Not progressing

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Ds has ADHD. He has made little to no progress all year. He has not moved levels at all and has been on the same reading band since may last year. He was level threes across the board in year two report, although his book band was 4c. He is still three for maths and writing and still 4c for reading.

We didn't want to medicate him but when we were informed of his non progress at the last parents evening we went ahead with it to help him. This is the only reason he is on medication, to help him access school work and because he was getting in trouble for ADHD behaviours at school. W do not medicate him on weekends or for the holidays.

We asked if he would be given extra help to help him achieve his potential or catch up to expected levels this year and were told no. (He is also being investigated for asd, says he is bored at school and has learned nothing. He is, with out boasting!, a very intelligent child. And it seems as he is above average nc levels for his year they are happy to let this issue go)

We are awaiting the final year report in a few days so it will be interesting to see what they say.

What should our steps be going forward?

Bump :)

There are 3 ways of looking at it!

Either year 2 inflated his levels and he has been playing catch up all year.

He has taken a while to settle into key stage 2 and has had a plateaux in his learning.

They havent taught him effectively.

Any of the above are likely to have happened, you know your son and you know the school.

What do you think?

That's a good way of thinking of it, thank you.

I don't think the inflated levels is right, he has been above the curve since he started.

Plateau might be possible, but no progress at all? The class teacher said he is more than capable, but has not hit any of his targets, his behaviour is stopping him accessing the curriculum. Or was until he went on medication.

Three is a possibility. There was quite a bit of denial and a fight to get them to recognise the dx. They have improved recently though. He has no individual provision other than at playtime. The teacher herself is lovely and seems like a good teacher but is having trouble pushing him maybe? The fight seems to have been more with the senior team than the class teacher as such though.

isnt level 3 above average for year 2?! My DD is level 3s and 4s in year 8 which is below where she should be but high for year2?

Yes it is, but regardless of the base level there has been no movement this year, which is concerning.