Does anybody have experience of the academic support available at Millfield for students who are academically weak?
DS is currently entering Year 5 at a prep in Somerset. He is super sporty but in all honesty he struggles in many of his academic subjects. His reports consistently say that he is active and engaged in lessons, asking questions and responding to the teacher's questions, but he finds it difficult to get ideas down on paper and so consistently performs poorly in standardised tests. He is not dyslexic and has no identified learning difficulties.
Mumsnetters on another thread I started suggested we consider Millfield as an option. I had looked at Millfield before, but dismissed it because (a) DS is one of the super-sporty ones at his prep, and I worry that he will struggle to define himself if everybody else is super-sporty too; (b) the size of the school is immense and I fear weaker students may get lost; and (c) DS himself says that he considers Millfield a school of "show offs" and does not want to go there (this is likely to be because Millfield Prep always win at matches, and I am sure his mind could be changed).
All that said, I understand that in addition to the stellar sports reputation, Millfield is also renowned for its support for students with additional needs and so perhaps we should take another look. DS does not have an EHCP or any specific needs, but I wondered if this would also translate into being good at supporting students that just need extra help or perhaps innovative ways to enable them to express themselves on paper.
Does anybody have positive or negative experience of Millfield, in particular with respect to how the school identified and supported students with additional academic needs?
Thanks a lot in advance.