Piminie

We are looking to move to somewhere in the Ballarat, Ararat, Skipton triangle later this year & have a 7 year old dyslexic daughter. My primary concern is her schooling. She is currently in a small village school that has managed to do more for her in the term & a half she's been there than her previous school could in 2 years, even with its rep as a great school & having SEN support. She has dyslexia and dyscalculia & got lost in a larger school. As we are quite flexible with where we go, I really want to make sure we get her school right, hence my post on here. I am yet to find a good way of finding out about schools. The scale system they have is great if your child is an academic, but she's not & needs a bit of love to get her going. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. TIA

quoll

Dyslexia doesn't fall under the disabilities criteria so it will be very much up to the school as to how they manage it within their resource allocation. Some of the smaller fownships have smaller schools so if that is a priority then the myschools website will give you school size and class configuration but nothing is going to beat the eyeball test when you get there and know where you will be working.

carcajou

I really think visiting schools directly here and meeting with their Learning Support Coordinators will be key.

The support you speak of can be highly, highly variable. Speaking to them and seeing what they can offer, will be of paramount importance. The good schools will be quite happy to meet with you and discuss.

Small schools can work in a few directions. Some are very good at getting to know all students very well. Some are basket cases in terminal decline, staffed primarily by graduates lacking experience.

The area you speak of, will be big enough to have something decent.