Boarding schools for kids with (mild) SEN?

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We are Brits but don't live in the UK any longer... however we are looking for a boarding school for DS who has ADHD and possibly mild ASD. We have been holding off because he has/had epilepsy, but he is outgrowing this. We think he'd really benefit from a school with clear guidelines and timetables etc, but where we are living (Europe) doesn't have anything like this. Because we aren't in the UK, it needs to be a school where he can board for weeks at a time, not come home each weekend. He is mixed on his 'intelligence' scores; some he will score 130, some he will score 85. For example his processing speed is very low, and he is not as mature as his age would suggest. Does anyone know any schools which might be worth me looking into? He will be 12 at the start of the next school year.

He's not on meds; they can reduce the seizure threshold, and given the risk of SUDEP increasing with uncontrolled seizures, we'd rather lower his risk of death :-)

That’s understandable.

It just makes everything so hard. The poor boy seems to have a lot going on.

Bless him, he does have a lot of issues but we are lucky that he does very well, his biggest challenge is probably social/behavioural.

More House Frensham or Claysmore. Look at schools that come under the Crested schools umbrella. Good luck

Hi, I’m just wondering if you found a weekly boarding school for your son in the end? His profile sounds very like my son’s and we are currently looking for the same thing. Thanks,

Hi, we didn’t in the end for various reasons, but we got a formal asd diagnosis (confirmed it wasn’t ODD), and his new school has been great. Funny enough just started the hunt again for a uk school for different reasons.

Wychwood in Oxford is now co-ed.. Worth a look.