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Seeking school reception recommendations

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Law1983 · 02/01/2026 14:42

My daugher turned 4 in the summer and started school at a well regarded independent school here in Oxfordshire in September which has been a spiralling disaster resulting in reduced timetables, exclusion from activities, and her demonstrating agressive behaviour (lashing out at adults etc.) - having met recently with a Paediatrician in London, her feedback is that our daughter whilst meeting multiple milestones, has traits of high functioning female autism. I really don't find the school helpful in this scenario, and i feel like they're googling strategies and relying on exclusion and a reduced timetable to manage us out. I'm finding it more helpful to google things myself! Does anyone have recommendations for a state or independent primary school in Oxfordshire/Cotswolds area (we're willing to move) which is willing to work with parents to help a child integrate into school? She is very bright and normally a loving, confident, and charasmatic child who you wouldn't think to look at that she is on the neurodivergent scale! It just seems that school isn't helping and it also doesn't seem to be the right environment for her. Desperate for her to be happy and actually at school rather than being called multiple times a week to pick her up early...

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Dreamerinme · 02/01/2026 18:50

I would suggest that you research schools that you could feasibly commute to, then shortlist these and go and visit them. Ask for a meeting with each school’s SENCO to discuss your concerns. Obviously you also need to take into account if each school has space too.

We have been researching and visiting potential secondary school’s - both state and private - for our y6 DS who has some mild SEN issues and one of the main concerns is SEN support.

LIZS · 02/01/2026 19:16

Unless you have an ehcp naming a specific state school you will be offered a place wherever one is available, so potentially less popular, undersubscribed and not necessarily local to where you want to live. Might be easier to look private and find a sympathetic sendco.

EuropeanAsh · 22/01/2026 15:48

In the Cotswolds/West Oxfordshire, you have Kingham primary school which has a really good reputation and does a lot in terms of SEN support etc

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