To want the school to stop using the curriculum as an excuse?

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Dc is behind. The school keep prattling on about how the curriculum has changed.
BUT being in year two, the curriculum has been in force their entire school life. Therefore, for them, the curriculum HASN'T changed. If the government have set x y and z as the expectations then they should be reaching them if taught the 'new' curriculum. The curriculum changing has been an excuse in year one and now again in year two. How long can the school expect to use this excuse for?

ignoring the unrealistic targets set by the government and the fact they are 'behind' even in the old curriculum

There is nothing wrong with your child, they are learning at their pace, in their time. My ds 4.9 years has started Reception, he has a developmental delay, and speech and language delay. He has a one to one helper from top up funding, and she is fantastic. I was shocked to see when after the 2 weeks settling period, there were little exercise books with pencils beside them on tables. I thought Reception stage, was learning through play, I was wrong!

Three book band colours is very little and can be considered completely normal and this is probably why the teacher rather than the SENDCo should be your contact point. Under old curriculum levels there were several colour bands just within each NC level. What colour band is your DC on?

I can see you are really worried, what you need to do is focus on exactly what you mean by making no progress and what objective measures you are making that judgement on - then you have something to use as a starting point for discussion with the school.

Their report said No progress. But nothing is being done about it. But if I raise it they blame the curriculum.

I guess IABU from these responses and will just continue to do things at home to help.

I struggle I think as I am probably on the spectrum so find the 'markers' of progress reassuring and if no 'markers' are ticked and I am being told no progress is being made then I expect something to be done not dismissed. My fault for being anxious! I am probably U :)

I think they should be doing something to help rather than just deflecting your concerns - though some school interventions aren't always great IME.

They might be more concerned later in the year - possibly - I'd keep asking questions about progress and see if that gets you anywhere. Plus keep up with help at home - it can make a massive difference IME.

School should still be able to reassure you though. Even if it's just letting you have a look at his books to see the improvement developing.

On the reports I tend to ignore the expected levels tick boxes - I know ds doesn't reach the "expected levels" - and focus on what is written by the teachers which should focus on where the progress is being made and where support may be needed.

I know ds is "behind" if compared to most of his peers, let alone the new targets but school have shown that he is progressing at his own rate which is the key thing.

I think what they may be trying to say is that the curriculum changes include expectations of progress that are unrealistic. Your child may not be making 'expected progress' under that new rubric. How do you know he is making no progress at all?

OP, if you haven't already, try reposting this in the Primary Education section.