Pros and cons of teaching mixed-ability classes | Letters

John Marriott and Michael Pyke respond to a report on a UCL study on classes grouped by ability As a retired modern foreign languages teacher, I read your report with interest ( Teaching in classes grouped by ability does not hamper progress of less able pupils, study finds, 29 April ). I struggled for years to devise lessons to cater for all abilities and came to this conclusion very rapidly. Thank goodness our department only taught mixed ability for a year before introducing setting. In other