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Have you any experience of a child being retained by 2 years

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Hedgyhoggy · 22/04/2015 22:23

I know the arguments against but this is a bit against the norm because of the lack of provision in our area. we've agreed with the ed psych and ct that ds should be retained a further year, so 2 year groups behind. Basically ss is not for him and this is a fab very small (60 kids) rural school where he has 1 to 1. I'd like him to move up with the year group he is in now ie move into yr 1 but access nursery/ reception class when necessary. I get the feeling school just think he should stay in the nursery, reception combined class. I know it's a bit of an odd one, the lea won't be told and I can see him at the ss when we get to the move to middle school at age 9. Just struggling to get my head around how his day will be organise to best meet his needs. He's very sociable, but he wouldn't be bothered if his friends moved on without him.

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senvet · 22/04/2015 23:17

Wow. Usually I hear of it the other way around, ie parents who want their kids in a younger year group batt;ing against a dogma that they must stay in the age appropriate year.

It sounds as though dc's education is tailored to his needs with the one-to-one, so why does it matter to them so much which room he is in? If he isn't disrupting the education of the others in the older class then there isn't really a good reason why he should be left with kids who are a lot shorter than he is.

I am stumped there, sorry

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senvet · 22/04/2015 23:18

battling

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Hedgyhoggy · 23/04/2015 12:25

Thanks senvet, I'm kind of surprised its on offer really. He would be disruptive if he moved up with his class, his attention span is very short and also he would be just doing adult led activities so not very inclusive. He is functioning at a 2 year old level apart from socially where he's pretty good.

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Tissie · 23/04/2015 16:05

Why is the school not informing the local authority? What is proposed may be best for your child but beware transition times when the LA may insist he joins his chronological age group. I have known it happen in my area. Yours may be different.
Is there there any chance of social integration with his year group as you mention that is not a problem?
Hope this works out for you and your son.

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fairgame · 23/04/2015 16:17

I know of a child who has stayed behind 2 years throughout primary school. It's been working well and there have been no issues until now. In september the LA want to place her in her proper year group (y6) so basically if they get their own way she will skip 2 years. This is because she is not allowed to stay 2 years behind in secondary, i don't know if this is due to the LA's policy or the policy of the secondary schools (all are academys in my LA). Parents and current school are against it but the LA have given the option of do things their way or put her in ss. I'm not sure how things will work out for her.
If you feel that keeping him back again would work well for him now then go for it but make sure you have some sort of plan for what will happen at key transitions when the LA might try and put him in his correct group.

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