Dyslexia

About the Dyslexia Team

The Dyslexia Team are a team of specialist teachers working to support the educational needs of Hammersmith and Fulham children and young people who are struggling to acquire literacy and/or numeracy skills. A formal diagnosis of dyslexia or dyscalculia is not required to access this service. The team work with teachers, support staff and parents to facilitate the access of children and young people to the curriculum.

Inspire, Dyslexia , Literacy and Numeracy Support Resources

Team Image

Our Service

This a is a traded service. Individual schools buy in specialist teacher time for a morning or afternoon or a whole day per week for one academic year. The hourly rate is £80.

Schools can buy a one off assessment of literacy skills, numeracy skills or a full dyslexia assessment. The cost for an assessment is £650.

The team also offer bespoke packages which can be bought in for a single day or more. For more information  contact Alison Leao at alison.leao@lbhf.gov.uk

Enquiries and Referrals

Enquiries for the traded service should be directed to Alison Leao (Senior specialist teacher, Inspire) at alison.leao@lbhf.gov.uk

Pupils for whom an assessment is requested must be referred to the service through their school, with the permission of their parents/carers. Please complete the Inspire referral form which can be found here.

Dyslexia Team Members

Inspire is a multi-disciplinary team of specialist teachers who work to support the educational needs of all Hammersmith and Fulham learners. Please click on the links below for more information.

Alison Leao

Senior specialist teacher

alison.leao@lbhf.gov.uk
alison.leao@lbhf.gov.uk

Helen Chauncy

Specialist dyslexia teacher

Sandra O'Loughlin

Specialist dyslexia teacher

Wendy Robertson

Specialist dyslexia teacher

Training

Training sessions will be advertised on a termly basis. You can register for the training sessions via this website.

Flexible school based INSET for teachers and LSAs is available on a variety of topics including: dyslexia awareness, supporting pupils with spelling/reading/writing, dyslexia friendly teaching strategies. Prices on application for school based training.

To enquire about training options please contact Alison Leao at Alison.Leao@lbhf.gov.uk