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To think that NT children miss out in school inclusion policies.

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empee47 · 06/07/2026 16:45

To think that inclusion policies in primary schools are almost never geared to helping academic, NT children get the best out of their education? They’re almost always designed to help the underdog - not denying this is necessary - but those at the top end of the spectrum don’t get the chance to shine as bright as they might otherwise do.

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ImImmortalNowBabyDoll · Today 10:08

C4tintherug · Yesterday 18:51

Says someone who doesn’t teach! I’m not photocopying anything anyway!! I don’t print PowerPoints for the other kids. The printer is not physically located next to a computer.

What I’m saying is that lots of these tasks that people think are very small are actually not, especially when there are lots of them, for lots of different children. The things that we need to do are starting to become unmanageable and I feel like children and parents are being promised the earth but the reality is that teachers cannot manage the extra workload- we are only human

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I agree with you there, and there's no accommodations at all made for ND teachers who regularly end up burned out. I also don't disagree that there's not enough provision for giftedness (which is, in itself, a form of ND) and that it's not sustainable to have so much disruption in schools.

It all comes down to money.

About 80% of problems for teachers and children would immediately vanish if classes were capped at 20 and there were many, many more special schools for the children that can't (or won't) cope in mainstream but the funding for that isn't forthcoming.

LathkillDale · Today 17:46

TempestTost · Yesterday 10:54

I think you've missed my point. I did say that I was not saying the situation was working particularly for kids with SEND.

I am saying schools feel a kind of obligation to at least attempt to address those issues - even if in practice it's totally ineffective - in a way they simply don't for other kids.

You can see it in the way you have kids in classes being negatively impacted by a child who is disruptive, even causing evacuation of the classroom multiple times a day. How is it acceptable that those kids are losing out on their education? Because the school has to provide a place for the disruptive child more than they have to provide a safe space, much less an education for all the others.

And it's been said straight out by multiple people on this thread alone that gifted children should get no consideration in school, there is no obligation to meet their educational needs. Parents are explicitly being told they should pay for private school (plus VAT) for those children.

It may not be working well for anyone but there has been a hierarchy created rather than saying the educational needs of all children need to be met.

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Sorry, I missed your point. However, seeing the way, DGD’s school have treated her, I don’t think they have felt any obligation to do anything for her. A consultant child psychiatrist diagnosed severe ADHD and significant autistic traits (under Right To Choose). Other independent professionals diagnosed some considerable specific learning difficulties. The school says they are entitled to ignore private reports, and thinks all DGD needs is praise!

Since when was praise a treatment for severe comprehension difficulties?

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