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St. Nicholas School, West Wickham
Number on roll
Boys
58
Girls
44
Every child in the school was medically examined during the
year and referred to Specialist, Clinic or G.P. for treatment when
necessary. Rubella vaccine was given to six senior girls and
BCG vaccine to eleven boys and girls.
Classification of disabilities (Many children have multiple
defects)
Arrested hydrocephalus 2
Asthma 4
Autistic 2
Brain damage 4
Colour blind 2
Delicate 2
Epilepsy or petit mal 6
Heart defect 2
Mongol 4
Muscular disease or weakness 2
Obesity 2
Ophthalmic disease 5
Partially hearing 1
Physical deformities 7
Problem families, deprived, or broken homes 13
Psychological, emotional and behaviour problems 14
Speech defects (major) 9
Number of children wearing or recommended
glasses 32
There are two sets of twins in the school, four children from
one family and three children from each of two families.
There are nineteen children, not all true E.S.N., who are
educationally or culturally deprived and may be able to return
to normal school in two or three years.
All the children in the school are slow learners, and have
experienced failure in the larger classes of their local schools.
The aim of the school is to provide success and happiness in a
slower moving educational environment with an eventual target
of satisfactory employment within each child's capacity.
There were thirteen school leavers, and there is close