My DS (7) would greatly benefit from retaking a year in school. He's the youngest and just missed being able to be easily deferred by 2 weeks for when he was born. My DH and I agree that it would be the best thing for him to retake a year but we're concerned the school will not allow it. We're not sure why they were so against deferring him at the start of school. They said we'd need a psychological assessment and something major would have to be found amiss, however, when reading up about it we found out that it is possible to defer kids his age, would've needed good reason and the reason would've been that he just wasn't ready. He still isn't. He's struggling in class to cope with having to sit still and not achieving what he should be, according to his teacher. Sorry for long post, but just wanted to know if anyone has been successful in persuading a school that your child should retake?
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Has anyone managed to get their DC to retake a school year?
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Lorelei2 · 21/03/2019 20:22
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