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Latest post on 19 November 2015 - 18:58

When I held my son back there was no FS1 at DESS. He entered FS2 when he was 5. It was a mutual decision between the school and I and I think it is something that they try not to do very often. I found myself in an awful situation because I only put my sons name down at Horizon school and although he passed the assessment he was not offered and immediate space and rather put on the waitlist. Admittedly this was my own fault but I had three other younger children at home who were not even at Nursery yet! Horizon were dreadful to deal with, thoughtless and uncaring. I did a very average job at Home Schooling (I was having a bit of a break down at the time) and DESS were kind and reviewed our situation on an individual basis. I feel like the school has heart unlike many over the other money making enterprises around. I think that some schools will allow you to hold kids back if they are June/July/August babies. Tru Blu, Thank you so much for your response, I really appreciate it. :) One last question - at what stage in the admission process did you discuss with the school that you wanted a late start for your child? Also, did you need to get the Khda involved for this to happen? Hi yes, I should elaborate a bit more. I was in a very difficult situation and actually my son was not given a place at the one and only school we had his name down at (Horizon). I was therefore home schooling him for the first term and not doing a very good job at it. I really had my hands full with three other kids under 3 at the time. I think I mentioned fairly early on that I would like him held back but they didn't say much at the time. It was after the assessment I was told that he probably would fair better in the year behind (the year group I was hoping for). As it turns out he probably could have gone into his actual year group from an academic perspective, but socially he fairs much better where he is. Can I ask which month is your child born in? My son's birthday is the last week of August (was born a week earlier than his due date- hmph!) . Like Big blue, I too tried to get the schools to agree via email that my son could start at 4 instead of 3 but haven't been successful thus far. In person they say its a possibility but then on email they insist on him applying for FS2. Hence my frustration and disappointment. Despite stating our preference earlier on (both in-person and on the information forms that some ask for), all schools that we applied to have asked that he come for assessments for FS1 2016 and then send a rejection email saying his application will be rolled over to FS2 (that is if they do rollovers). Plan to talk to the registrars of these schools again and see the outcome. If all else fails, Plan B would be to entertain a US or IB school. So Tru Blu, you didn't need to get KHDA assistance in this process? Hmm, not sure if things have changed this year?! And who knows what will happen next year cause KHDA is planning to follow in ADEC's footsteps...

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