October 9, 2025
To be brutally honest, I’d never even heard of a ‘Rapid Evidence Assessment’ or REA before I took a look this government publication, issued on the 25th of last month: “Cross-cutting themes in identifying, supporting and collaborating for children and young people with SEND: a rapid evidence review.” It’s not exactly a punchy title, but
May 12, 2025
It’s pretty common for dyslexia assessors to recommend in a diagnostic report that an individual learns to type – or even use speech-to-text software – to assist them with the process of written recording. This can even be true for children who are still in primary school. And in an increasingly digital world where being
January 22, 2025
I’ve got to admit that I’m a bit of a language geek. I love finding out from where words or bits of words originate, and I actually love analysing spellings too, probably because I like working with visual patterns as well unpicking morphology. So, it pleases me greatly that the newest definition of dyslexia (see
December 6, 2024
As a keen amateur musician and working as a specialist teacher supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), I can’t really believe it has taken me so long to put together a blog about the power of music. I would go as far as to say that music is probably
September 20, 2024
As an assessor on a postgraduate training course for those wanting to become exam access arrangements (EAA) assessors, I would say I am pretty well-placed to support SENCOs and exams officers to ensure their EAA paperwork is fully up-to-scratch. Spending a couple of hours in school as an ‘extra pair of eyes’, checking applications are
August 27, 2024
As an assessor, I spend a fair bit of time administering tests to explore students’ working memory capacity…could be when I’m doing a diagnostic dyslexia assessment, could be when I’m establishing the need for exam access arrangements. But what exactly is working memory and why is it so important for learning? After chatting it through
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