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Class Organisation
The school is organised according to the numbers of children admitted each year. We currently have six mixed ability classes of infant to junior age range. It is school policy to keep class sizes as small as possible, particularly with the younger children, and in order to achieve this, classes with 'overlapping age groups' are sometimes necessary.
This means that classes are decided upon according to academic ability birth date and children are grouped with others of similar ages although they may be from different year groups (e.g. older Year 5 children with Year 6 children).
There is always a spread of ability in any class and work is given according to the child's individual development. Teachers use a combination of individual, group, and whole class teaching as appropriate to the subject and to meet the needs of all the children. Personal academic targets are set at the start of each year (Headteacher and class teacher) for every child and their progress is carefully tracked over the 7 years they are at Brookside.
