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Hampshire County Council provision for
students with severe dyslexia.
The
County has six secondary schools providing specialist support
for those severely affected by dyslexia. In all cases the
child is educated in main stream classrooms, but is given
individual or small group, multi-sensory teaching to assist
their progress in literacy and, if necessary, numeracy,
organisation, study skills and memory.
The
criteria for a place in one of these Units can be found in the
green County booklet - your School SENCO will have a copy.
Reading and/or spelling ages falling well below the
chronological age of the pupil would be an important factor -
for example at chronological age 11.06 a reading age of
7.01
Eligible children need not have a
Statement, but would be expected to have been seen by an
Educational Psychologist or an SEN Inspector/Adviser. As a
result they would be at School Action Plus on the Special
Needs Register. The child’s IEP would suggest that he or she
would benefit from further specialist teaching.
Ideally, applications are made in the
Summer Term of Year 5 to be with the LAPAG (Local Assessment
and Placement Advisory Group) committee at the start of the
Autumn Term of Year 6. Before applying, the Primary school
SENCO will have discussed the implications for the child
attending a school out of catchment and the family will have
been encouraged to visit the nearest Unit.
The six Units are at: -
Applemore Technology College, Dibden
Purlieu Tel: 023 80848804
Crestwood College for Business &
Technology, Eastleigh Tel: 023 80614232
Cowplain Community School,
Waterlooville Tel: 023 9261 2020
Eggars School, Alton Tel: 01420
541194
Fort
Hill Community School, Basingstoke Tel: 01256
354311
Oak
Farm Community School, Farnborough Tel: 01252
401070
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Chiltern Tutorial
School
We teach the child, not the system,
and unlock their potential.
Chiltern Tutorial
School is a small
independent school in Otterbourne, near Winchester,
established in September 1995. The school caters for
children aged from 7 to 11 years old.
The aim of the school is to
provide a happy, supportive and caring environment in which
dyslexic and dyspraxic children, who are not reaching their
potential, will be motivated to learn.
Children are provided with
strategies to build up their self-esteem and to acquire
essential skills in order to make a successful return to
mainstream education.
“The main thing that sticks in
my mind is Luke coming out of school three days after he
started at Chiltern and proudly announcing, with a look of
wonderment on his face -
'Mum, my teacher knows exactly
how I think!'
From then on he has gone
from strength to strength, he has matured, he is more
articulate and above all, he is happy.”
For
further information contact Bruce & Jane Gaudie on 01962
717696 / 07855 766675 or go to www.chilterntutorial.co.uk
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Stanbridge Earls
School near Romsey
This is a “small, caring, day and
boarding school for girls and boys aged 10 to 19 who cannot
cope in the big school environment.” There is a teacher to
pupil ratio of around 1:7 and they can provide 1:1 support for
Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dyspraxia, English as an Additional
Language, Speech and Language and Life Skills.
For further information contact
The Registrar, Anne Spicer on 01794 529400 or go to www.stanbridgeearls.co.uk
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Mayville High School in
Southsea
This
caters for boys and girls from 4 to 16 years. “Mayville prides
itself on providing educational programmes suited to the
individual. In our small classes, we aim to extend the able
pupil whilst supporting those who find academic work more
difficult.
Some pupils need additional help and this is
provided through the facilities of our Dyslexia Unit, Target
Reading and Target Numeracy Schemes and computerised support
programmes including Successmaker.”
Contact the school on 023 9273
4847 or go to www.mayvillehighschool.com
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