Small nuturing independent schools accommodating of SEN - rocking horse shit?

I'm so sorry to hear that @LB222. We've been there and it's heartbreaking.

What would you like to know? Feel free to PM me if you'd rather.

Hi,
Id love further information on Wotton House school if you wouldn’t mind please.

My daughter who has high functioning ASD hasn’t been able to attend mainstream school for the last 16 months 😞

It sounds really wonderful 🙂

@PutYourBackIntoit Thank you so much, I've sent you a PM because your message hasn't come through.

I've just sent you a message @packofcrayons

My apologies @Emmaww1 I have only just spotted your comment. Do PM me if you're still interested.

I have 2 children there, one in Senior, one in Prep and they are both very happy.

@PutYourBackIntoit I've just come across this post and I am considering Wotton House for my daughter and would be relocating up there. I'd really love to know how you are getting on there if you don't mind sharing that with me? Thank you!

A school named St Wilfrid's in Exeter is amazing for catering for many different needs

Ooh pls could you pm me too. Really keen for feedback as considering for my Asperger’s son (currently school refusing)

@CatBat76 yes, I will PM you

@PutYourBackIntoit Can I ask if you Wotton House was something that you pursued and whether it proved a success? My son has recently started saying he would like to go there and is up for a move (almost 2 years later!)

Hi everyone. Do you mind if I asked where you all ended up? I am in the same position and desperate to make a plan for my son!!

We haven't seen it yet, no. I saw your message on this thread today and thought 'hang on! Is that the language school I drive past every day?' 😆

I sent the enquiry today, and Sophie replied to me a few hours after. Hopefully we'll go and see it on Wednesday.
My 7 Yr old is showing similar anxieties around learning that my eldest had at that age so I'll condsider it for her too.

My son is sporty and confidently academic. He wants to sit the 11+. It will be interesting to see if they could possibly meet the needs of all three of them as it would be lovely (and logistically so much easier 😉) to have them all at the same school.

Are you still looking for a school for your son?

I'm a righmove addict, so if you do decide to relocate to Gloucs, let me know, I know sll the properties 😊

I’m so glad for you; and how funny that you work on the same road! Have you been to look round and meet them? We loved Sophie and all the staff we met. I also think it’s wonderful that they offer a full taster week so children can really get a feel of the school

@CatBat76 I just want to say Thank you! After your recommendation of Wooton House school, I've looked into it and I think it will give my 13 Yr old another potential option. I work at the hospital on the same road, so it may be ideal (if they accept her!) Bredon turned her down as they say they can't deal with anxiety and others have been poor at getting back to me which doesn't feel great.

Have you looked at Wotton House International School in Gloucester? We loved it! But don’t think DS would cope with a house move

Don't know anything about the school except that it is near me in Wiltshire near Salisbury. It's a day school/boarding school for 8-18 years.

www.applefordschool.org/

@nanbread

Just in case you’re still looking…

King’s Bruton - co-ed in Bruton.
Subject specific trained teachers in learning support - not just English.
Small school c350.
Mix of academic qualifications available eg B-Tecs, GCSEs
On the crested list.

Millfield - co-ed.
Much larger but again, v good learning support dept.

Interestingly I got an advert on here just now for Slindon College - again would have to be boarding but is that middle ground between specialist and mainstream ie a specialist environment offering a mainstream currciculum. Similar I think to More House in Farnham.
Again you'd have to board there - both all boys.

If dyslexic you could look at Appleford in Andover, has neurodiverse children but not specially for neurodiverse children. or check the CRESTED list of schools.

Clayesmore, nr Blandford is on that list but has turned down a few neurodiverse children with EHCPs - seems to be happy enough to take them without though!

Has he got an EHCP? If not, and needs this sort of school, I'd send an application yourself if school not keen. That would open up schools such as The Levels in Somerset, and probably some closer to home.

It is still worth researching SEN schools as some of the independent ones could be well worth looking at.

If you are prepared to look at small mainstream boarding maybe Milton Abbey in Dorset? or The Royal School in Haslemere? Both small with some neurodiverse children.

[quote PutYourBackIntoit]@sprongle1 I'll have a look at Bruton, Thank you.

Do you have a dd there?[/quote]
Yes - happy to pm if you'd like more info

@sprongle1 I'll have a look at Bruton, Thank you.

Do you have a dd there?

Bruton School for Girls is amazing for neurodivergent girls like mine, but looks like the OP has a boy.

They have a sensory room, have had training on PDA and ASD, work with SALT and OT if needed and have, I guess, around 6 girls with EHCPs, not all Autistic. The senior boarding staff have lots of experience with Autistic girls and some of the boarders are autistic. Weekly/flexi options.

They just said she doesn't fit their profile.

I'd rather know the truth than send her to the wrong school, but I do kind of feel if she won't fit in there, where would she?