This is a massive achievement and Dig-iT understands all the hard work that must have been put into this.
By way of recognising this, we’ve added the school to our ‘Roll of Honour’ on our Dyslexia Friendly Schools page.
Huge congratulations to all the staff at Lakeside Primary School, Glascote for gaining Enhanced Dyslexia Friendly Status in March of this year. This is a massive achievement and Dig-iT understands all the hard work that must have been put into this. By way of recognising this, we’ve added the school to our ‘Roll of Honour’ on our Dyslexia Friendly Schools page.
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The government has acknowledged that their plans to revise GCSEs may put SEN students at a disadvantage. See this report in TES. Dig-iT participated in the public consultation on GCSE changes and we stated that the plans would disproportionately affect those with dyslexia negatively. Unfortunately, we feel that the 'reasonable adjustments' to compensate will be insufficient. So we will continue to lobby educational policy makers to implement 'dyslexia-friendly' assessment methods that recognise that all students - in fact - learn in different ways and that assessment methods should reflect this. Special Needs Jungle is a really great website run by Tania Tirraoro who is a parent who has been through the "jungle of the statementing system" and so wants to share that knowledge with others. The website is well worth a visit - see here. As reported in online news Lichfield People, The principal of Maple Hayes Dyslexia School in Lichfield, Dr Neville Brown thinks the proposed changes to the Special Education Needs (SEN) legislation risks completely isolating dyslexic children from accessing help from the system.
Current guidelines require pupils who need to be educated at a specialist school to obtain a statement of SEN in order to access funding. Should the Bill be passed by Parliament, there is a concern that children whose SEN conditions are not obvious at birth could be overlooked, leaving them struggling in mainstream schools when dedicated specialist teaching is required. Read the article here. Once again, Dig-iT Chair Julie has been causing a stir. In this week's Times Educational Supplement magazine, Julie makes the point that the proposed new English Baccalaureate Certificate (EBC) will disadvantage students with Dyslexia. The somewhat edited letter can be read on the TES website. Our friends at Dyslexia Lincolnshire have published the unedited version in their blog - see here. We've just added a new listing to our websites and contacts page. They're called 'Nasen' and promote the education, training, advancement and development of all those with special and additional support needs. Here's their response to the recent SEN green paper. |
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