My son joined the school last September. I loved the approach that the school takes with teaching through the Harkness Method (small class sizes and discussion based) as well as the passion that the Headmaster has for learning. Since joining, I've been blown away!
The style of the IB is so different to other schools (who don't offer the IB), as the learning is relevant and connnected and so my son doesn't seem to realise that he is learning!
A recent example is maths - instead of pages and pages of sums (as I did as a child & hated!), they are all relevant. They have been looking at their carbon footprints and so learned how to calculate everything to do with their own personal footprints (so for my son, the maths is remembered as its being used) and then in addition to the maths, they talk about how individuals and countries can reduce their footprint, along with the benefits etc. It is a really engaging school and they seem to cover all learning styles. Whatever they are doing in lessons is usually backed up with a trip of some sort to see it in practise.
In terms of SEND support, as the classes as so much smaller (max 12 per class) my son no longer needs additional support outside the classroom - although there is dedicated SEND support.
I was initially worried about the small size of the school and how this would impact socialising, but the children do a lot as a year group, but are also in vertical form groups. Each form ususally has 2 kids per year and so they mix across the ages as well. My son loves it and has a gang of about 12 friends who range in age from 11-15 as well as his class mates.
If I can help in any other way - please let me know as I know how difficult it is to choose the correct environment and it can be so hard to really understand what all the different schools offer.