The Angmering School

Students are typically assessed in a range of ways on their entrance to the school. Utilising this data which includes the views of parents, the SEND team are able to identify students with the possible features of a dyslexic profile and further assessment is undertaken. This is not a full dyslexia test. However, it does provide the school with a profile of skills, strengths and weaknesses.

From these assessments students with specific learning difficulties are highlighted to a student’s classroom teacher who is advised upon the most appropriate strategies to meet the students’ needs in the classroom. Staff will discuss concerns and advise upon what strategies can be used at home, to support a student’s learning in school. Homework packs of resources are available and are regularly issued.

Interventions

The types of profiles that emerge can include students with dyslexia, dyspraxia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia as well as more general or global learning difficulties. Students identified as having certain difficulties may be offered intervention in the form of a short period of literacy intervention or access to a word processor on a temporary basis.