14yr old failing at school.

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My eldest son has absolutely no interest in school. He was ok at primary school but since he started school everything is about his mates. Hes on report for turning up late in the classroom and chatting/being disruptive. Hes doesnt do anything particularly bad just boys messing about but. He did mention to me that his maths lesson is awful, everybody messes about and the teacher cant control the children. Ive just had his end of yr exam results and he achieved "9%" in maths.... i mean really??? Hes going into yr 10 in sept, this really does worry me.
The thing is, i know hes got to turn this around but i cant help feeling that the school have failed him. I had no idea thing were this bad, hes actually learnt nothing all yr!. Am i right to feel like this?. Plus any advice to encourage a know it all teenager to actually mame some effort at school. Im going to have to make some massive changes...

Firstly, he needs to do a lot of work over the summer.... Unless he is very weak, then he hasn't put any effort in this year and he needs to re learn the maths content from this year to have a hope in his GCSE's. Only children who want to succeed will do.

So he has absolutely no interest in school, he’s on report, he turns up late, he’s disruptive in class, he messes about.

And you think that the school has failed him?

What are you doing to patent him (because it’s not for the school to address, it’s for YOU to address).

My question was "am i wrong in thinking the school are failing him ". Im working with thr school, his behaviour isnt bad enough to warrent him coming out with 9%.

I am aware its my job to parent him, the fact i have posted on here for help and advice makes that pretty obvious.

He probably isn’t secure in the basics. You need to go right back to basics and find out what level he is at- does he know his tables for example? Get a tutor if you can.

And he is probably being disruptive because he can’t do the work

Did he have any assessments, reports or parents evenings throughout the year? I think these must have given some indication that things were pretty bad before now.