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As one would expect, teachers are the main source of reference
to the psychologist. The children are also referred for a variety
of reasons, but the main school reason is failure in school attainment.
This is sometimes a failure in a specific subject (e.g.
reading), and sometimes a general poverty of attainment.

It is appropriate to point out here that of the 92 children referred
as "backward" 38 of them (41%) had I.Q's above 90, i.e.,
they were of average or better intelligence. The range of I.Q's
within this 38 was from 90 to 149 (average 107). The two children
with highest I.Q's (140 and 149) were both failing in secondary
modern schools. Two children were at Grammar Schools and two
at Technical Schools. The scope of these failures surely indicates
the urgent need for more remedial classes under properly trained
teachers. One such class is arranged in Walthamstow at Secondary
Modern level.
The range of I.Q's amongst the total number of children
tested is given below.

Out of a total of 67 children (54 Walthamstow, 13 Chingford)
with I-Q's below 70, 22 are already attending an appropriate
special school. The remaining 45 (36 Walthamstow, 13 Chingford)
are either ineducable or are attending normal schools. The need
for more accommodation and teachers for the educationally subnormal
remains urgent.