AIBU to expect the school to read with my child?

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My son is in reception. We don't always get his reading record home but got it home this evening. All term, the only person writing in the record is me, except for one occasion.
The one occasion someone did read with him, it wasn't the teacher (not her hand writing) and the book he read was 3 levels below his reading level.

AIBU to think someone should be reading with him more than once a term, and that it should be at an appropriate level? It is parents evening next week, should I bring it up?

That would not please me at all OP. DD (5yo, year 1) started at a mainstream school in January (a little late, she had chicken pox) and has been heard reading at school 17 times since then. Her reading record has 5 pages filled already with the home ones. The school reading is filled in by a combination of teacher, TA, parent helpers and Year 2s.

PS: IMO it really, really does not matter if he's bringing home books that are "below his reading level". Just one of those things that the gift of hindsight teaches you are really not a problem. Learning to read is such a holistic experience that it really doesn't hinge on them progressing faithfully through a reading scheme in the correct order.

I don't know if he's reading below his capability or not. On his current level he needs help with between 0-3 words per book. I assume they have to be reading all their words without help before they go up a level?
My concern isn't about his reading ability but was about the appearance from his reading record that no one was reading with him! But teachers on this thread have reassured me, and I will ask about it at parents evening.
I don't read with him every night. I work, and he doesn't get home until 6. So we read at weekends. He only gets 1 book home from school a week.
On a separate note, it amazes me the differences between schools when it comes to homework. Other local schools give one book a day in reception, and other homework on top!

They probably do read with your child - in guided reading.

Have you every tried to listen to one child read a reading book whilst keeping an eye on 29 4-5 year olds?

The fact is, listening to children read their school reading books on a 1-1 basis is just not good use of a teacher's time. The teacher needs to be teaching. In a guided reading session your child will be listened to with a group and taught reading skills. The child's teacher will be observing and assessing your child's reading skills in a range of activities during the day.

I help with reading in my training. TheRe are multiple places to record reading. I work with children who are not quite progressing 'to target' and do extra reading / maths / literature booster sessions. I do record in 3 places for this. Teacher's record, booster tracking and individual reading records. Because what I do is individual the parents might want to see 'it's happening'. The teacher notes reading with students in her own (extensive) records and only notes an individusl learning book for a change of level or something of particular success. At this school though TA's are required to note in individual learning books. But this is entirely as a nod to parental concern as I understand!

I am a parent helper (grandparent actually) 4 of us go in regularly to hear dc read. We have our own record to fill in for each child saying what has been read, how many pages and what NC criteria we have looked at eg AF7 for Y1 and Y2.
We don't even see the child's record book which is private between parent and teacher. When we read with them the child chooses a book of the colour band they are on which is not the reading book they take home.