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SATS. Y 6 scribe and extra time

Jellybeanz

Hello everyone I am new to this site.

My son has Aspergers, hypermobility, SPD and is currently being looked at for ADHD. He does not have an EHCP (yet) so does not automatically qualify for special accommodations.

He is taking his SATS in May and Ive just met with his Senco.

She said he will NOT get extra time but will be allowed rest breaks. He has pain writing and hates writing. She said he wont get a laptop as its too late now but they ll consider it in future (bit late). The school are stingy with ipads.

They also said he could loose marks if he has a scribe inside of having it transcribed. I have seen his work with a scribe is vastly superior whereas with a transcription he would not like to repeat it and will get flustered.

I would like him to have extra time and not just timed rest breaks as I dont think he wil manage well with the stop start every other sentence and I think he will get anxious about it and the timed aspect.

Has any one any suggestions as I know the application has to be put in soon.

Is it possible to use the scribe in part of the tests only as he can write small amount eg. for spelling and missing words and a few sentences (but then it gets very poor to read). Does any one know about loosing marks I cant find any information on it?

Is he entitiled to extra time?

Thank you

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  • Please bear in mind that SAT results don't reflect the ability of a number of children, not only those with special educational needs, so all secondary schools will do their own baseline testing when their new year 7 pupils arrive (this won't be "testing" in the sense of a sit down written paper, but they will make their own judgements about a pupil's ability within the first half term based on their classwork and then adjust provision accordingly - i.e. providing greater challenge, or greater support depending on the pupil's needs). The next school will also receive his Teacher Assessment results as well as the test results - this is where his year 6 teachers write down what they think of his ability, so schools know that a test result doen't necessarily reflect a pupil's ability (this is also the case for a range of pupils, not only those with SEN). 

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  • Please bear in mind that SAT results don't reflect the ability of a number of children, not only those with special educational needs, so all secondary schools will do their own baseline testing when their new year 7 pupils arrive (this won't be "testing" in the sense of a sit down written paper, but they will make their own judgements about a pupil's ability within the first half term based on their classwork and then adjust provision accordingly - i.e. providing greater challenge, or greater support depending on the pupil's needs). The next school will also receive his Teacher Assessment results as well as the test results - this is where his year 6 teachers write down what they think of his ability, so schools know that a test result doen't necessarily reflect a pupil's ability (this is also the case for a range of pupils, not only those with SEN). 

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