reception class

[doux]

i am wondering if someone can help me. i want to know if it is possible to make your child skip the reception class and go straight to the year 1?

Go private.

Why would you want to?

Do you mean delay a year until she is 5+ or start in Year 1 although still reception age?

Unusual if the child is of the right age to be in Reception, it would be very much an exception. You occasionally have summer born children start school in Year 1 as they are only just 5 but in practice the vast majority do Reception. I have a friend whose Sept child atarted with the year "above" 9ie those born a few weeks before her, in Reception in an independent school

my son goes to a private nursery and i want him to go straight to year 1 when he turn 5 when the nursery cannot longer keep him

You can do it but would have to talk to LEA about admissions, you apply for a reception place so you would prob be assessed as if you had just moved into the area/switching schools when you applied for a 'in year' place

I considered doing this with dd as they have just changed from taking children after 5 to rising 5 here. However itr would mean i would prob not get a place at a good school as the school would take a full class at reception. Another issue is if all the friendship groups are already formed when you child starts they may feel awkward. DH is 30 but as a June birthday started straight into yr 1, he still remembers 'not fitting in' today as everyone else knew each other.

When does your ds turn 5? If it's not in the summer term I don't see why you would want him to go straight into yr1 or even if it's permissible. Children in yr1 are turning 6.

he is a Christmas boy, he will turn 5 on 25 dec

Then he should be in school from the following january, you could keep him and extra term at the nursery prob reasonably easily as you would still be applying for the same school year, he would still be in reception though

i am find these school research really confusing and with no one around to talk to. all my friends and family around me have no children, so i am left on my one.

because i'm only available after 4 pm, the nursery is really helping me a lot but i know that some school only offer a part time place for reception class. so that is why i asked if we could skip the reception.

thank to all of you for your response

Once your son is five he is entitled to full time education.

You could look into a childminder to pick up and bridge the gap or the school may have a system of extended daycare. Not all starters in Reception go part-time initially anyway, or if they do it can quickly increase to full time, each school can vary.

he will be bored at nursery with all the younger kids though

my ds only went part time for 3 weeks which was a pain but me and dh managed with leave, have you asked your prospective school how long part time is for?

all the school i want him to attend do not have any extended daycare or nursery. their first year is reception, so like one of you said, i will contact each school directly to find out where i stand bedore i make my application

If you try to skip Reception or enter later than their normal intake(s) you may find you cannot express the same preference of schools , but , as described below are allocated a place after those who are applying for a Reception place have been accommodated or wherever there is a vacancy. You haven't said when your ds' b'day is, or when he is due to start, but if it falls pre-Easter he would normally be expected to join Reception at some point after Septmeber 1st and before Easter, if summer-born he could wait until Year 1 in the next September but may be disadvantaged by his peers having already had several terms to socialise together and become familiar with the shcool routines. Alternatively could you befriend other local mums, one of whom may be able to to manage the pick up for you. Even Year 1 rarely finish later than 3.30 so it won't necessarily help your situation.

Your ds will start reception full-time as he will already be 5 so the time spent in school will be no different to yr1. Part-time reception is available in some schools for children under 5.

doux yr DS needs to start in reception in September before he is 5 IMHO.

Even if the school has an intake in January he would be among the older children and it would be odd if he didn't start with his peers in Sept. Once he turns 5 he has to either go to school or be home educated.

I can't quite understand the issue? if it is about after-school care, the school is obliged to at least give you info about where this is offered (after-school club, childminder etc).

Reception is full time (ie 9-3.30 or so) in most schools that I know, after a settling in period which varies from a couple of days to 3-4 weeks. I can't see any particular benefit to you of yr DS starting in Yr 1 - the hours are not usually any longer.

it depends - if his birthday is August then this is fine - he can go straight to year 1 when he is 5, although the other kids in the class would already be able to read and he might be behind depending on his nursery.

with a christmas birthday he would have to start school in reception in january right after he turns 5, although most schools would expect him to start in the sept. however its your right as a parent to defer this to jan.

it was quite shock for my DD going from reception to year 1 so i wouldn't have wanted her to go from nursery to year 1.

Your son will be 5 at Christmas so most of his peers will start school the previous September.
In my school all children start full time from day 1 - 8.45 -3.30 in nursery and reception and shorter days 9 - 3.15 in Y1 we are fortunate to have private day care on site and also work closely with local childminders

Sorry missed the post where you said age and agree with what has been said below , there is little advantage to delaying in terms of hours. Presumably your application is imminent and you could apply then try to defer his start date (within the same academic year) but that may not gain you much leeway. Would his current nursery do an after school pick up form any of the potential schools- some run an extended day for school age children themselves ? What about the shcool holidays , how do you plan to cover them ?

i live in lambeth but go to university in greenwich, so his nursery is only ten minutes from the university because i always finish at 6 pmn. but i will be applying for school in lambeth

You'll have to find a childminder to have him until you finish.

I should imagine the nursery will only keep him until his fifth birthday.

He would normally start Reception in (depending on the school and LEA) either the September before his birthday (at 4.8) or the January after (at 5.0), and then go into Year 1 the following September when he was 5.8.

He is legally obliged to be in full time education (at school or "otherwise", i.e. home ed or tutor) from the term after his fifth birthday, i.e. the January when he has just turned 5.

You can't legally just keep him in nursery until he is 5.8 and then send him straight to Year 1, bypassing Reception entirely. You could legally keep him in nursery until he is 5.0 and then send him to the last two terms of Reception, but you'd have to agree that with the school (some schools have a January intake anyway, but most don't).

if he has to start reception at 4.8 years then i think it will be ok, i was worried because i thought he should start when he turn 4. and the idea of chilminder is interesting enough. i can do it

I'm confused, hasn't he just turned 4 ? So you would be applying for this Septmeber coming in Reception.