I'll be as brief as possible.
DS is currently Year 5 and has been at his present school for a year. Before that, we did a year of HE as we were disillusioned with the school system. It worked really well for most of that time but his attitude suddenly changed [with hindsight, I can now see the reason for that] so DH and I felt the only thing was to send him back to junior school [but not the one he had previously been in]. He settled very quickly, does what he's told and has a nice group of friends BUT he says he is bored and wants to return to HE; the time-wasting in class irritates him and he wants to "get on with stuff" as we used to do. Academically, he is currently working about 2 years behind where he was, particularly in Maths and French.
There is nothing seriously "wrong" with the school but he's simply treading water and many of the promises/assurances they gave us have come to nothing and I dread him spending Year 6 only focusing on SATs tests.
On the other hand, I don't want to give him the impression that he can come in and out of the school system as he pleases. The question of secondary school is also on my mind of course and I need to find out whether the school we'd like him to go to, which is out of our catchment area but takes almost anyone who wants to go there(!), would accept an HE child.
Any observations, suggestions or advice would be most welcome. Thank you.
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Return to HE or stay at school?
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thereisabetterway · 08/03/2015 13:07
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