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partially-sighted, blind, deaf or maladjusted) the examinations
are carried out by staff of the Medical Adviser, who makes his
recommendations to the Education Officer.
Children who, because of some handicap or combination of
handicaps, are considered not fit for education at school may
be recommended for home tuition.
Children who are recommended for admission to Paddock
School (formerly a junior training centre for subnormal children)
will have been examined under Section 34 of the Education Act
and will be considered either Educationally Subnormal (Severe)
or Educationally Subnormal (Special Care), depending upon the
degree of handicap present. Parents have the right to appeal in
those cases where they indicate that they do not accept the
recommendation and advice will then be sought from the Medical
Adviser of the Inner London Education Authority.
Special schools
There are twelve schools in Wandsworth providing special
educational treatment. Not all the pupils at these schools reside
in Wandsworth and some children who live in the Borough attend
special schools in other areas.
At the end of 1972 the number of children receiving special
education at schools in Wandsworth was as follows:-

The importance of social training is emphasized at these
special schools. The scope of education has been broadened
to stimulate and maintain the children's interest in the daily
activities of the community and to prepare them to take their
place as citizens and find employment appropriate to their
abilities when the time comes for them to leave school.
Social workers are attached to the Greenmead School for
Physically Handicapped Children, Chartfield Open-Air School
and Oak Lodge School for Deaf Children. In addition, a social
worker visits the Partially-Hearing Unit at Sellincourt School.