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Independent or state mainstream school?

NAS62098

Hi there 

I would be really grateful for any advice. We have been offered help by my parents to send my 7 year old son to private school if we want. My question is do we?   He has no ECHP but is only 7 and coping well so far in his state primary. He does wish the class sizes were smaller though as he sometimes struggles to know what’s going on and needs to be explained things again. He also has the typical social struggles but is so far coping with clown like humour (rather than initiating conversations)

Is independent the answer or in other people’s experiences, his needs will likely get worse and he’ll need more and more help that the independent sector might not provide. Thanks 

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  • Hi, I'll tell you about the experience I had with my son in primary school and I hope it will help you.
    We started with the private school which guarantees a support teacher to primary school. We asked for a sufficient number of support hours with a teacher that we were able to select. Distance and comfort to reach the school was not our priority: we chose primary school based on the interviews we had with the school leaders and above all with the support teacher who seemed really good and motivated to help. my son in the insertion.
    After five years, with the transition to lower secondary school (which here in Italy lasts 3 years) we changed and went to the state school because the private school in this second cycle no longer guaranteed a support teacher. By entering the state school, we simultaneously filed a lawsuit with the court to obtain sufficient support hours (in Italy parents are often forced to sue the Ministry of Education to obtain supplements to support teaching hours).

    I hope I have answered at least in part some of your questions.

  • in reply to Gianfry

    Thanks so much this is really interesting. Not sure we have that much freedom to choose here and my son doesn’t currently qualify for a support teacher as he doesn’t have an ECHP 

    thanks so much for replying 

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