Hi All
Conscious there's a similar thread on here about repeating Reception year so hope no-one minds me asking for thoughts/sharing of experiences about deferring Reception for a year.
My DD (3.4) has a rare chromo condition and is currently at least 18 months behind developmentally and probably 2 yrs behind in speech and language. She is however making little steps of progress all the time. Due to start school Sept 2012.
Am slightly premature with this, since only need to apply for schools end of this year and not make final decision about start till Easter next year but....
My gut tells me to give her more time to be ready for school and defer her start till Sept 2013. LA, EP and first choice school all have the view that I'd be delaying the inevitable, that she's never likely to catch up and I'd be storing up potential problems for her later on - e.g. if she hits puberty before all her classmates. LA also told me she'd not be entitled to the last year of schooling (think b/w ages of 18 and 19) if I held her back.
Thoughts? I know of 3 Mums who all deferred and have no regrets but their kids although SN, don't have the SAL and cognitive delay my DD has.
Many thanks in advance
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messmonster · 16/06/2011 17:53
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