I know that there are a number of you on here that have discussed deferring entry for your child to reception, and I've read through a number of your threads. The time has come to apply for my son (3 in mid August) and I really don't know what to do.
He is currently at at lovely pre-school but will have to leave at the end of the year as they were assuming he'd go to school next year and they are now fully booked for next year so wouldn't have a place for him.
I'm not so concerned about my son's ability to keep up in reception, although like many little boys he's not keen on holding a pencil and would rather be learning by doing things. However, I'm not sure he's ready emotionally for school. He finds 4 mornings a week at pre-school tough and is very tired in the afternoon. There seems to be such a big difference between him and the girls who'd be in his school year but have just turned 4.
In my heart I think I would rather he deferred his entry to school until he'd turned 5. However, I'd love him to stay at his current pre-school and that's just not going to be possible. Is it worth finding him another pre-school for just one year and then moving him again to school? Or is that just going to be disruptive?
As I understand from posts on here, (thanks lingle!) if we defer his entry he could go into reception rather than year 1- our LEA would allow that, so that's not an issue.
Any thoughts? I can't sleep at night worrying about it. I just wish I had a crystal ball so I could see how he might be in 10 months' time. Thank you.
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Should I defer school for my 4 year old boy?
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Fayrazzled · 22/10/2008 19:42
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