Am not too far from the 10.6 cut-off point and wondering whether to visit the school or simply not bother... Would appreciate any informed views from other MNers.
DS is very sporty (exceptionally good in rugby. Also likes rowing, fencing and a few other random sports). he is also quite musical but not scholarship level or anything like that. IQ of 128. But he has very slow processing speed (bottom 10% of population) hence dyslexia assessment. He also has sensory processing disorder which makes him quite tactile and quite clumsy. Personality-wise, he is a bit 'sensitive' in that although he gets as involved in rough & tumble as others, it's not really 'him' and he's a complete softy at heart. He's very popular both within his year and with those in his school house.
I'm not convinced he'll even be ready to fully board at 13 (he will be trying it out in due course in current school) so it may all be an academic point anyway, but do those with Eton knowledge think I should definitely be investigating Eton as an option, or definitely ruling it out?
Academically he is very on the money in debates and class discussions but has low self-esteem when it comes to getting things down on paper. He is top set maths, bottom set English, and fine across the board for most other stuff (exams are obv a struggle). Within the next year or so he will be fluent in touch typing, which his ed psych and SENCO think will really help reduce the effects of his dyslexia in day to day life. But I imagine he may still need an element of support into senior school.
His current school is a very good one, but is a natural feeder to another 'top' school, and I am not convinced I will get the best advice from the headmaster (I think he will try to persuade us to progress into the associated school because DS is one of those kids that you'd call 'a credit to the school'. Personally I think the associated school is too competitive and has less pastoral care than I'd like to see - whilst DS has no problem with pressure, or hard work, or intense training, he's not one to compete with others and hates rankings and suchlike.
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Should I consider Eton for bright, sporty, musical, but also quite sensitive dyslexic?
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Allaquandry · 16/01/2013 13:20
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