My child started reception with a NHS speech and language plan for speech delay, speech disorder and stammer. It was sent home in an envelope by the school and I heard nothing more.
I mentioned my concerns about DS speech along with him being under SALT during parents evening in October and was told we’ll see how he gets on with the (private) speech therapist that comes in to school. DS passed her assessments but she focused more on vocab and understanding which DS doesn’t have a problem with.
After parents evening his normal teacher was off poorly (only returning this week). It became clear that the two long term covers had no clue that DS has speech and language concerns, and this was confirmed when I asked how his stammer had been recently as it had been the worst it has ever been following xmas, and the teacher said she wasn’t aware he had a stammer but she hadn’t noticed it either so would say he’s been okay. Following this I emailed the senco asking for a chat and haven’t heard back and it’s been 3 weeks.
I’ve got a meeting with his class teacher next week, and I’m going to ask how they are going to ensure this doesn’t happen again. I’m not sure DS would be classed as SEN or meet the criteria for an individual plan, but seeing as the info clearly isn’t being communicated I don’t know whether to ask for one? He is the oldest in class (1st sept) so his speech doesn’t seem too poor when compared to some of the younger children that had only just turned 4 when starting reception but it is clearly behind when you compare him to his friends that are in year 1 and closer in age.