SALISBURY SCHOOLS. urgent advice needed...

[noonar]

my neice is at school in salisbury and will be starting in year 4 in september.

she is a bright girl in many ways, but is academically falling behind and has some issues with friendships and concentration.

she is currently at quite an academic (state school) and is clearly not feeling like she is succeeding at school.

can anyone suggest a school in the area which might enable her to develop at her own pace instead of feeling like a failure?

she is sporty and musical, but struggles with maths and lit- she's probably performing at a year or so behind her chronological age.

am thinking that montessori or steiner, or something else less formal might suit, but dont know the area.

tia

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hi CD, i'm so sorry but i dont know how to do that

on your email!

my email has changed since joining MN so now i need to figure out lots of tricky things like how to change membership stuff...

thats not going to work Cd as i cant remember my old email address, from 3 yrs ago when i registered, so i cant ammened my details.grr

One word = Godolphin

Godolphin is from 11 years old though isn't it...- I (mis)understood that the neice was in year 4 which I was reading as KS2? - juniors?

thats not state is it.
and not when you see the state of the inspection!

far too much teaching unsatisfactory

yes, thanks. she's 8.

ok guys, now that i've got a few local people on line, can you tell me if you know any schools that have vertically grouped classes- ie yr 3/4 together.? am thinking they'd have a braoder range within the class.

Id rather talk off line
cat me

and NO way to mixed years imo

oh no! but i cant find my old email address so dont think i can. will have a go!

oh god nooonar you nob
we must have someones email addy in common.

In which case I can name two very good state primary schools (I don't want to appear elitist, and there is no other way of putting this but they are in leafy affluent areas so parents and children very motivated with high expectations)

I understand that Hale Primary School in Fordingbridge is very good (a 20 minute drive out of central Salisbury) as is Nomansland School (20-25 minutes easy drive)

Don't know about central Salisbury. If you CAT me I could advise in bit more detail

By high expectations - I have read your OP - I don't mean that academia is forced, rather that a very good service is provided all round

nomansland too small imo - even post amalgamation.

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"thats not state is it.
and not when you see the state of the inspection!"

Yes, and if you send your 11 year old there you will end up with a very nice 'gal' (eeek)

I took from direct experience re Nomansland actually....not too small at all

LOL
with a BIG comb over

lol, 'talk' even

Hale is ok but not as good as it used to be and the drive into town on the way home can take a lot longer. Agree that mixed years not a good idea. Nomansland too small imho.

and mixed site.
who would want to drive all that way too?