We are in NZ. Ds will start school on his 5th birthday in Feb, in week 3 of the new year.
He taught himself to read, and can now read Oxford Reading tree 3 on his own and ORT 4 and Apple Tree Farm books with help with the odd word he hasn't come across before (then when he sees it in another book he's got it).
The school he is going to has just been inspected by ERO (sort of like OFSTED) and the report says many of years 0-2 are not meeting the standards nationally or for that school for reading. Years 3-8 are fine.
I have no idea what this means for him. Will he be fine because he can already read? I am going to make an appointment with the Head as I am aware that there could be a reason for the poor reading that he could tell me, but they can't put in the report IYSWIM.
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So what happens if your child can read and starts at a school were reading isn't meeting targets?
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twentypence · 15/09/2007 18:55
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