So I'm just after some thoughts.
Our son (year six) is in an all through independent school. Very academic school, moderately high pressured.
He is happy there and has some nice friends. He is doing well although not at the top of the class or anything.
He is academically very, very capable but does have some SEN. He has autism, adhd (mainly distraction), visual processing disorder and a few others. He is very distracted by visual stimulus and noise. He doesn't like crowds and a lot of noise distresses him. Has struggled with school refusal and anxiety over the years. There are over 20 children in each class. And about 150 kids in the year in secondary. Pastoral care not so great.
There is another local school, a much smaller school, approximately 12 kids in a class with I think three classes per year. Pastoral care (so I've heard from other parents) is meant to be excellent, they seem to do a lot of extra curricular subjects that really interest him that he couldn't do at his current school.
We think he would do better at the second school due to mainly the smaller classes, more family feel and better pastoral care, less pushy, pressurised environment but are reluctant to move him from a school he has been generally happy at and has a nice friendship group.
He is open to all options.
Thoughts would be welcome.