Category Names & Definitions
Categories are used to explain the type of provision given by a school.
One category should not be seen as 'better' than another, but as a guide to the provision required by the student. A copy of this information is available for download.
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DSP
Dyslexia Specialist Provision -
SPS
Specialist Provision -
DU
Dyslexia Unit -
SC
Specialist Classes -
WS
Withdrawal System -
MS
Maintained Sector
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The school is established primarily to teach pupils with Dyslexia (SpLD).
The curriculum and timetable are designed to meet specific needs in a holistic, co-ordinated manner with a significant number of teaching staff holding nationally recognised qualifications in teaching pupils with Dyslexia (SpLD).
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Schools established to teach pupils with SpLD and other associated difficulties.
The curriculum and timetable are designed to meet specific needs in a holistic, co-ordinated manner with a significant number of teaching staff holding nationally recognised qualifications in teaching pupils with Dyslexia (SpLD).
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The school has a designated Unit or Centre that provides specialist tuition on a small group or individual basis, according to need. The Unit or Centre is an adequately resourced teaching area
under the management of a senior specialist teacher, who co-ordinates the work of other specialist teachers and ensures on-going liaison with all mainstream teachers. This senior Dyslexia (SpLD) teacher will probably have
Head of Department status, will hold nationally recognised qualifications in teaching pupils with Dyslexia (SpLD) and will certainly have significant input into the general school curriculum design and delivery.
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Schools where pupils with Dyslexia (SpLD) are taught in separate classes within the school for some lessons, most probably English and mathematics. These are taught by teachers with nationally recognised qualifications in teaching pupils with Dyslexia (SpLD). These teachers are deemed responsible for communicating with the pupils' other subject teachers.
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Schools where pupils with Dyslexia (SpLD) are withdrawn from appropriately selected lessons for specialist tuition from a teacher with a nationally recognised qualification in teaching pupils with Dyslexia (SpLD). There is on-going communication between mainstream and specialist teachers.
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Maintained schools where the school supports pupils with Dyslexia (SpLD) to access the curriculum; where there is an effective system of identifying pupils with Dyslexia (SpLD); where there is a withdrawal system for individualised literacy support. There is positive on-going communication between mainstream and SEN staff, and the SMT.
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