IEP Forgotten - do I have a go?

[suecy]

DS, year 1, was given an IEP for Maths after his teacher admitted he hadn't learnt anything in her classroom all year and was working at a level 'somewhere in KS2'.

IEP laid out specific goals, how they were to be met etc. All fine and dandy. One of the main things I was pleased about was that it committed to giving him 20 mins 1 2 1 with the class TA each day just stretching his maths in as many different directions and as far as he could. Spoke to her, she was well up for the challenge, and loved trying new things with him.

3 weeks after this she went off long term sick, and as it's such a small school they've ended up with someone's Mum filling in a temp TA till the end of the year.

No 1 2 1, no appropriate homework, no differentiation at all. The IEP is supposed to have been reviewed mid June but hasn't been referred to.

Would you say anything? Do anything? DS seems happy enough but does say he really enjoyed the work with the TA.

Does it matter or shall I just wait till next year?

anyone got any views? Have an informal open evening tomorrow where we can 'chat' to the teacher. Am also concerned as they are changing the teachers round next year, and in Y2 he'll be taught by a teacher who's done Reception for the last 20 years. Concerned about that too.

I would be concerned about this. There is no advantage in having an IEP if it's not acted upon! Your DS should be being taught at the appropriate speed/level for him, which it sounds as if he isn't. I would want to know how things will be improved in September!

I have great sympathy for you as we've had similar problems with our DS's education (but in yr2) which culminated in our moving him to a different school.

The trouble is that, as you say, they can be happy enough yet learning almost nothing and not minding. My DS was like this. It was actually quite damaging as he was not used to being challenged at all and did not expect to have to work hard at all (e.g. he was receiving spelling words which were far too easy; in the new school he has appropriate spellings but at first was shocked to have to learn them rather than just know them!)