PARENTS are outraged as pupils at a Leyton school are to be mixed irrespective of age.
Pupils from every age group at Lammas School in Seymour Road are to be grouped together during registration and pastoral sessions as part of a new system of tutoring.
Under the system, known as “Vertical Tutoring”, students will remain in their usual classes during lesson time.
The scheme is aimed at “providing a family ethos” and each “tutor team” will be smaller in size than current registration groups.
But mother-of-five Claudette Montaque, whose daughter is doing her GCSEs at the school, maintains parents feel the new system will be too much of a disruption.
She said: “We can't see how it's going to benefit the kids. Going into Year 11, it's going to be more stressful.”
Mrs Montaque, 41, of Leasowes Road, Leyton added that it was not at first clear whether pupils would be mixed during normal lessons but said the new system was still “unjustified”.
“There was uproar from some of the mothers,” she said.
“I don't expect my daughter to spend time she should be revising with Years 7, 8 and 9.”
A meeting is to be held at the school today (Tuesday) to discuss the changes and how they are to be implemented.
A spokesman for the council confirmed the new system is to go ahead as of September this year.
He said: “These changes have been introduced to provide more support and recognition.
“Teachers can give more time to individual students when it is required.
“This is particularly important at crucial times in a child’s school career such as work experience, GCSE revision and choosing college placements.”
A number of messages were left with the school but the head teacher has not returned calls.
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