We're 95% sure we're going to move our dd from her current school. We can't cope with all the problems anymore. How exactly do we "vet" the schools we're going to look at to make sure we're getting the right school for her and us and know that we're getting the right answer not the answer the head would like to think is happening?
This is really the list of things that are important to us (they are the problem areas in the current school so what we're especially keen to avoid at any new school):
- Acceptance of disabilities or differences. (dd isn't disabled but her brother is and its stopped her getting invites and she gets a lot of nasty comments).
- Bullying being stamped out.
- Progression across the ciriculum being appropriate to dd's level (she's way above average reading / comprehension, average maths, below average writing, below average social skills)
- Encouragment to be part of the school community
- Encouragment to be part of a peer group socially
- Ethos and attitude of the PARENTs to be inclusive. This is especially important. I don't care what the ethos of the school is because it means nothing if the parents aren't behind it.
We're not fussed by OFSTED tbh. We want to know what the school is really like and thats not OFSTED.
So how do we word the questions to get the right answers not the policitcally correct ones?