If a child starts school a year late due to their special needs (i.e. during reception year she went from age 5/6 rather than 4/5) does she have to skip a year later on so that she leaves secondary school at the 'right' age?
Because she's in the special school system, we're being told that work is differentiated to her ability so it doesn't matter if she goes up to secondary school when she hasn't actually completed up to end of year 6 (although she will be the 'correct' age.)
I understand that levels are all over the place, and she is way behind, but surely that's all the more reason not to effectively skip a year of time in school? (It's the amount of years in school she'll be getting, rather than covering the curriculum that I'm really thinking of.)
Or do special needs children have to leave secondary school at a certain age, in which case she just has a set amount of time left in school?
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clangermum · 29/01/2013 19:40
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