Welcome!

 

Welcome to the CReSTeD website Information for Schools section.

Use the relevant buttons to find:
General Information - an introduction to CReSTeD, information on categories of schools and criteria required for each category, information about fees payable and the checklist our consultants use when visiting the classroom.
Procedure - how to become a CReSTeD registered school and a checklist of the documentation we need to see as part of our visit procedure.  This Checklist needs to be printed out, ticked to confirm that the requested documents are enclosed, and returned to CReSTeD.
Proforma – the application form is on this page and can be downloaded.  Also in this section are guidelines to help with completing the form.

There are many schools that claim to help SpLD pupils.  Registration with CReSTeD is recognised nationally as a symbol of quality that is being increasingly sought by parents who see it as a clear indication of the high standards achieved by the school.

The majority of schools on our Register are mainstream schools that are also able to give excellent help to pupils with dyslexia and also - when combined with dyslexia - dyscalculia, dyspraxia, ADD, and pragmatic and semantic language difficulties.  The Register provides guidance for parents who are looking for a school for their dyslexic child and has become established as a first source of such guidance.  For example:

• parents who contact the British Dyslexia Association or Dyslexia Action to enquire about schools will be referred to CReSTeD;

• CReSTeD registration in Categories SP or DU is a criterion for schools taking children of services personnel through the Children's Education Advisory Service (CEAS). 

• CReSTeD features as a lead selection category on the ISBI ‘Which School’ CD-ROM. 

The ‘Schools Full List’ button, which takes parents to information about CReSTeD schools, contains links to the schools’ own web sites.

The Register is printed annually and is distributed free of charge to parents, educational psychologists, libraries, schools, LEA’s and other interested organisations.  Our continuing advertising programme in the national press and specialist educational journals generates considerable interest from both schools and parents.

If you have queries that are not answered by the information here, or would just like to talk through registration, then please contact Christine Hancock, details as below.  It may also help to talk to a CReSTeD consultant and this can also be arranged.

We hope you find this information of interest and look forward to welcoming you to the growing list of CReSTeD schools.