DS is in yr 8. He was privately diagnosed dyslexic in yr 4 with particular weaknesses in working memory, decoding and processing. We provided his secondary school with a copy of the report and had a meeting with the SENCo before he started who reassured us and promised all sorts of support.
In reality the school has done bugger all. In fact every time we have parents evening the subject teachers appear positively oblivious to DS's dyslexia. Several comments about how disorganised he is and how terrible his written work is!
To add insult to injury when we insisted on a recent review with the SENCo she said he had been taken off the register as didn't seem to
need support Dyslexia doesn't miraculously cure itself FFS and the report even says DS will struggle more the older he gets. Apparently this decision was based on the fact DS is 'on target' in the majority of his subjects (never mind fact they've just slung him in lower sets). My argument is imagine what he could achieve if he was given the required level of support detailed in the EP's report!!
It's like the school (& SENCo in particular) have just cast him adrift and have no expectations of him.
We asked the SENCo to lay her cards on the table with what help we could reasonably expect from the school - she basically said very little as his dyslexia is not sufficiently severe! In September she will review the situation to see if some help can be "syphoned" off from incoming Yr 7 SEN students!
This made me so cross that I went off and did my own research. Lo and behold our local area provides a free "Dyslexia Outreach" programme to secondary schools. When I challenged her she said it was an oversight but still wouldn't refer DS as she first had to prove School had taken initial remedial steps!
I just can't accept this; it's like she and the School just don't give a shit. The Head is also retiring this year so cares even less.
Fortunately we are able to provide DS with a private tutor who desperately tries to plug some gaps in DS's learning but is only able to do so much and is aghast at the school.
What can I do? Can I raise a complaint? Honestly feel that DS is being failed the school is negligent.
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greeneggblueegg · 02/06/2018 20:02
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