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(8) Special Schools :
Efforts continue to be made to keep in touch, and whenever possible,
to visit, outside special schools, particularly boarding schools, where
Harrow children are placed. This is a time consuming but important task,
especially in the case of independent boarding schools where changes in
staff can lead to major alterations in the policies and provision of the
schools concerned.
Number of visits to special boarding schools 8
Number of visits to special day schools 2
(9) Conclusions:
From this report it will be seen that there has been a considerable
expansion of the service during the year, and this expansion is likely to
continue. The establishment for Educational Psychologists has been
increased from two to three, and provision has been made for the appointment
of a second remedial teacher. Plans are also going ahead for the
setting up of a unit for partially-hearing children.
HANDICAPPED PUPILS
The Local Educational Authority have a statutory duty under the
Education Act 1944, of ascertaining handicapped pupils in their area and
of providing for the special educational treatment of such children.
Ten categories of pupils requiring special educational treatment are
defined in School Health Service and Handicapped Pupils' Regulations.
These are as follows
(a) Blind Pupils, that is to say pupils who have no sight or whose sight
is, or is likely to become, so defective that they require education by
methods not involving the use of sight.
Number of blind pupils newly assessed —
Number of blind pupils admitted to special schools during
the year —
Total number of blind pupils in special schools for the
blind as at 31st December, 1970 5
(b) Partially-Sighted Pupils, that is to say, pupils who by reason of
defective vision cannot follow the normal regime of ordinary schools
without detriment to their sight or to their educational development, but
can be educated by special methods involving the use of sight.
Number of partially sighted pupils newly assessed 3
Number of partially-sighted pupils admitted to special
schools during the year 3
Total number of partially-sighted pupils in special schools
for partially-sighted children as at 31st December, 1970 13