "on target" after all!
