Grammar schools often have a good proportion of children with high-functioning ASD (which is the newer name description of “Asperger’s syndrome”. This is because intelligent and academically inclined children if this sort are often pretty good at passing selective school exams.
However there will be non-ASD spectrum children at any school unless it is a SEN school catering exclusively for autistic children/teens.
Regarding your question coupled with your need to stay living in Twickenham… I’m afraid there are no state grammars with fewer than 500 pupils: even the smallest grammars tend to have 120 children per year which gives a school size of 7x120 which is a whole school size of 840 including sixth form.
Your closest state grammar is Tiffin Boys which has 1500 pupils.
It is also very competitive to get into and I don’t know what their SEN support is like.
What does the SENCO at your child’s current school think about your child’s needs ? are they supportive/helpful? If he needs accommodations some grammars can be very good at doing this, but they can’t reduce the size of the school cohort.
Also, does your child have an EHCP (statement of special needs education?) If so, it’s worth discussing with the SENcO whether there is a medical need to name a school as being the one he specifically needs for his education: in which case I believe the council have certain duties of funding (I’m not an expert in this but the SENCO team should be able to advise you).
However there will be non-ASD spectrum children at any school unless it is a SEN school catering exclusively for autistic children/teens.
Regarding your question coupled with your need to stay living in Twickenham… I’m afraid there are no state grammars with fewer than 500 pupils: even the smallest grammars tend to have 120 children per year which gives a school size of 7x120 which is a whole school size of 840 including sixth form.
Your closest state grammar is Tiffin Boys which has 1500 pupils.
It is also very competitive to get into and I don’t know what their SEN support is like.
What does the SENCO at your child’s current school think about your child’s needs ? are they supportive/helpful? If he needs accommodations some grammars can be very good at doing this, but they can’t reduce the size of the school cohort.
Also, does your child have an EHCP (statement of special needs education?) If so, it’s worth discussing with the SENcO whether there is a medical need to name a school as being the one he specifically needs for his education: in which case I believe the council have certain duties of funding (I’m not an expert in this but the SENCO team should be able to advise you).
Statistics: Posted by Aethel — Thu Sep 12, 2024 9:02 pm