A little advise please. no progress at school

[allansmum]

Hi there, have also posted this in education

My son has autism and has 25 hours of support. He is in a small group in the mornings which target maths english and statement objectives. 6 children, 3 ta's. As i found out yesterday, no teacher! Afternoons hes in normal class.

My son has a statement and i have just recieved his end of year report. Reading, writing and maths are all p6. At the end of last year his reading was p4, but writing and maths was p6. So although he has made progress in reading, hes made none in maths and writing.

For him to have made no progress something is obviously wrong. Spoke to his teacher who just said hes made some progress!

So whats the next best step? Do i call an early review of the statement (due dec) or a re assessment?

How old is your son, or what year is he in. No progress seems to be normal and acceptable my daughter was the same, she has made no progress in her grades but teachers say she has gone to the bottom end and is now at the top end of that level. Also some teachers seem mark grades higher and others lower. Daughter is also taken out and taught in small group with no teacher and this makes me really mad. I have asked the head to deal with it but they say that's the way it is. The lessons are set by a teacher, so that is probably your only redress to see who sets the lessons.

Daughter is also taken out and taught in small group with no teacher and this makes me really mad.

This is interesting to me as a teacher. Would you rather she was supported in class 1:30 with a teacher, or that she was withdrawn for work with a specific focus in a group of 1:6 with an LSA or TA.
Or supported in class 1:6 with the teacher in the room and the rest of the class?
Not being bolshie, LS is something we're discussing at the moment in my school.

having the teacher present is something that is..well up to your class teacher not the head. In my lessons I tend to try and split my time evenly throughout the week to all ability groups, but obviously teachers cannot eave the classrom so if it is a quieter environment they need then it has to be a TA that leaves with them. Is it a normal TA or a HLTA?

Can I butt in and answer goblins question?

Ds2 (11 and asd/as, dyspraxia and dyslexia.. ). When included in the big class with support made little or no progress in English in maths ( his ace subject) he did make progress buy not as much as he was capable of.

Then they moved him to a small group away from class with just a TA.. Maths shot up and moved fast enough for him.. English .. Well he's just got his sats results.. Reading jumped up 2 levels from a high 2 to a level 5! And writing has gone up a level to a 3.

I firmly believe that it was the small groups and quiet room that made the difference rather than whether there was a teacher of a Ta iyswim.

I'd go small group