Statementing a child with dyscalculia?

[ColinFirthsGirth]

Hi,
My son has recently been found to have dyscalculia, he is 11 and just started year 6. He got level 2c in year two and is now working at level 2B in maths so there has been little progress since year two.

Is it possible to get a statement for dyscalculia? He is also behind in spelling, handwriting and writing comprehension but is a very good reader.

I know his school will he is not severe enough for a statement which maybe true. However they say this to many people.

How severe does a SEN have to be before it is worth considering trying to get a statement for a child?

Thanks

Yes you can get it for dyscalCulia, yes schools fob parents off!

However, it doesn't necessarily follow that he will or that he needs one. Iis he on school action or school action plus?

He has been on school action but he is being referred to a ocupational therapist, needs a test for Irlens syndrome and probably CAHMS to.

How does one know whether to go for one or not? I have been told he needs his maths taught differently to how the class get taught.

His progress is not adequate, which is a test for requiring a statement. But a statement on it's own means nothing.

What you need to do is identify wha provision and resources he will need in order to make ADEQUATE progress. Then you need to figure out whether it woukd be reasonable to expect the school to deliver this out of their own resources.

If he simply needs a different way of teaching then the teacher shoukd be doing this, as her job is to differentiate for each child.

Thankyou Starlight.

Just to update, the school are giving him an hour a week with a teaching assistant and for this term he will also have an hour a week with a teacher (just for this term I think)

In this time they will help him with his maths using the recommendations in his report.

My initial thought is that this may not be enough as the assessor wants the school to go back to basics with him and he has a fair way to go to catch up.
He will still be going into normal maths lessons - however he this obviously hasn't worked well for him so far as he never seems to remember or understand what he has learnt at school. I am not sure how much he will understand for these normal lessons as he still doesn't understand many of the basic concepts.

Does two hours a week sound reasonable for year six when he has only gone up 1 sublevel in the last three years?

You're looking at it from the opposite angle.

Where is he?
Where does he need to be?
When does he need to be there?
What steps need to be taken to get him there by that time?

If the answer is 2 hours per week then it is right. You don't start with 2 hours and just see how far you get.