Dear Mr Moore

 

Thank you for your request for information relating to dyslexia support,
which was received on 09/03/12.

 

Your request is being dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of
information Act 2000 and you can expect a response from us within the
appropriate statutory time limit.

 

Please remember to quote reference number FOI 7426 in any future
communications.

 

Kind Regards

 

Nicola Palmer

Information Policy Access Officer

Children's Services

Tel: (0113) 3950782 (ext 50782)

Fax: (0113) 2475354 (ext 75354)

 

 

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Dear Mr Moore,

 

I refer to the above and your email dated 9 March. I have contacted the
relevant services and now provide the following response to your request
for information relating to dyslexia support,  which I will refer to
individually.

 

1. The amount of money spent on providing dyslexia support in Leeds
primary schools , the same for secondary schools .

Unfortunately I am unable to respond to your request as we do not record
centrally specific needs, such as dyslexia. The funding for special
educational needs is provided for children and young people with a wide
range of cognitive difficulties and we do not separate dyslexia as a
specific category. Therefore I am unable to provide any data for pupils
who have been diagnosed with dyslexia. Information regarding the
individual pupil’s specific need will be recorded on the pupil’s file,
however we estimate that it would take us over 18 hours to retrieve and
locate this information from the individual files. Therefore your request
falls above the “appropriate limit”. This limit is set by fees regulations
at £450 (equally 18 hours) for public authorities such as ours and is
calculated using a rate of £25 per hour which is also prescribed under the
same regulations.

 

As a result under Section 12(1) of the Freedom of Information Act we are
not obliged to provide the information which you have requested. We are
however, still obliged under Section 1(a) of the Act to inform you whether
or not the information in question exists which is explained above.

 

I can confirm that Leeds City Council does not employ staff specifically
to assist dyslexic school pupils. However it is worth noting that Leeds
City Council has a resourced provision at Roundhay School Technology and
Language College for young people with dyslexia where the staff are
employed by the school. There are approximately 1.5 FTE teachers employed
in this resourced provision setting. They deliver a service to children on
roll at Roundhay School Technology and Language College and also other
children who visit the resource base on a sessional basis although they
are educated at other schools.

 

2. Copies of the Dyslexia Policy documents stating when interventions such
as school action are to be implemented.

Please find attached a document entitled ‘Dyslexia Guidelines final Nov
2009.pdf’. Please note, this document is up for review later this year.

 

3. Any other policy documents issued to schools to support  diagnosis and
support of dyslexic children OR children with  dyslexic tendancies e.g at
what stage should a Wave 1 intervention be put in place and reporting on
progress.

Please see Appendix 1 of the attached document.

 

4. The policy documents which define when full dyslexic screening is to be
applied.

Please see the attached document. The primary purpose of assessment is to
identify strengths and weaknesses in order to implement an appropriate
remediation programme.

 

5. Any policy document issued to schools with regards to the new
Government Phonics screening test to be introduced in June this year 2012.

I can confirm that no documents have been issued to schools with regards
to the new Government Phonics screening test.

 

6. The number of schools with Dyslexia Friendly Status as awarded by
British Dyslexia Association.

Unfortunately I am unable to respond to this part of your request as this
information is not held centrally. You may wish to contact individual
schools to ascertain this information, a list of schools can be found via
our website at [1]www.leeds.gov.uk.

 

I hope this information is useful to you, however if you are dissatisfied
with this response then you have a right to appeal to an independent
officer within children’s services. On appeal, your request will be
re-examined and an assessment made as to whether the requirements of the
Act have been adhered to. Should you wish to follow this course of action
then please address your concerns in writing to Moin Patel, Knowledge and
Technology Team, 10th Floor East, Merrion House, Leeds, LS2 8DT or by
email at [2][email address].

  

You also have a right under Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act
to ask the Information Commissioner to take a decision as to whether we
have met with our obligations under the Act.  The Commissioner has made it
clear however that he expects all applicants to exhaust internal appeals
procedures prior to making such an application. Should you wish to contact
the Commissioner’s Office then you can write to the following address:

 

            Office of the Information Commissioner,

            Wycliffe House,

            Water Lane,

            Wilmslow,

            Cheshire,

            SK9 5AF.

 

You may also contact the Commissioner via his website at [3]www.ico.gov.uk

 

I trust that this is self explanatory although if you have any queries
then please don’t hesitate to contact me on Leeds (0113) 2477889, Nicola
Palmer on 3950782, or by return email.

 

Kind Regards

 

Dave Britton

Information Policy Administrator

Information and Knowledge Team

Leeds City Council

Tel: (0113) 2477889 (ext 77889)

Fax: (0113) 2475354 (ext 75354)

www.leeds.gov.uk

 

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