School exhausted my daughter - she would come home and go straight to sleep. Wake up for her meal and then take herself to bed.
Ring school and ask if the SENCo could do observations and check his attainment. My daughter had coloured lenses in her glasses to help with reading - she wouldn't wear them at high school as she was teased. I had a boy in class whose eyes wouldn't track across text smoothly (diagnosed by a hospital optician). We had to enlarge all texts for him. He progressed quickly with reading after that.
My daughter was in year 5 when she realised that she was way behind her peers.
She used to say that she'd just written the date and title and the others had written a full page of work.
She was 'diagnosed' autistic, dyslexic and dyspraxic. She was diagnosed with EDSh at 25 years of age.
She absolutely HATED high school. She was 'elective mute' as far as adults were concerned. She was in all the bottom sets and within two years was behaving like the others she was in class with. She went from a very quiet and solitary child to a (I can't say). She was mixing with all the girls that had a disruptive reputation. She became one of them - I think it was a sink or swim survival instinct.
I couldn't home school her. I worked full time - a SENCo in a primary school. I had been pushing for extra help in primary school from year one. She got 1hr a day help in year six - the 'help' started on the first day, went off sick the next day and was not replaced.
The high school helped with spelling - she's still unable to spell, but we laugh about this now.
She was level 2 when she left primary school (average attainment is level 4) and her work stayed the same level throughout high school. She couldn't even pass key skills later on. She was advised to leave college after a year because she wasn't up to the level of work - she'd done a level one course.
She doesn't have paper qualifications but she is so laid back, approaches every situation calmly and has tons of common sense - which my husband says is seriously lacking in the graduates he's had to train throughout his career.
She worked in retail for a while but standing all day left her knees and ankles swollen due to EDS and she was shouted at for limping by her line manager. He made her cry so she left. She then worked for a delivery company - she loved it because it was solitary. She found out she was good at driving - she's driven everything from tractors to articulated lorries. She has been employee of the year at her work, met The Stig and driven rally cars. She met her partner through her love of vehicles (at a mini rally) and they have bought their own house and have two wonderful children (with another on the way).
She scraped along the bottom throughout her school life but she's a successful person because of her personality, her attitude and joy of life, her hard work and her school experience.
She excels practically rather than academically - she's a fabulous home maker, her home is immaculate. (As are her children.). Whilst on maternity leave she has found she has a talent for sewing and knitting and is in demand to make things for others. (Curtains, clothes and toys.)
She can't fill in forms or follow written instructions unless she has help. Her spelling variations make us all howl with laughter. But she's fabulous because she's worked out her limitations and strengths quite early on in life and she accepts who she is. I'm so proud of her.
I'm also proud of my other two children who excelled academically.
I wasted many years worrying for her future, I grieved for that lost academic potential. (Without her knowledge.)
But she's brilliant - a truly exceptional personality. (But I'm obviously biased.)