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Abbie Wightwick & Hannah Mackenzie Wood

Seven-year-old boy who has never spent full day in school 'let down by the system'

A mum whose seven-year-old son has never spent a full day at school and cannot read or write says he has been “let down by the system”.

Michelle Cassesmis has desperately been trying get help for her little boy Louie Lee since he was in nursery, but says he is still waiting on a diagnosis of his special educational needs and behavioural issues.

The youngster only got a statement of special educational needs last year when he was six, despite it being apparent to his teachers and his mother that something was wrong years before.

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