Applications! For reception or year 1?

[Simskdd]

Hi so I have a little question. I'm going to apply for a reception place when applications open in January.

My son was born on 7.8.19 if we don't get the places we want and we don't want to send him. I've heard we can do this as he legally doesn't have to attend until he is 5. So my question is... If we do this then how does it work with him starting in year one and applications.

The reason I'm worried.... My son is really intelligent (not my opinion... His childminder who has 30yrs experience, she actually said he would fall through the cracks and not be a priority in those schools). He often acts up when he's not stimulated enough. The schools that I don't want him to go to have a high staff turnover. Antisocial behavior etc. I can see him falling into this trap at that school. There are exclusions regularly in year one at said schools!

Anyhow... We have one school which is really good within a mile of us... But it's extremely oversubscribed.

This may mean that although were within a mile away we don't get in. So where do we stand if we don't accept a place at the antisocial school? Can we wait and apply the next year for him to go in year 1?

I honestly don't see how going straight to year one benefits the majority of children. They would be joining a class who have already been together for a year and established friendships etc.

@WlNDMlLL Yes you are correct- all on time applications will be processed together, regardless of whether they were submitted on the first day that applications opened or on the closing date.

I agree with those saying that 60 (2 classes of 30) is a very standard intake for reception!

Given that you really have no idea how your son will be in school yet, it is odd to be worrying about disruptive children. It may well be the case that he is the disruptive child. It is also interesting how you say he might play up if not stimulated enough. It is sounding a little like he is playing up already.

@cansu

Given that you really have no idea how your son will be in school yet, it is odd to be worrying about disruptive children. It may well be the case that he is the disruptive child. It is also interesting how you say he might play up if not stimulated enough. It is sounding a little like he is playing up already.

Agree with this entirely! My son is very “bright” but has no attention span if he’s not interested in a certain task or topic.

Feedback from parents evening was that he was hard work to keep engaged a lot of the time and needed a lot of encouragement to stay engaged a lot of the time, but his natural ability and wit made him a pleasure to teach.

I’ve got no doubt that he’s one of the more disruptive kids in the class, but he’s one of the youngest and what do they really expect from a four year old boy (hint: it’s pretty much this - short attention spans and slightly disruptive).

It's odd that you're discussing an application for year 1 a year later, it doesn't work like that; you don't make an application every January for the next year. If there's a space then he can start straight away. I'm surprised your DH hasn't mentioned this considering he's a teacher.

Your so right I hadn't thought about this

Don’t defer if he’s bright. I have a September born and the teaching can be unchallenging if you are ahead. She’s in year 2 and get send homes books in the grey book band and the teacher actually wrote in her reading journal they know the books are too easy. She’s a free reader and allowed to borrow books from the KS2 library but still must have book band books. (She reads David Williams and Tom Gates type on her own).

Similar experience with times table and spelling. They are all too easy.

I think your child is best to start year R in 2023.

@Horcruxe

Tup

Apply in Sept to Dec.
Jan may be too late

Jan is only too late if the OP leaves it until after the deadline. Applications on January 15th (deadline day) are treated equally with applications made earlier.

OP- if the school only filled 57 of its 60 places this year then it's not oversubscribed?

200 applications might mean that 200 families listed it somewhere on their list - but clearly it wasn't their number one choice.