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St. Nicholas School, West Wickham
Number of children on roll:—
Boys 64
Girls 47
Total 111
Staff:
Headmaster
Deputy Head
9 Full-time Assistant Teachers
1 Part-time Teacher for Housecraft
3 Housemothers (1 full-time and 2 part-time) with
responsibility for welfare and social training of the
children.
A routine annual inspection of every child in the school is
arranged with an appointment system so that parents can be
present.
There are many secondary disabilities or handicaps.
Number of children receiving treatment for:
Eye defects 30
Heart murmurs 6
Minor hearing defects 3
Neurological disease 2
Brain damage 5
Mongols 5
Hydrocephalus 1
Autistic 5
Under treatment for psychological, emotional
and behaviour problems 10
Controlled epilepsy or petitmal 6
Children from broken homes, problem families,
poor homes or socially deprived 13
Immigrant children unable to keep pace in
ordinary school 6
Physical deformities 3
Asthma and other chest complaints 3
All the children have learning difficulties but not all because
of the above secondary disabilities and they all work at their own
level and speed. The aim is for the majority of school leavers to
be placed in employment suited to their limited capacity where
they can cope with a reasonable degree of success.
There were 10 school leavers during the year who obtained
jobs in industry, super-markets, commerce and outdoor work
under supervision.
The Speech Therapist gives all new entrants an initial