Quick emergency question please.....

[PeachyClair]

Does anyone know when a child born 27.07.03 (DS3)would LEGALLY have to start school?

One of the LEA suggestions is that my two SN kids (never thnking of the NT one who's at another school again....) start two schools several miles apart the same day in September. yeah, rigjht (DS1 has to go to Juniors).

So if they refuse extended nursery for ds3, wondering if we can legally delay start? (Given they'll have to find him an SN place as the school i want won't have him now)

Ta

I think it is their 5th birthday but dont know for definite.

I think legally, they don't have to be in school until the term after they turn five. I know they can miss reception if you really want them to, or I suppose start later. Might cause problems getting a place though.

i don't know for sure
but dd1 was born end of march 03 and started school wh she was 5 and a half, she did 2 years at pre-school/nusery

Think it is the term AFTER they turn 5. So your child turns 5 in July 08, so would start school legally in September 08. But this would normally mean going into Y1, missing out Reception. However, because of SEN you may be able to fight that and start the child in Reception, but he/she would be a year younger than his.her peers - have known this to happen a few times and no problems.

Or you can go down the home ed route and not put him/her into school at aall yet, maybe with the dea that they will join school at a later date.

Eh? Trinity Rhino, if your child was born in March 03 then she is now 3, almost 4. But you say "when she was 5 1/2..." HAve you got a tardis?

FAb news (howbI'm supposed to settle one AS in school here, anotther ASD in Newport with no family or friends to help I have no idea) (That Tardis might come in handy tho LOL)

Anyone know if this definitely applies in Wales?

oops sorry, please excuse pregnancy hormones and exhuasstion
dd1 was born end of march 2000 and she could have started school in the january of 2005 when she would have not been quite 5. I wasn't happy with her being one of the youngest in class and she started in the september 2005 when she was 5 and a half.

I think I remember being told that they have to start at the latset the term after they turn 5.

Found this:

"In England and Wales, most local education authorities have a policy of accepting children into school at the beginning of the term during which the child becomes five. However, the child is not obliged to attend school until the beginning of the term following their fifth birthday. In Northern Ireland, a child who is four years old on or before 1 July in any year must start primary school on 1 September that year."

So definitely legally the term after 5th birthday.

Thank you!!!!!!!!

The general consensus seems to be that I should ignore ds1's needs and focus on ds3 instead (quite where that leaves ds2 but anyway....) which I am not happy about, so if I am refused the extra year at Nursery I have requested I will cite this law. Hopefully I can delay his starting until Easter when I will be able to focus on settling him in properly (still not sure how I am physically going to get there but that's another battle ).

Sept 2008, but in year 1 (unless the school is unusualy flexible)

The year 1 / reception thing may not be so clear cut at an sn school, they only have between 3 and 12 kids at any time anyway.

Do you not get transport?I know its not ideal with the first day back thing and settling them in but it would solve the transport/being in 2 places at once problems? DS3 SN school (if you get it) will prob start at differnt times to MS (ours is 9.15 and the MS start before 9)

Also if DS3 goes into a SN school it may not be split into YR R/1/2/3 etc ours is Nursery & YR R/KS1/Yr 3&4 etc and the age boundries aren't that strict its more about where the child would fit better especially if they are borderline age groups.

It will be SN school for DS3, the local MS school have said a definite no so there's no real option for them but to take him.

I looked and he will get transport, which is good. The abd thing tho is that someone else I know in the local transport system is given an hour morning and afternoon to be at home for collection / delivery - but I have to be doing the school runs.

However the 'good'(?) news is that my eyesight deterioration does mean I can't drive, so they are going to have to sort something, multimap places it as 5 miles so i cant walk! (and thats across welsh countrey lanes too LOL)

The transport themselves will know better about pick up/drop off time though.The kid I support should get picked up between 8 and 9 but as he is 2nd on the taxi he is usually picked up 8.10 ish, the taxi/escort will have a better idea especially after the first few weeks.

Does Ds1 not get transport? Lots of kids locally get transport to the ms schools too, although it may not be that appropriate for him (and you atill have ds2 to sort out.)

DS1 (and ds2) don't get transport, as it actually tkaes longer for them to walk to school than it would to drive LOL- about 120 yeards, I would guess.

We have a meeting with Ed Psych on Wednesday when she will give us her verdict. The SENCO and also the Nursery teacher will be present. Wish it was another day- its ds2's birthday and I can't quite focus beyond the meeting atm.

They always time these things badly , friend had one a week after giving birth, she cried the whole time.

Thats not too bad time wise then , think you can't really plan/worry too much til you get sorted with times for school starts/transport.