Need some help/views.
We enrolled DS in a pre-prep to start school this September. We've now been to the welcoming session + school fair.
We were asked DS's nursery report. Because the report says DS still has problems expressing his needs/emotions verbally and sometimes refuses to follow rules, we also sent a copy of a psychological assessment we had done when DS was just 4 (4.5 now). The tests ruled out ADHD and put DS's fidgeting and hyperactivity down to anxiety.
DS's behaviour is much better now and I think in line with that of his peers. Having to drop the nap + nursery staff not enforcing boundaries had compounded problems.
After looking at these reports, the pre-prep called, then sent emails with words like "serious concern" "hope we can accommodate". As message exchanges build up the tone has gone from talking of support to having serious concerns. They have now organised to do a nursery visit in a week's time.
I don't think the pre-prep can easily get out of the contract we've already entered. We know if a teaching assistant is needed we'll have to pay for it. But as you can imagine it's not giving me great confidence DS is going to feel welcome in his new environment.
Do I do anything other than wait and see? I didn't enter the state school system because our 2 catchment schools are well below average and parents who live close to better state schools are having great difficulty getting in those schools (mini baby boom it seems + many siblings) so really no chance for us. Do I start approaching other pre-preps? What do I tell them?
My husband and I were both educated in the state sector so we don't have a great understanding of how pre-preps operate. We read (past tense) the contract carefully before we signed and nothing was hinting at what is happening happening.
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Pre-prep expressing serious concerns about admitting DS in September
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VivaRice · 29/06/2018 06:06
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