Some people believe that children at secondary school should be streamed, i.e. taught in classes according to ability, rather than being taught in mixed-ability classes. Do you think the advantages of streaming children at secondary school outweigh the disadvantages?

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is favoured by some people over classes with different

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levels. While there may be some advantages to

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approach, I personally think that the drawbacks of streaming outweigh the benefits. The main benefit of streaming is that pupils of all abilities will benefit through being taught at a pace that suits their

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, pupils are struggling with a chemistry lesson, the teacher can go at a slower pace and vice versa for higher-

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pupils. Some people

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argue that mixed-

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classes disadvantage students at both extremes of

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, as it is easier to teach a class who are all of the same

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. From the teacher’s point of view, everything is aimed at the pupils in the middle-

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, I feel that streaming children at secondary

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is harmful. The main drawback is that if children are not taught in mixed-

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classes, it does not prepare them for the real world they will encounter in the future.

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hold them back and reduce their career opportunities considerably. Streaming can

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disadvantage children, because it is possible that children will be labelled wrongly and their potential not realized. Unless there is some competition in the classroom as in mixed-

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classrooms, the children will not be stretched.

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have a negative impact on children’s attitude to learning and to school in general, resulting in a decline in pupils’ attainment. As we have seen, there are both advantages and disadvantages involved in streaming pupils at secondary

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