The Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils

 

 

School Categories 

For information on the criteria required for each category, please use the 'Register Criteria' button at the top of this page.

 

Category Names and Definitions

Dyslexia Specialist Provision Schools - DSP

The school is established primarily to teach pupils with dyslexia.  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 dyslexic pupils.

 

Specialist Provision Schools - SPS 

The school is 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 dyslexic pupils.

 

Dyslexia Unit - DU 

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 teacher will probably have
Head of Department status, will hold nationally recognised qualifications in teaching dyslexic pupils
and will certainly have significant input into the general school curriculum design and delivery.

 

Specialist Classes - SC 

Schools where dyslexic (SpLD) pupils 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 dyslexic pupils.  These teachers are deemed responsible for communicating with the pupils' other subject teachers.

 

Withdrawal System - WS

Schools where dyslexic (SpLD) pupils are withdrawn from appropriately selected lessons for specialist tuition from a teacher with a nationally recognised qualification in teaching dyslexic pupils.  There is on-going communication between mainstream and specialist teachers.

 

Maintained Sector - MS

Maintained schools where the school supports dyslexic (SpLD) pupils to access the curriculum; where
there is an effective system of identifying dyslexic (SpLD) pupils; 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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