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Grovelands School, St. Pauls Cray Number on roll: Boys 73 Girls 47
During the year 19 pupils were admitted and 20 left; two attend normal schools part-time.
Of the leavers 13 are fully employed, 4 were transferred to other schools and 3 moved out of the Borough.
Routine medicals, with referrals as necessary; B.C.G. and Rubella vaccinations were carried out as usual.
The school now has regular visits both from a Speech Therapist and an Educational Psychologist which
have proved to be of great value to pupils and staff. The Peripatetic Teacher of the Deaf also visits.
There were two staff changes during the year.
School activities have been increased by the introduction of badminton and many boys have become
interested in billiards and snooker.
Community work now includes the invitation of old age pensioners to lunches prepared and cooked by
senior girls.
Outside visits and activities continue with wide variety and are much enjoyed by all age groups as are the
traditional annual events.
All members of the staff work very hard to produce self-confidence and happiness in all the pupils and
encourage them to integrate successfully both into employment and the outside community.
Special defects in the school currently are as follows:-
Defective Vision 32
Partially Hearing 2
Delicate or Physically Defective 8
Maladjusted 19
Epileptic 10
Severe Speech Defects 9
Woodbrook School, Beckenham. Number on roll: Boys 67 Girls 34
During the Spring and Summer terms thirteen children left Woodbrook School. Of this number five were
school leavers and now attend Astley Adult Training Centre. Another two children left during the Autumn term.
There were ten new entrants during the year.
Every child was medically examined during the year and B.C.G. and Rubella vaccinations were carried out.
Many of the children have multiple handicaps. The following is a classification of the conditions associated s
with severe mental retardation. In many, the cause of the mental retardation is unknown.
Down's Syndrome 30
Epilepsy 12
Cerebral Palsy 10
Birth Trauma 8
Arrested Hydrocephalus 4
Post-encephalitis
Encephalopathy 3
Autism and secondary
autistic features 3
Rubenstein Taylor Syndrome 1
Hypercalcaemia 1
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