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On the last Monday of term Ben brought home his school report.

 His reports usually  feature:

a) lovely comments about his personality

b) coded comments about the things that he struggles with eg "tries hard" "Miss G helps him to focus"

c) the assessment results which show just how far he is behind his peers in literacy.

When he left the Infant School he was scoring average/age related expectation for Maths - with reading and writing way behind. {For teacher friends Y2 Maths 2B, Reading 1C, Writing P7}

This was no surprise at the time - I was already years into my campaign to get him the support he needed.

Throughout his 4 years at the Juniors he has had lovely teachers, and as I have managed to beat the Local Authority into an increasing amount of support , Ben has gradually increased the rate of progress he has made.

This years report  shows exactly how much.

There were the usual lovely comments from his wonderful class teacher Miss P

"It has been a real pleasure to have Ben again in my class this year. It has been really lovely to see how much he has developed during his time at school. I am very proud of him! Ben is a lovely caring child who is always willing to please"

and from his Headteacher Mrs H

"Ben has been an absolutely delightful member of our school community."

The usual coded comments

"He does get a little upset if he feels that his ideas have not been taken into consideration"

And for the first time this year - some fabulous assessment results!

His Year 6 levels are Maths 5A {a level above average/age related}, Reading 4C {just a sub level behind age related} and Writing 3A {2 sub levels below - about a year behind}.

I am so grateful to the school for working so hard with him - especially Miss P who taught him in Year 3 and Year 6, and his two Learning Support Assistants Miss M and Mrs K.

But most of all I am so proud of him for what he's achieved!