Published Date:
16 June 2006
A MUM has pulled her son out of school amid claims education bosses failed to diagnose her son's dyslexia.
Sue Jackson says it is now too late to salvage his primary school education.
She claims 11-year-old Jordan was sent out of lessons and made to do jobs for the headteacher because staff at Manor Beach Primary School in Cleveleys thought he was badly behaved when in fact Mrs Jackson says he is dyslexic.
Her complaints sparked an investigation by education chiefs from Lancashire County Council, which concluded there had been "a failure in the special educational needs systems in the school and not all statutory requirements have been met".
Mrs Jackson, of Winston Avenue, said: "It is too late for Jordan, he goes to secondary school in September, but I am worried other children suffer the same difficulties.
"I kept telling the school there must be something wrong with Jordan because although they kept telling me he was a
naughty boy he is always so well behaved at home and it didn't make sense.
"I told the school three years ago that Jordan was muddling words up but nothing changed.
"They were treating him as someone with behavioural problems rather than learning difficulties.
"I got so frustrated that last year I even took him to see the GP who recommended he see an educational psychologist."
Although the school did order an assessment of Jordan's needs in June last year, his mum claims she wasn't told about it and believes the report was lost.
Jordan met with an educational psychologist in January this year, who found he had memory problems and needed intensive support to improve his very low spelling and numeracy standards.
Mrs Jackson added: "Because of his experiences there it is better for me to teach him at home. I feel he has been robbed of his childhood."
A spokesman for Lancashire County Council said: "Representatives from the education authority have been in contact with both the school and Jordan's family over a number of issues concerning his education.
"An assessment of his educational needs has been carried out, a personalised learning plan has been produced and a teaching assistant was due to assist Jordan in class.
"Arrangements were also made that would ease Jordan's transition to his new school.
"It would not be appropriate for us to comment further on the details of a specific case, such as Jordan's, or those cases which may occur in the future."
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