My daughter who is in Year 3 has just been diagnosed with moderate dyslexia. Her general ability is very high but deficits in other areas, some quite significant, mean that she's attaining at a very average/ low average level. Her assessor said that her general ability scores suggest she could on to do anything with the correct support. She is in a very mixed, large city school with a high proportion of children in her class with SEN. She is not a priority for extra help. As she's average and not causing issues, school aren't really doing anything to help , which to be fair , I didn't expect anyway. I suspect that within state school she will continue to do very averagely, despite her potential. Ultimately I think that potential will be lost. There is a private school very close to us which has a specialist unit that caters for dyslexic children ( their exact phrasing is students of above average ability who also have dyslexia !) I'm slightly put off by the cherry picking but she certainly fits the bill! It's also a good all rounder School. She's very musical and creative and their very impressive facilities would seem to be able to nurture these strengths. There's more emphasis on a broader curriculum than in her state school and no SATS which I expect will be a pretty damaging and pointless year for her in the state system. Despite being an all rounder , non selective school , their gcse and A level results are excellent. She's the oldest of three children. I could just about afford to send her, but not all three. Her brother is very bright, achieving acedically at the very top of his cohort of 60 and he is very happy in his state school. I think he's the kind of kid who will do well anywhere and our state secondary is actually pretty good. She, on the other hand, says that she spends most of her school day going into her "imaginary world in my head because it's more interesting than the rubbish I do at school". She's switching off and I'm really worried about that ! My question is, is the all-singing , all-dancing independent that seems to have been made for her really likely to help. Is it just good marketing on their part. I just don't know what to do. She has friends she doesn't want to leave but ultimately I want her to be able to achieve as well as she can in the circumstances. Any advice from either private or state perspective would be much appreciated.