Private school stopping support for child with dyslexia

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Any advice appreciated, sorry for any mistakes ( English not my first language)

My child has dyslexia and is in Y8 at a private school, the reason we choose private and particularly this school is because we really liked the support we thought they have for SEN. They told us that because of the child’s academic achievement they are going to stop the support. The child achieved an 8 in English at the end of the term for the first time ever but the mark slipped back to 6 in the new term, other subjects improved, others slipped down a mark put probably more up than down. We feel it’s premature to stop support and we hoping to have a meeting with the school. Has anyone have any advice ? What can we expect from the school?
I understand that the SEN Code of Practice doesn’t apply to private schools but that the school should make reasonable adjustments so not to place the child to substantial disadvantage but not sure what this means. What can be classed as substantial disadvantage? And is the school expected to do anything about it?

Are you describing 8 and 6 in terms of GCSE grades and is that what the school is suggesting would be the outcome in the exams in Year 11?

It also depends on what support has been offered until now. The criteria for support will have changed since I was a SENCo, but the Code of Practice for SEND will quantify the differentials and the support, which must be additional to, or different from, that available to others. Presumably your child has had intervention that is additional to or different from and they feel that progress has been made, to the extent that the support is no longer essential.

An 8 at GCSE is a very high mark and a 6 would be generally sufficient to gain a place on an A level course.

It’s certainly worth expressing your concern to the school and finding out what they intend and determining what they will do if progress falters.

What support has he been getting?

The was getting support every week in a small group, organising ideas, trying new ways to help with studying and short workings memory problems. The communication hasn’t been great but we felt it was very beneficial. The child has difficulties with auditory processing, sequencing multiple tasks, organising thoughts and short term memory.
The grades they get are 1-9 assessments grades, not sure if related to GCSE marks or not.
I will ask what they intend to do if grades are starting to slip down, thank you

Similar experience. Their reasoning was that there are other kids who have greater needs and that mine was performing at above average (gaslighting me, basically). You won’t be able to force them to provide support.