Support for children with dyslexia, from primary to secondary school, from the Literacy Support Service

We have recently become aware that proposals have been announced to do away with the Literacy Support Service.

Our son was assessed and diagnosed with Dyslexia by this service and has been supported by a teacher from the service for the past year at his Primary School and through the transition to his current Secondary School.

This service has been invaluable in terms of enabling him to fully access the curriculum, supporting his school with access arrangements for his SATS and to give him all the necessary support including specific targeted vocabulary work, mind mapping and technical advice as to what devices and software would best match our son’s specific learning needs.

We appreciate that there is a serious budgetary deficit within Brighton and Hove, but we sincerely hope that for the sake of our son and many other children served by the Literacy Support Service, that this proposal can be reconsidered.