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Anything wrong with placing a child out of year?

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NotResilient · 30/09/2017 20:58

DD has confidence and emotional issues due to undiagnosed SEN. She is "working towards" expected levels. Now we have a diagnosis and EHCP, isn't placing out of year in a different school the only way to catch up and rebuild confidence?

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BackforGood · 01/10/2017 00:49

Why do you think placing out of year group is the only way?
It could equally go that, it increases her difficulties by adding social issues on to whatever difficulties she already has.

Silver47 · 01/10/2017 00:36

your child is entitled to a certain number of years of free education, you can't just decide you want another one, unless you pay for it privately.

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NotResilient · 30/09/2017 22:53

Who is going to work on better than expected progress?

All schools we visited seem to be aiming at just any minimal progress compared to the status quo.Placing outside the year group is the only way of getting better than expected progress, without which he confidence will crumble further.

What are the reasons for not agreeing to place in lower year?

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admission · 30/09/2017 21:10

If DD is already at school that is unlikely to happen in terms of a different year group either in the same school or a different school. It is now possible with agreement of the LA to start school in a different year group but is rarely accepted after they have started at school.
You now appear to have a diagnosis plus EHCP so hopefully DD will start to make better than expected progress in the future. Sometimes it is surprising how quickly pupils can catch up, once the trigger for improvement has been established.