What's the typical level for Reception education?

[Adriana87]

Hi all
My son just started school and is currently doing settling in days. The teacher mentioned to myself and other parents some very basic achievements such as: being able to count to 20, recognise shapes and pronounce the alphabet phonetically.

My son turned 4 in April and has a speech delay but can read an entire book (basic words of course) and do addition and subtraction. He also recognises all numbers up to 1,000.

I was taken a little back as I thought they would be teaching stuff a bit more advance. Am I wrong?

[quote HambletonSquare]@chocolatecentral6 - all changing. I advise schools. Cursive is to be delayed until later.

Referenced here in the Department for Education guidance published in July. See p50 - handwriting.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachmentdata/file/1000986/ReadinggframeworkTeachinggthefoundationssofliteracyy-_July-2021.pdf[/quote]
Wish my sons school knew this. They e just introduced cursive from reception.

To add to a earlier poster , I’ve taught for 16 years and trained for 4. Never known a free reader at 4 in any of the schools I have taught, and only actually heard of one at another. Not saying it doesn’t happen but just that it is rare. I currently teach in an outstanding village school too with high results for reading at key stage one. If your child can do that great but it’s definitely not typical. Nor is the number work.

@Italiandreams

To add to a earlier poster , I’ve taught for 16 years and trained for 4. Never known a free reader at 4 in any of the schools I have taught, and only actually heard of one at another. Not saying it doesn’t happen but just that it is rare. I currently teach in an outstanding village school too with high results for reading at key stage one. If your child can do that great but it’s definitely not typical. Nor is the number work.

This is actually really helpful. I know DS reads better than average, but it's good to know of there's likely to be a table of kids on the same level in his class, or if it's more unusual than that

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I agree completely that it’s important to look at the social side for these advanced children. I’m a teacher and the main two or three children in my memory of 20 years of teaching who were very, very bright also struggled socially and never quite fit in. One child I’m thinking of is clearly very clever but is so used to being clever that she struggles if she’s not chosen in games and can be overbearing to other children, who don’t care that she’s clever. It’s sad, she’s used to being showered with praise and can’t understand why other children don’t want to play with her.