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What hope for AS kids Gove's changes

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Today I have been to a meeting at my 14 year old sons school and was informed that they no longer think that he continue his education there.  He has Aspergers and other spectrum issues which has made teaching him a challenge, but has always managed in main stream school. He has been tested and has an IQ that puts him the top 6% of the population and everyone who meets him comments on his intelligence. However due to the changes Mr Gove is introducing the expectations and pressures on schools has meant that exams are being streamlined and classroom expectations are for excellence, which in the main I agree with, its about time someone did something. But for children like my son these changes could be a death to his education. Where is the provision for children like my son who is highly inteligent but is going to be failed by the system because the school is under pressure, under resourced, and so he is sidelined with no other alternatives.  Great, Mr Gove, I agree we need to raise the standards but what about children who do not fit into the box and need a different approach and education that is on the table? My son was always a round peg trying to fit into a square hole but the hole's just got smaller.

Does anyone feel utterly frustrated with the lack of education facilities for children on the Autistic Spectrum.

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  • I was badly let down during my schooling; classed as 'non-academic' and slow, I was placed in the lowest sets for most subjects apart from English.

    During an educational psychologist assessment when I was 10, my verbal IQ was shown to be 111, but my performance IQ was only 68, so no global IQ could be given. Even my verbal IQ had its disparities: low score in arithmatic, low score in comprehension, but a very high mechanical reading score (at the 15 year old level), and my general knowledge was very good.

    I went through school thinking I was stupid, when I am clearly not (having a 2.1 history degree under my belt, 8 GCSE grades A-C, and A and B A levels). For example, my mum has told me that my creative abilities and art-work were not too bad, but I failed GCSE art because I did not understand the instructions or course-work requirements. The same happened with French - I started off with potential to get an A, but was then placed in the lowest set because the teachers did not understand my learning style.

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  • I was badly let down during my schooling; classed as 'non-academic' and slow, I was placed in the lowest sets for most subjects apart from English.

    During an educational psychologist assessment when I was 10, my verbal IQ was shown to be 111, but my performance IQ was only 68, so no global IQ could be given. Even my verbal IQ had its disparities: low score in arithmatic, low score in comprehension, but a very high mechanical reading score (at the 15 year old level), and my general knowledge was very good.

    I went through school thinking I was stupid, when I am clearly not (having a 2.1 history degree under my belt, 8 GCSE grades A-C, and A and B A levels). For example, my mum has told me that my creative abilities and art-work were not too bad, but I failed GCSE art because I did not understand the instructions or course-work requirements. The same happened with French - I started off with potential to get an A, but was then placed in the lowest set because the teachers did not understand my learning style.

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