Good secondaries (esp for SEN) in Norwich?

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Also posted in Norfolk/Norwich local but not much traffic there... posting here just in case any one lives in the area and can help?

We're moving to Norwich from another city and looking for a (state) secondary school that is caring, inclusive and has a good attitude to SEN. Good art/drama provision would be great too. Looking at 'golden triangle'/central catchment currently but open to other areas/suggestions. Any tips for primaries very welcome too! Thanks so much in advance.

Its a 20 minute drive to norwich town centre but broadland has a great unit for SEN at the school. there is a primary school near it too- hoveton st john. all the best x

What kind of SEN, can you be specific. Norfolk SEN provision set up may be different from what you're used to. Worth reading up on.

*what other kids do you have to accommodate needs of, and do you care a lot about Ofsted ratings & league tables?

Ah thanks for the replies! Will look into Broadland.

lljk - it’s dyslexia. No EHCP. Other (younger) child doesn’t have SEN - both currently KS2. Don’t care much about league tables etc really. More interested in pastoral care, creativity and positive atmosphere I would say.

I’ve read about the dyslexia outreach service in Norfolk which sounds interesting.

DS went to Broadland HS but I don't know anything about dyslexia adaptations there (or anywhere). I imagine I'd be reading the Ofsted reports carefully if I were you.

I don't know what EHCP means.
What does "creativity" mean to you? Basically Norwich is considered to have generally mediocre state high schools (I suppose Thorpe is big exception to that rule). There's been a stampede to create academies in Norwich, but these don't have much better reputations. Most of the county is considered to be under-performing academically, but there are stand-out schools that mostly do well in League Tables (eg., Long Stratton).