Starting year 1 firmly behind

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My DD has SEN. She is starting year 1 behind accross the board, especially with literacy. I'm so worried the gap is going to widen. At what point do children who are behind struggle to catch up again?

I would say it depends so much on the reasons they're behind. At the beginning of year 1 there is such a huge gap in maturity that often the gaps narrow as kids just grow up a bit and become ready to learn. If the child has an SEN then often it takes a while for them to get the right help. There will always be a range of abilities in the class but in my experiences it's not obvious who will end up being most able for a few years yet.

I guess a lot depends on what exactly is wrong.
My 5.0yo can blend (starting yr r) but cant still remember all sounds.
A lot of thr work is done at home really. The ones that progress are practising 1-2-1 at home as basically our school listened about 3 times a half term.
Have you tried something like reading eggs. That plays phonic games.

If it's blending them read saying the words like c-a-t

Mine is now starting year 2, even more behind than he was in year 1 (Sen). Hopefully someone else will be more positive....

It depends on the SEN, and the reason for the delay.
DS1 took ages to start to read - scraped through his Y2 phonics screen, still does basic addition on his fingers.
He has dyslexia and dysgraphia.
But, he's just started secondary. He still adds using his fingers, still cant spell for toffee. His writing looks like a spider went dancing across the page. But life is starting to become more about knowledge and arguments rather than producing beautiful work.

Some kids will never achieve the arbitrary government set goals. Their strengths lie elsewhere, and they will always be "failing" until they are allowed to ditch formal education and focus on their strengths.

I don't know the answer but thought you might like a positive story. Ds2 has Sen (visual processing, hypermobility and sensory issues). He was substantially behind up to year 3- marked as the below standards across all areas. He's had OT intervention and at the end of year 4 was assessed for the first time ever as being at the required standard for his age and rapidly progressing. We're going to go back to OT for further assessment of his sensory issues which his teacher reckons are still holding him back a little.

Ds1 also has SEN (dyspraxia and hypermobility) which wasn't diagnosed til y8. He's again made giant leaps forward with intervention and the improvement in his english marks has been astonishing. He's top set. Even more rewarding has been him starting to read for pleasure.

For us professional intervention has been key. I had to be quite firm and push for it as we were encouraged to focus on us doing stuff at home but both dh and I have similar issues to the boys so we weren't in the position to give them the help they needed.