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Blind and Partially Sighted Pupils
Blind Partially Sighted
In Residential Schools 5 2
In Day Schools 0 13
Blind
During the year two blind pupils were found to require
special educational treatment. One child, previously categorised
as partially sighted, was admitted to Heathersett Training
Centre for the Blind so that she could receive further education
and vocational training by methods not involving the use of
sight.
Partially Sighted
During the year no medical recommendations under this
category were made by the Service in respect of children living
in Croydon. One child attending a Croydon school was found to be
partially sighted and recommended for admission to St. Luke's
Special School.
At the end of the year a proposal to amalgamate St. Luke's
School as a separate unit within St. Giles' School was reconsidered
by the Committee in view of the doubts expressed concerning
the available accommodation at Addington. It was decided
to transfer only children of secondary age and so leave the
younger children in the present buildings. I am grateful to
Miss J. Rundle for the following report of the work of the
school during 1965.
St. Luke's School for the Partially Sighted
During 1965 several children were admitted to the school,
these were mainly in the infant and junior age groups.
The Educational Psychologist carried out intelligence tests
which revealed that the children's intelligence quotients range
from 52 to 170. The children of average and above-average
intelligence are able to make steady progress in spite of their
visual handicap but the less able children, hampered further by
defective vision, are faced with many learning problems.
A senior pupil continued with Braille lessons given by a
visiting home teacher for the blind. In September this pupil was
transferred to the Heathersett Centre for the Blind at Reigate.
Her first report was very satisfactory.