thanks everybody still keeping him busy outside of school. His teacher has just changed, and I'm hoping this new one will make sure he is kept occupied. I will look in to getting permission from the teacher for him to have something to fiddle with in lessons, I have a 'Tangler' and a few other small toys he fiddles with while watching films&documentaries, so I wonder if she would be happy to let him have them in class. A reading book at the end of his work might get him motivated to finish it quickly so they can really understand what his ability is, he often refuses to finish work he is perfectly capable of, perhaps because there is no good reason (in his mind) to do it. I have explained I understand he finds some things boring, but that he needs to show the teacher he can do them so he can get more interesting work, but I think he is a little to impulsive to think that far ahead still!

Thanks again for all the help, we are looking at moving him to another local school which has a reputation of challenging its students better, but has a lot of disadvantaged children attend. I am not sure if the better teaching&access to facilities are worth the risk of him coming in to contact with children who are potentially neglected. He is not regularly bullied currently, and I don't know if he would be bullied there, or I am being prejudiced because I went to high school with children from the same areas who were (by then) really nasty. Advice? I wish I could let him have a trial week and see which school he prefers, but its just not possible with the education system over here I would absolutely send him to private school if we could afford £300+ a month in fees and the transport to the school, I keep playing the lottery in the hope we win enough to either home-school or private school him, I just feel he deserves to be allowed to reach his potential with encouragement rather than reaching where the teacher wants him to by the end of the year to meet her targets