ok...will try this again, aibu to be put off a school by the amount of children with SN?

[daftpunk]

posted this in education, (Pre-school, like the twit that i am).....my ds is due to start secondary school in 2 years so we're looking around already, i am a bit put off by a school with lots of SN children, as SN also means behaviour problems....i'm not sure if i am being unreasonable.

Oh dear.

what is SN?

I will help you out then, you are.

special needs...sorry.

I'll just hide this thread now I think. Save time later.

I wasn't aware Oratory had a high number of children with SEN dp....

YABU.

SN does not 'also mean behaviour problems'.

There are some SN that may include behavioural problems. There are many that don't.

There are plenty of disruptive children with no SN.

Dunno what you think the 'high' numbers of SN children have got to do with the quality of education your DC will get.

/thud. have you bothered reading the school's ofsted report or visiting it to find out more? have you any idea what sort of SN the children have? and have you compared the % of children with SN at this school with those at the other local schools?

You can have SN without behaviour problems you know...

OH dear this is going to blow up something awful I fear.

Well the proportion won't come down if children without SN don't go there!

YABU

YABVU

eppm..he might not get in, if he doesn't, i don't want him going to a school full of children who can't sit still for longer than 2 minutes.

SEN is slightly different

oh dear god.

Charming

yikes

What problems, exactly, do you think that it would cause for your DC? Are you scared that they might learn tolerance and compassion and therefore stop listening to the sort of ignorant claptrap you generally peddle?

This is highly offensive dp but you know that, don't you.

SN can just be something like dyslexia, so you could have lots of perfectly polite and well behaved children who have problems reading.

Equally, you could have lots of extremely bright children who aren't being stretched misbehaving through boredom.

Not sure you've quite thought this one through DP!

SN or SEN?

I wonder if she is just trolling again. it's so dull.

I don't think its unreasonable to be concerned, as for each of us the best interests of our own children is paramount. You'd be unreasonable if you wrote the school off without looking into it properly.

Whether there is a 'problem' or not will depend on the resources and the staff. Can you go to an open day and see what its actually like?

Being in the company of people different to himself (in various ways) is likely to be good for your DS.