DS's GCSE mocks results today. He has done abysmally in every subject that requires extended writing e.g. English. This is, I suspect mainly due to the fact that he writes so slowly that he only completed half the paper in these subjects. This has been an issue with him since he learnt to write and I've always been told .. "he's a boy", "he's summer born", "children mature at different rates", "it will come with practice" etc etc. Basically he's been doing "just about well enough" so it's never been considered a problem.
I went to talk to the SENCO to discuss whether there was any possibility that he might have a specific learning difficulty or at least get help with writing, but was basically fobbed off.
So ... advice needed ... regardless of whether or not there is a "reason" he needs to learn to write more quickly (and he needs to learn quickly!). Any ideas (please not "he just needs more practice")?