At an end of school year party a mum was chatting to me about her dc. The older 2 go to a highly rated local prep school, while the youngest goes to our state primary. She explained that as the younger has SENs, he is better off at our school which is more "nurturing." Fair enough. He is a nice lad, well liked by all; she and her husband are supportive parents who are good to have on board.
Then I got to thinking of a couple of other families at the school with the same situation. Again, nice families, nice kids. Valued and welcomed by us all.
It did occurred to me that I have never, ever heard anyone say that they are sending their very able child to our school rather than private like their siblings because our school is so good for G&T. Or top sets or whatever it might be called (we have no formal G&T that I am aware of.) The traffic clearly only heads in one direction.
I wondered, why is this? Is the SEN really so good at our school? Will the private preps simply not accept the dc? Do parents think their SEN children aren't worth the money? (I actually know parents with dyslexic dc who would like to send them to specialist preps but cannot afford to. So I am just looking at what folks with the money actually do.) Is our school really poorer at stretching able children, or is it just a perception? If it is poorer at helping very able to children to flourish, why? Is it just our school, or is this a broad pattern across the country?
Lots of thoughts sloshing around my mind, but I just don't have enough breadth or depth of experience to know what to make of it.
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