I expect when we get to the end of this year (Dec) and I try yet again to convince them that a child on the 99.8th percentile does not need 11 terms in the junior school I will get the 'he is not the brightest child and is immature'. It is true his best friend who is a month older is a couple of levels ahead in reading and also missed the cut off by a couple of days but the only other kid in that top group will go into the middle syndicate next year. At this point DS is nearly 2 years ahead in reading and nearly a year ahead in maths.
All this is to say the teacher will see the brightest kids as being complaint, having good EF and being high achievers - ie the kids who are between the 85th and 95th percentile or MG.
