I'm starting to wonder what to do about senior schools. Dd's in all likelihood dyslexic, and also has an eye team work and reflexes issue that needs improving with brain training type interventions. However you wouldn't know it unless you really look. She is doing fine at school attainment wise and works hard at school. They didn't spot things.
We have one senior school in town. It takes 1300 students which seems quite big. It's quite sporty and drama. Last year it got ofsted requires improvement for sen and for reading process. It's just being turned into an academy, has a new ish head, 30+ teachers are going to be leaving this summer, I assume because terms are changing. However almost all the kids in town go there, they all cycle in, so good for friends and freedom. It has a sixth form.
The only alternative I think she'd get into is 11 miles away in a town we don't really know. Buses are supposed to be being improved. It takes 500 kids. It prides itself on pastoral care, sen support, having a community feel. Ofsted good. But there are less gcse subjects on offer. Apparently they're looking into partnering with another school to offer more. There is no sixth form. And it's a journey away so less good for friends and freedom.
Add in younger ds and complications of whether they'd be in different places.