Specialist Educational Provision for Students with Dyslexia in Hampshire
Hampshire County Council provision for
students with severe dyslexia. 11-16 year olds
Chiltern Tutorial School 7-11 year olds
Stanbridge Earls School near Romsey 10-19 year olds
Mayville High School in Southsea 4-16 year olds
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 Resource Bases 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 Resource Base.
The six Resource Bases 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
The Wavell School, Farnborough Tel: 01252 341256
Chiltern Tutorial School
We teach the child, not the system, and unlock their potential.
Chiltern Tutorial School is an independent school in Otterbourne, Hampshire 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
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
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
