Learning difficulties

[Motherofboys4]

My daughters in year 4 at school, age 8 almost 9. She’s really struggling academically and I don’t know what to do to help her. She’s been on a SEN plan for 2 years, but bizarrely the teachers tell me year after year that they’re not concerned, it’s really not a problem etc.
She isn’t doing the same work as her class anymore, she’s doing very simple phonics work and numbers to 10. I’ve had her eyes checked, she’s had a hearing test, there’s no issue there.
Every parents evening since reception (she’s always been behind her peers) I’ve asked if there could be signs of dyslexia or anything else that might be causing it and this is when they say there’s no real problem, they’re not worried, because she was a COVID starter.
I don’t know how to navigate possibly getting her checked for something like dyslexia without her teachers support for it. If anyone has any suggestions, I’d appreciate it.

This is not a recommendation (I just googled) but here's one:

www.clinical-partners.co.uk/clinicians/profiles/dr-sidra-aslam

Are you in any SEN parent groups locally? That's the place to ask. You could also re post on here saying Birmingham.

I teach year 3 and your dd sounds like one of the girls in my parallel class.

Her teacher is very concerned and the girl is given as much support as possible, including 1 to 1 time with a TA, to try and secure basic phonics and understanding of number. We have very little TA support in the year group but she is one of the children who need to be prioritised.

It's shocking if your child has reached year 4 and you have repeatedly been told that the teachers aren't concerned.

Sometimes, a child's needs are so severe that they won't reach age related expectations despite everyone's best efforts but there's no point in pretending that everything's ok when it isn't.

Bless your daughter! The school sounds spectacularly useless. I think it's time to start making a fuss. What will your dd do at secondary? And time to get the ball rolling to find out what isssues your dd is having. Good luck with finding an EP.

This is terrifying 😳😳

Absolutely! Even EHCP assigned ed psychs are in short supply, the last two assigned were via Teams, one from Scotland and one from Northern Ireland. The local authority doesn't have any ed psychs of its own so has effectively " block booked" the private companies just to keep up with statutory ones so sourcing a one -off consultation is impossible.