DS3 is 6, Year 2, will move to a Junior School next year. He has a Statement - verbal Dyspraxia with 20 hours a week of 1-1 support (which he needed in Reception and doesn't really need anymore - I expect that at the next review the 1-1 will be cut). He's mostly intelligible although his speech is quite odd, and there are still times when it's very hard to understand him. He's also bright as a button, sociable and confident.
Do I pick School A which we know and like (older 3 siblings have attended), where 90% of his friends will be going BUT has class sizes of up to 35 and a proven to be poor track record when it comes to SEN children (as in apparent disinterest, lack of communication with parents).
Or School B, where he will know no-one but smaller classes, an associated Deaf Unit, 15% of children are SEN, seems a really happy thriving school. Also much more multi-cultural, which is a Good Thing.
My gut reaction is School B but the friendship issue is important. His friends are patient and supportive with the poor speech, and he might lose all that. We need to decide by 26/9 (Statemented kids get first call).