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Good schools for son with Aspergers/ADHD around Cambridge

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SneakyFreak · 30/03/2012 21:56

My DS (9) has a diagnosis of AS/ADHD and is in a mainstream school. Most of the time he is coping well, but regularly he doesn't. As he is getting older I've noticed that his academic progress seems to have slowed down a lot, perhaps even deteriorating. He often complains about being bored, but I'm afraid he has just switched off. Teachers are mainly focusing on keeping his behaviour under check, and don't put much pressure on him to learn/perform, as that tends to be a trigger for angry/anxious outbursts.

I am now wondering if he would be better off at another school, a private school perhaps, as smaller class sizes would be easier for him to cope with. However, I don't know where to start! All the prospectuses and website blurb seems to be the same, and they all claim to be fantastic. Can anyone put me in the right direction which ones I should be looking at? We're in the Cambridge area.

Many thanks!

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LeninGrad · 30/03/2012 22:05

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SneakyFreak · 30/03/2012 22:27

He's at the local state school in South Cambridgeshire. School is doing their best and are trying really hard with him. He is bright, but not achieving his potential at the moment. Also I am worried if he switches off completely and gets away with it because the alternative is that he has a tantrum, how am I going to get him through secondary school? And in the mean time he is not really happy at school.

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SneakyFreak · 30/03/2012 22:28

I hadn't heard of Gretton School. That is definitely an option!

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SneakyFreak · 30/03/2012 22:29

I hadn't heard of Gretton School. That is definitely an option!Do you know if any of the other neurotypical private schools are any good with AS?

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AttilaTheMeerkat · 31/03/2012 08:17

SF

Does your DS have a Statement of special needs in place?. You do not mention if he has a statement or not (from what you write I am assuming he does not have a statement). If he does not have a statement I would apply for this from your LEA asap and particularly before he starts secondary. IPSEA's website is good at the whole statementing process www.ipsea.org.uk.

Private schools operate outside the LEAs remit. I would be extremely wary about sending your DS to any such establishment due to the ways they operate.

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SneakyFreak · 31/03/2012 13:55

Thanks for your messages. No, he does not have a statement, as school considered his problems more behavioural than academic. They reckoned he wouldn't be successful getting one and therefore discouraged me from pursuing it. I was fine with that, but now I'm concerned it is affecting his academic performance, and indeed with secondary school looming... I am a bit daunted to go that way, everybody on here says it is such a struggle...

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