Speaking as a parent who's child was behaved, never truant, always repectful but has SEN needs for dyslexia, when you support him & the school by taking leave for meetings that are constantly cancelled at short notice, the SENCO leaves & not replaced and these additional needs are supposed to be catered for by untrained teachers, many of whom do not bother to read the childrens requirments before beginning to teach them, let alone understand the complexities of short term memory many dyslexics suffer, so the lessons were not prepared, no action is taken by the local authority when said child has a legally binding statement of needs, when you finally get to speak to someone & promised 'we will do better, we will get this right', but fails...again. It is just a good job I moved said child this summer & is now thriving with the support given as should have been for the last 2 years. YES we support him. YES we supported the school as best we could, but when your child is constantly let down it is very difficult to be positive about the experience & how he kept going with a smile on his face every morning speaks volumes for his good character knowing for yet another day this fish was going to be asked to climb a tree. Dr. Ridings response when I finally saw him...not in school because I could not get an apointment, but in a public place & raised my concern about the meetings being cancelled & calls not returned...keep trying! Do not get me wrong many of the changes implemented under Dr. Ridings watch were major improvments, the uniform, anti bullying, & I have have many friends whose children have done well, but speaking on my sons experience it really could have done with improvment, but at least we are getting there now, just wish I had had a cystal ball when choosing this school.
