Secondary school w dyslexia diagnosis

[Dinosaurfossil]

My child is in year 6 and we’ve been looking at secondary schools this week. They have a dyslexia diagnosis.
One of the schools said that the diagnosis would be ‘invalid’ as essentially they offer support on a needs basis rather than a blanket ‘for all dyslexics’ basis. I think I understand the point they were making (although they didn’t make it well…it was late in the opening evening), but I was wondering whether this is a common stance in secondary?

in practice there will be children with a dyslexia diagnosis and those with significant (possibly even more significant) literacy difficulties but without a diagnosis (usually because they can’t afford the assessment). There are no magic interventions for dyslexia that are different from those with literacy difficulties. The same support and interventions will be available to all children with literacy difficulties.
lots of schools/ LA’s /Edpsychs are moving away from identifying dyslexia and just using literacy difficulties and describing the needs.

That’s a useful insight, thank you.

Support in schools is based on needs, not diagnosis. This is limited to dyslexia but applies to all SEN. Not all dyslexic individuals need the same support.