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Dyslexia Student Assessments

Expert diagnosis from our Canterbury Dyslexia Centre

Dyslexia Student Assessments

Expert diagnosis from our Canterbury Dyslexia Centre
Dyslexia Identification Student Assessment in Canterbury

Student Assessment

(From Year 9+) Face to Face or Remote/Online

A range of student assessments can be carried out. In conjunction with the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) Access Arrangements, Reasonable Adjustments and Special Consideration, General& Vocational Qualifications we can determine as to whether you meet the criteria for access arrangements for GCSE and GCE examinations. This may include extra time, use of Reader/readback software, laptop/word processor/Scribe, Rest breaks, ear pods/smaller room and use of a fidget item etc.

NB: School/College must be aware of, and in agreement with, the assessment taking place as a subsequent formal JCQ application for Access Arrangements would be completed in conjunction with them and Canterbury Dyslexia Centre.

For full details see www.jcq.org.uk for the current JCQ Access Arrangements and Reasonable Adjustments document.

Indicators of Dyslexia for an older child/student

  • Still reads inaccurately
  • Still has difficulties in spelling
  • Needs to have instructions and telephone numbers repeated
  • Gets ‘tied up’ using long words, e.g. ‘preliminary’, ‘philosophical’
  • Confuses places, times, dates
  • Has difficulty with planning and writing essays
  • Has difficulty processing complex language or long series of instructions at speed

Aged 12 or over non-language indicators:

  • Has poor confidence and self-esteem
  • Has areas of strength as well as weakness