Delaying school start

[noisywoodpecker]

Hi

Our child has been home with us for 4 months now and is doing really well. They are due to start school this September after just turning 4 in August. Social workers have been very reluctant to let her go to nursery and as a result she probably won’t be able to start now until April. We are quite concerned about her having very little time in nursery and very little socialisation with other children due to covid prior to starting school this coming September. We are thinking about delaying her school start until 2022 to give her more time developing her attachments with us and giving her more time in a nursery setting. Our dilemma is that she is very bright, articulate and sociable and there is currently nothing to suggest school will be an issue but I know school can sometimes be difficult as time goes on for adopted children and we want to give her the best possible chance. However we don’t want her to grow up feel any more different by delaying her school start. Has anyone else been in this position and got any advice?

Thank you!

I did feel the schools 'threat' of him not stating in cohort was an idle and mean one designed to make us comply.

Our son is year 6 now so it"s all water under the bridge fir us.

In the end fir us it was the Ed Psych's view that swung it.

I'll never know if it was the right choice but he dies seem to be OK and him school year hasn't been a massive issue.

Hie are things going @noisywoodpecker

And for him....

Thanks so much everyone for your replies and sharing your experiences.

I’m still quite undecided but she is able to start nursery very soon which is going to be great. I think I will wait to see how she gets on at nursery before making a decision. I think academically and socially she will be fine whatever we will decide I’m more concerned with her emotional needs possibly changing as she grows and that is really tricky to predict. I’ve been following the Facebook group for summer born flexible admissions which has given some really practical advice about how to defer to 2022. I think if we did decide to do this we have a good argument to do so. But for now will wait to see how nursery goes!
Thanks everyone

If you delay, there's no guarantee that she starts reception in 2022. They may throw her into the deep end of y1. She may struggle with lack of skills learnt in reception.

@countingthestarswithmini - and you know that, do you? Given that that isn't the case, and hasn't been for years? What's your expertise in school admissions, and delaying summer born school start until compulsory school age?