It’ll definitely be more of the workbooks that are too young for her and Steve going on about how they’re just going over the basics again as she doesn’t take it in. If that’s the case though, he should have been going over stuff with her most days, even in the holidays. Obviously not all day in the holidays, but just implement stuff into every day life. Her school days are short as it is anyway!
My son is home ed, but we don’t follow school holidays etc as he massively struggles with change. Holidays and weekends where always a challenge when he was at school. I get that might be more difficult when you have more than 1 child, but if it’s a part of daily life, it doesn’t have to involve sitting at a desk. Also, Lacey has different needs to her siblings and learns differently so sometimes things will have to be done differently whether Lacey see’s that as fair or not. I do get the feeling Lacey’s biggest barrier to learning is her anxiety/nerves. She’s capable of a lot more than Steve makes out. The issue is, he isn’t capable of teaching that to her. That’s not to insult him, I wouldn’t be able to do it at that level either for a variety of different subjects. That’s exactly why the special needs school would have been a good option.
At the very least though, he needs to be taking her out more. Not keeping her stuck in the house. She was out and about and managed fine on holiday. She did look nervous in the busier places, but during term time, it’s a lot quiet to go places! We don’t go out as much during the holidays for that reason, but we do when schools are back as it’s quiet.