DS is 11 and at a (rated) 'good' state school. He is dyslexic and has ADHD. No ECH plan. He got average scores in the SATs, and only just missed the pass mark in the SPAG test. So, doing ok considering, although VR and NVR tests suggests he is high ability.
However, his writing, spelling and tbh, all written communication are imo very poor. The INCO at the school says he is doing fine and doesn't need any extra support or teaching for this. She says he is within the 'normal perfomance' band, so doesn't qualify. I think without targetted teaching, he is just going to struggle more and more as school gets harder and he has to produce more and write more sophisticatedly.
To give an example of spelling - he had to write a list of favourite dinners for his tech homework. It read: raps, omelut, tosast, losana, rost. (wraps, omelette, toast, lasagne, roast). For another piece of homework he wrote "in this booklet you will learn a range of this that are interesting such as fact that will widen you knowledge of the subject I will be talking about". This was done on a laptop, so the spelling 'errors' weren't picked up.
This to me rings big alarm bells regarding his spelling and organising his thoughts, grammar etc, but school say he's doing fine.
My questions are - would you be worried? If so, what can I do to get school to take this more seriously? I'm worried they have him pegged as a low ability kid, and don't have high expectations for him.
It's the only school in our area by the way, so changing schools is not an option! Thank you.
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