My son attended a top independent boarding school for six years. His SEN went undiagnosed until a private A Level tutor I hired prior to A2 exams in May 2014 suggested I get an Educational Psychologist to assess him.
My background is that I was widowed unexpectedly when my boys were five and seven. My boys are mixed race and I decided that I would educate them privately to ensure they did maximised their academic and personal potential. I selected boarding school as we lived in Central London and the nature of my work was unpredictable, long hours and often away from home. This was done at great personal and financial cost.
The school concerned have taken no responsibility saying they could not have known my son had a SEN. I find this difficult to accept given they have an excellent SEN Centre. Also, their pre A Level testing showed my son to have an extremely low centile (7) for reading comprehension (I requested a copy of this test after the Head mentioned it in his correspondence to me)
I need some advise and support as I feel the school concerned have let my son down, potentially damaging his future prospects. Also, I feel they have not delivered the service I paid for.
I would appreciate any advise