Delayed admissions

[LinseyJames26]

Completely ot but really need help so I'd be grateful for advice, my son is an august baby and also had special needs, because of this he has been kept in nursery but could of started reception last year, however the la have him on the reception register this year so when he starts reception in September the la with have him on the year 1 register, I got told that this was fine and wouldn't effect him whilst he was a infants at least and I'd just have to apply for a junior place when he was in year 1 but defer it so he didn't have to skip year 2, the la are now saying they want him in his original cohort before the end of infants, he's definitely not ready for this, he is 4 years old at the moment but developmentally he's around 18-36 months, what can I do? He currently has a ehcp in place that's due to be reviewed shortly, can I get it in his plan that he's to stay with the group he's with now? His teacher don't even think he's ready for reception let alone year 1 😔

I assume he is in an infant phase school now? You can apply for deferred entry to Yr3. The LA can say what they would like to happen but at his next review you should centre it on his current level of attainment and progress and at subsequent reviews continue to do the same, comparing how much progress he is making. If this is less than expected progress for the average child, you can then argue that the gap between him and his birth year group is widening, not narrowing and you would like to apply to defer again based on these grounds. If you have medical reviews discuss the progress of his development and ask if he is making expected progress for his age. Ask the doctor to state this in letters to you which can be submitted as evidence to support your application to defer.

Thanks for the reply he's currently in nursery however it is an infants and nursery in one, so at the moment he is meant to be in reception however the school have placed him in the nursery for a second year due to his special needs, the la are saying he could go back to his original cohort but do work different from them so while in year 1 he'd do the work reception children are doing

I would treat the reviews as an evidence gathering exercise to prove it is not appropriate not to defer.

he could go back to his original cohort but do work different from them so while in year 1 he'd do the work reception children are doing
That's not remotely realistic. The "work" that reception children do is mostly playing, getting gradually used to doing teacher-directed activities, learning to sit still in a circle and listen and to put your hand up if you want to say something. You can't be with a Y1 cohort and do reception level activities. If he says with the younger cohort for years R and 1, it would be feasible for him to rejoin his cohort when they are in Y3, skipping Y2, because by then the norm is whole-class activities with differentiated work so he could be given Y2 work in a Y3 classroom without too much complication.

Exactly I've even looked at a specialist school but the la won't allow him to go there unless there is evidence he's struggling in mainstream and at the moment he isn't as he's been kept in the nursery setting, however I can see him struggling in September when he starts reception as they want him to do half the school year in reception and the second half in y1