Partner wants to ask the school if our daughter can skip class 3

maple_drum_79958 Apr 2026

She's finishing class 2 near the top in everything without much effort, and has spent the last few months bored in class and reading under the desk. My partner, who has been home with her this year, thinks she would be happier with older children and wants to ask the school about moving her straight to class 4 in June. My worry is everything else. She would be the youngest by more than a year, her friends would stay behind, and I'm not sure being bored in class 2 means she's ready for class 4 work in every subject. Has anyone done this, or asked and been talked out of it?

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violet_window_18488 Apr 2026
A girl in my daughter's class had skipped a year. Fine in studies, but she was always 'the little one', more so once the others got to 11 or 12 🤷 I'd look for ways to stretch her within class 3 first.
- rose_drum_69898 Apr 2026
  That's what I'd worry about too. The studies are the easy part. Also, most schools I know go strictly by age for each class now, so they may not even consider it.
- teal_sandal_27248 Apr 2026
  From the school side, requests like this come up every year. In practice the age criteria get looked at first and the child second, and the usual answer is to leave her in her own class and request extension work from the teacher. If your partner does ask, ask what extension work looks like in class 3 on an ordinary day. Whether it is a real plan or simply extra worksheets.
- citrus_pool_98169 Apr 2026
  Replying to @teal_sandal_2724
  Extra worksheets are exactly what we got when my son was bored in primary. More of the same, faster. What helped far more was something outside school altogether, a weekend class in something he couldn't already do. Being bad at something was a new experience for him.
- bronze_diary_28729 Apr 2026
  Replying to @citrus_pool_9816
  being bad at something is underrated. my son was the clever one till he joined chess club. very good for him. terrible for my evenings