infant vs primary

[salondon]

Hi all

Hope some of you are getting a bit of a break...

Our local infant has declined ABA and we dont want to impose on them if we can find other options..

I only targetted the infant schools intially, however, now I am begnnning to think if primary is also an option. I went for infant thinking that a small school will be better for our passive, non verbal, easily lost in her own world kind of a 4 yr old girl with autism.

At play areas we have noticed that 8-10 yr old boys can easily mistake her for a 5 yr old girl who can manage herself in the running around. However that isnt the case. She just doesnt know how to handle the chaos sometimes (doesnt have meltdowns, but find a corner and sits there stimming at lights and shadows)

Aside from the age groups is there any other difference between an infant+ junior and a primary?

TIA
SA

Hi, I'm not sure what the primary schools are like near you but the couple near us have separate play areas for nursery/infants/juniors and those schools that don't have large enough playgrounds sometimes have staggered play times. Also if your DD found play times too difficult could she not stay in a classroom for all or part of it?
However, if you are able to get ABA tutors in with her then presumably this is an area that they would be addressing?

I think it is required that at least the Reception children have a seperate play area.

If you can find a slightly bigger primary it will almost certainly have seperate.

Many Primaries were originally infant and juniors on the same site which have been joined to form one school. I bet most of those would have 2 playgrounds too.

Also a slightly bigger school may offer more experience and a better range of SEN experience.

Good luck with your search

If a child has a statement, by when do the parents need to name the school for reception?

Round here in my part of London children are filling in their reception forms now I don't know when it is if you have a statement as my dd2 is in sp sch nursery

I don't know sorry salondon

it depends where you live but our cut off online here in cumbria is 5th jan

For entry in Sept 2014, application cut off is Jan 15th.

They would like you to apply the same time, if not earlier, than everyone else, so 15th Jan, but in theory you can take as long as you please as if the school is named they have to take you even if already full. But some schools may argue that having 31 DC will affect the education of the rest and they may have a case to refuse to be named.

Sorry I know nothing about Aba so excuse my ignorance does it have to be done at school? At dds mixed nursery and reception class they have they have there own closed off classroom and playground however that is at a sp sch .i suppose I'm asking if you found a school with its own early years building that wasn't up for Aba would that be an option good luck

One advantage might be that if you spend time building relationships and getting things right (fingers crossed) for your dd, you won't have to start again from scratch potentially when she hits year 2...?