We won the battle but lost the war!
We fought to the last and we’ve managed to convince the school adjudicator that this September was a stupidly short time frame to be looking to close Jordan’s school when the end of term is this Thursday SO it’s NOT gong to close this September……They’ve given us a whole extra term until the beginning of Jan 08 to find places for all the kids that will be displaced and close then instead.

That’s it fight over…..we have no where left to go.
We’ve taken our fight as far as we can. I’ve lost count of how many consultations periods we’ve been through and and council meetings called. Luckily I had the foresight to find a school to provisionally book a place for Jordan should this happen and so from September he will be attending St Albans CofE .

I don’t think it is fair to leave him in Danesmore for the last term and move him half way through a school year. He’s been through 9 months of uncertainty with which he has coped brilliantly BUT it would be unfair to let it continue. I am not the only parent with this train of thought and know of a few other children from Jordan’s class who will be moving with him and others that will be leaving to go to other schools in ad around the area we live.

Jordan has already visited St Albans to see what it’s all about and although in quite out of character fashion he refused to speak to anyone while there, students and teachers alike, he is quite looking forward to the change and the opportunity to meet new friends and I was encouraged at the diversity of education and opportunities provided after my conversation with the head mistress so it’s not going to be the end of the world.

Now for the absolute brilliant fantastic super marvelous news.
On Friday I received Jordan’s (what i now know to be) final school report from his teachers at Danesmore oh my god, OH MY GOD….I couldn’t be any prouder of him!!

FIRST there was the 1 – 5 ratings. In Maths, Science, English and ICT there is one score for the entire subject and for all other areas there is individual scores for each benchmark reached and goal achieved. Overall there is 39 areas covered So, with one being bad and five being really really good, he achieved 37 Five ratings and 2 Fours….

THEN because English, Maths, Science and ICT are the most “important” subjects you get a more comprehensive breakdown on the individuals achievements, I wont bore you with everything that was included just the last few words on each subject, and I’ll only have to put them once as it was the same for every subject….

In the section for teachers comments this is what was put;

And still there is more….
Included in with his report were his results for his End of Key Stage 1 Teacher Assessment (SATs to you and me) He was aiming to reach level 2 in all areas, his results were as follows..….

What could I say to that??
How proud am I, I never force him to do anything he really doesn’t want to do. I never push him to excel himself but always encourage to try his best and always remind him that no matter what he does or doesn’t achieve as long as he’s tried his best than that’s good enough for me!

I would much prefer an average performer with good results that’s happy, than an over achiever with BRILLIANT results that’s unhappy. I think I got lucky I have an brilliant child with brilliant results that is happy, and can take pride in his achievements because they are HIS he wasn’t pushed to do it, he wasn’t placed under any pressure he did this because HE wanted!!