I am just venturing over for the first time. Apologies in advance for rambling - I'm still figuring things out! My DS was born at 26 weeks, is now 6 (nearly 7) and in yr 2. He is struggling academically - maths and writing in particular. He's performing at early yr 1 level in maths (only just) and nearer reception for writing. But his reading is very fluent - he's been on chapter books since the end of reception. His teacher and DH and I all think there is something up, but he doesn't score highly enough on their basic in-school tests to warrant further investigation, and they are willing to do nothing until age 7/yr 3 anyway.
I'm now wondering about a private assessment - he hates school and his confidence is at rock bottom. Up until now we've thought the problem was just that he is too young (he jumped up a year because of his prematurity - due october born june) and would catch up when he is ready. But I'm now wondering about dyscalculia, and even potentially dyslexia too. Is that possible even though his reading is amazing?!
His handwriting is very poor - he can write his name but with frequent reversal of letters. His spelling is still almost entirely phonetic. He's making progress but it's really very slow. Getting him to write even a single sentence is a massive effort. With maths he has really basic gaps. He doesn't really 'get' numbers intuitively, struggles to know which is bigger/smaller after 10. Still counts basic 5+3 type sums on his fingers. Has only just about worked out counting in 10s, but only on a good day. As for the times tables homework he comes home with, hahahaha :( If we go through things at home, he'll seem to understand everything one day, then it's totally gone the next. His concentration is good when he's doing something he enjoys, but terrible at school.
I still think he is too young for all of this but the reality is that he's now at the end of his third year of school and finding things so hard, he's about to go into year 3 and such a long way from writing fluently or understanding numbers. Does any of this raise red flags for something diagnosable? I wonder if his fluent reading and being generally bright (and therefore skilled at compensating) has blinded us to some fundamental learning issues. And how do we go about getting assessment if so? We are based in the SE. Socially he is fine, behaviourally too, apart from being a stubborn little so-and-so at home 
). I sometimes wish he'd act up a bit more at school - he's essentially invisible to teachers because he's well-behaved, and not far enough behind to warrant dramatic intervention.
Sorry for the essay, thanks for reading this far if you've managed it, any advice would be enormously appreciated.