Private Education & Special Needs

[pilates]

Not sure if this is the right place, but does anyone have a child with special needs at private secondary school and is it working well? I will post in special needs aswell.

I know of someone with a child with SN (health) at a private school in Sussex. As far as I know the school are really helpful with regards to the situation. Hopefully she will be along soon.

wonder if its the same school were my friend's DC goes (and my child but no SN)?

thats fair enough.
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Re the hotel try the Hilton Avisford Park, not far from Arundel off the the A27 but in the counttryside. Have been there for one day conferences etc & have seen families staying there.

thanks, will have a look

I do

ds1 is at an academically selective boys' school and it's working brilliantly - he has a full statement (and bizarrely, a scholarship which made us realise they really did want ds to go there) and the LEA have been really helpful

considering at the end of y5 we weren't sure if ds would make it in mainstream education at all he's doing brilliantly

he has TS and AS and can be very challenging mainly because of acute anxiety, and not being able to 'filter' stuff out - but the school have been fantastic - incredibly helpful and the atmosphere and ethos is perfect for him

Thanks for the replies.

BB, did the statement and scholarship go hand in hand, what I mean did you have to have to have the statement to get the scholarship. My daughter has mild cp but is about average in her class, slightly lower for maths with no behavioural problems. We have always been told she will never get a statement because she isn't drastically below her peers academically and she hasn't got any behavioural problems.

I've looked on the website of one of the local private schools and there is no reference to special needs which makes me think that they won't be inclusive.

You practically trip over private schools there are so many, many of them do stirling work with SN children.

no they didn't - he'd already had the statement in place since reception - I think the scholarship was partly their way of saying they actively wanted him to go there, rather than him being there on sufferance iyswim - he is very bright so it was just done on the results of the entrance exam, but the statement didn't make it any more or less likely that he'd get a scholarship

His current school was definitely the most welcoming and inclusive - one school told us they'd love to have him, but we'd have to ask for his statement to be withdrawn if we accepted the place, and others made no mention of SN at all ....

There are at least 2 or 3 other boys in his year with statements and several more on school action or school action plus, so he's not an oddity, which helps

Thanks BB, what was the entrance exam like - was it a mixture of maths and english?

Great to hear your son doing so well by the way.

Hi I am a mum and I work p/t at a private school in London that does amazing stuff with secondary school children with special needs - at both ends - gifted and talented, SLD such as aspergers or dyslexia (we're CRESTED - and our head is dyslexic and so are his kids so he's really passionate about helpign all kids reach their potential). We're called Thames Christian College and we're five mins away from Clapham Junction Train station. I know I'm bound to be biased because I love my school so much and the value added we achieve for our kids is fantastic - but you don't have to take my word for it - look us up on the website and come and see us.
One more thing - we don't select by ability - we select on the basis of attitude and motivation and whether the family are supportive or not - we never take anyone with behaviour issues.

Thanks SueDavid but too far from where we are living (nr eastbourne). It sounds brilliant though, just what I'm looking for really. I don't suppose you have any knowledge of the local private schools in my area do you?

Sorry pilates - didn't see this earlier - the exam was maths, english and verbal reasoning - he did it in a smaller room with fewer distractions and had extra time - he actually quite enjoyed the day!