Secondary schools for bright but struggling dyslexic child in London

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We have recently had our 10 year old assessed for dyslexia, which was confirmed. His IQ was also in the top centiles for his age, and his verbal reasoning and reading comprehension was almost off the scale. He is hugely sociable, quite sporty but not competitive at all, and very excited by science.

I hadn't previously considered independent schools, because I thought he may not be able to keep up, but I now worry that it is lack of creative challenge in school that is holding him back. I would like to consider independent, but would appreciate advice; think he needs somewhere very laid back, with lots of resource for science, and lots of creativity.

We live in West Central London, would move house for the right school for him if we had to, but we're very happy where we are so local would be good.

Thank you

We found that the independents weren't prepared to tackle anything but the mildest of dyslexia. Some of the boarding schools were, but London day indies have so much competition for places that they don't need to.

However we have been incredibly happy with the state comprehensive in South London that DD is at. They have worked out that while she may have fairly severe dyslexia, she's also got plenty of brains and ability and have pushed her in all the right ways this year (Y7). She has a laptop for everything, they ignore her highly creative spelling (even with spell-check) and have focused on content and ideas. Has made a world of difference.

Moon Hall?

There are several independent dyslexia specialist schools around London - have a look at Fairley House, Moon Hall and More House. You'll find others on the Crested website. It is more common than you might think to have a very bright child with dyslexia, and these schools should cater for them. Good luck!