CHRISTINE Beddard believes her son Jamie is bright enough to achieve an A grade in his maths GCSE in two years.
But she is worried that his grade could be affected because Jamie and his Year Nine classmates have had 10 maths teachers in seven months.
Jamie, who wants to be a builder or a plumber, said: "It is quite frustrating. You get to know the teachers and then in the next lesson they are not there.
"You cannot get on with your work as sometimes the teachers go over work that the other teachers have done.
"All the teachers do not teach the same and the methods keep changing for different lessons."
Mrs Beddard, a 38-year-old housewife from Greave, near Romiley, Stockport, said: "It is one of his better subjects and he is capable of getting an A at GCSE. This has affected him and he has told both my husband and I that he is not enjoying maths.
"If he does terrible in maths then he will be in a lower set for the subject.
"I know it sounds terrible, but if he is in a lower set then he could be put with unruly kids and he could struggle.
Tuition
"I dare say that if this was drama we were talking about then I would not be kicking up such a fuss, but I want him to get maths.
"The only other option open to us is to get private tuition."
Jamie was expected to get a seven mark in maths in his forthcoming Key Stage Three exams, but is now expected to achieve a lower level six grade.
Mrs Beddard said: "It is upsetting him because there is pressure on him to pass.
"We are aware of the situation because every night we sit down and look at his homework and he tells us what is happening. I do not know how often it happens at other schools, but perhaps parents do not complain enough."
Christine and her husband Michael have complained to head teacher Lesley Calderbank, the school's governors, Stockport Local Education Authority and Education Secretary Ruth Kelly.
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Whilst I concur with Mrs. Beddard's views on the need for stability with regard to the number of teachers a child has for an individual subject I cannot agree with her comments that certain subjects are more important than others. Education is about equipping children with the skills required for life and therefore continuity in all subjects is important, including Drama.
However Mrs. Beddard has got the opportunity, as have all of us on May 5 in deciding who should form the next government.
The root cause of the problem is money, education needs more money to employ more teachers and to give teachers the opportunity to earn higher salaries, which would help keep trained teachers employed in education and encourage more people to become teachers.
As far as I am aware there is only one political party that is actively pursuing an increase in Education spend, coupled to a rise in Income Tax. It will be interesting to see how the electors vote.