Hello, hoping for some advice on whether to get son assessed with an Educational Psychologist for Dyslexia. He is 10 and severely dyslexic, as in he still sounds out the letters in words, has never progressed past the level of ORT or similar. We read him age appropriate books, currently the Young James Bond and he has no problem with understanding. His writing is of a similarly low level. He had a severe language delay, verbal dyspraxia and a stammer, and speech therapy from 2 and a half until 9. Almost all of this is unnoticeable now. He has been diagnosed with Visual Stress and has a mint green overlay. School has assessed him internally and has said he is definitely dyslexic and he gets lots of interventions in school, including Nessy which he works on at school and home. Despite all the help he receives he doesn’t seem to be making much improvement and I’m getting increasingly worried as this time next year he’ll be almost leaving primary. The school have said not to get him assessed as it wouldn’t change anything they do with him. But what about for secondary school? Would it be best to have an assessment in place before he starts? Primary have also implied they might not put him in for the Reading Sats paper and whilst that doesn’t bother me too much, I wonder what they will be doing with him while the other children are being prepared for it. He excels in almost all sports and is very sociable, funny and popular. I’m really worried about how he’ll be able to access the secondary school curriculum. Does anyone have any similar experience or advice please? It would be very much appreciated, thank you!