Would be interesting to know ratio of kids with extra time in private schools

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Has this ever been discussed? I know a boy at a top private school in Edinburgh who currently has 25% extra time in written exams for slow hand writing. He's a normal academic achieving boy no learning difficulties. The school has advised the parents that they are going to apply for extra time next year for all his exams not just written exams.

It made me wonder, are one of the reasons private schools getting good results because normal academic achieving kids are getting awarded 25% extra time? That's a lot of extra time and a huge advantage.

I know there's a lot of pressure for private schools to get the grades and wondering if this might be a loop hole they take advantage of, are private schools given privilege when applying for extra time? It would be interesting if schools published what percentage of their pupils got extra time in exams.

Worth a discussion.

It's probably hugely unfair, not because kids at private schools get the additional time, but because kids who need it in state schools don't necessarily get it.

That Edinburgh private school will have an in-house educational psychologist who will have referrals from class teachers and the referred kids will be assessed for everything. That kind of support just isn't available in the state sector: the emphasis is on using resources to support the below-average pupil achieve average, not to help the already average or high performers to fulfill their academic potential. Waiting lists for edu psych in Edinburgh state schools is up to 2 years. In private schools it can be next day if necessary.

Whilst it isn't fair, what do you expect the parents of kids with diagnosed processing delays to do? Should I watch my kid who gets straight As when he types get no better than a C if he has to sit under normal conditions? Does it make a difference if he has a diagnosis for ASD? I mean, ASD doesn't make him dim, just means he has social communication difficulties.
Processing delays are learning disabilities, particularly when you move up the school and have to take notes or university where you have to learn in lectures.

Noone wants to watch their child struggle at school. The scandal isn't that private schools support their pupils, it's that the state system doesn't have the resources and infrastructure to do likewise.

That all said, OP, there's something about your post that just really turns me off. I really hope my sister isn't so spiteful about my son on anonymous internet fora.