SEN kids in mainstream school

[LesleyA]

hi advice/info please. We are coming to live in the UK from South Africa. My daughter is 10yrs old as has repeated the grade she was in last year as she was quite lost and behind in her work. She has ADHD and dyslexia. She’s currently in a school (moved at the beg of this year) that offers small classes etc and she’s doing better. She really doesn’t cope in big classes and we can’t afford private school fees in the UK. Is it reasonable that I’m scared beyond words that she’s going to fall behind, struggle etc etc or do SN kids get support in the classes in comprehensive schools? Waiting eagerly for replies

If she is 10, she will be going into Primary school for a year before moving up to Secondary (Comprehensive).
Yes, schools should differentiate and provide appropriate support however schools budgets are tight and getting tighter, so whereas most will do their best, from a parents pov, it will likely seem to not be enough.
The way support is arranged and the amount of support will vary hugely, school from school though.
Every school has to have a SENCo (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator) who must be a qualified teacher who has then done further training. They co-ordinate the support, so they would be the person to start conversations with.
Obviously I don't know how great your dd's needs are, but there are then systems the school can go through to access further support if she meets that criteria - though these processes take time.

Sorry I haven’t been able to check. Thank you so much for all that information much appreciated